January 20, 2022 archive

Could BNSF be hit by a strike? Railway tries to head it off

  BNSF railroad, the company with operations throughout Oklahoma has gone to federal court seeking a judge’s order to prevent two unions from striking net month. BNSF is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas but is considered to be owned by Omaha, Nebraska billionaire Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Company. Two unions say up to 17,000 workers …

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Enviro groups want end to oil and gas production on federal lands

  More than 300 environmental and tribal organizations are petitioning President Biden to totally phase out oil and gas production on federal land by 2035. The coalition of the groups contends the administration has the legal authority to do it, reported The Hill. Click here for The Hill

Chesapeake Energy nears deal to buy Chief Oil and Gas

  Reuters reports Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. might be close to a $2.4 billion acquisition of privately owned natural gas producer Chief Oil & Gas. Chief Oil & Gas, headquartered in Dallas, was founded and still controlled by Texan Trevor Rees-Jones. Click here for Reuters.