Get ready. Driverless Walmart trucks are coming soon. The Arkansas-based company said it plans to use fully autonomous box trucks to make deliveries starting in 2021, at least in Arkansas. Walmart’s worked with Gatik on a delivery pilot over the past year and a half according to The Verge. Click here for story …
ONEOK on Tuesday announced changes in its board of directors as one member retired and another returned. Gerald B. Smith, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Smith, Graham & Company Investment Advisors, a global investment management firm with offices in Houston, Texas, and New York City was elected to serve again on the board on Tuesday. …
Crude oil futures were up again Tuesday as the overseas market strengthened its hold and pushed closer to the $51 a barrel price. Brent crude, considered the global benchmark closed at $50.75 for a 1% gain and a 63 cent increase in trading on the ICE Futures Europe. The price is for February delivery. Here …
Devon Energy has identified is new senior leadership team as the company prepares to move even closer to its merger with Tulsa-based WPX Energy. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Devon’s Executive Committee said a major step was taken last week to building the company’s future leadership team with the selection …
Williams Cos. in Tulsa was recognized by the international environmental non-profit CDP with a ‘B’ score for its commitment to transparency and governance around climate change. The ranking was above the oil and gas storage, and transportation sector average of ‘C’ and exceeding the North American regional average of ‘D’. Williams’ score signifies the …
Phillips 66 is contributing $1 million to 48 local food banks in the U.S. and in the U.K. The company said $200,000 will go to five organizations in Houston, Texas. he gift, made on behalf of Phillips 66 employees, is meant to support organizations that have offered a critical lifeline this year to communities where …
A U.S. District Court judge in Muskogee has denied Sunoco’s request for a new trial after awarding nearly $155 million in damages to the owner of a well who sued over late payments. In doing so, he also denied the company’s claims with a stinging rebuke. Judge John A. Gibney, Jr. issued his denial …
Reports indicate Invenergy has started a renewed push to finish construction of its 800-mile transmission line to carry wind-powered electricity from southwest Kansas through Missouri and Illinois to the Indiana border. Word of the latest effort was reported by RTO Insider as it stated that Invenergy had provided an update on its efforts to …
The U.S. Supreme Court sided with the state of New Mexico this week in a dispute over water released to Texas down the Pecos River. The fight was over the quantity of water that had been stored in New Mexico’s Brantley Reservoir and released when Texas wanted the water. Justice Brett Kavanaugh delivered the …
Revised employment numbers from the federal government indicate the state of Texas lost more oil and gas jobs than first reported. A report by the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers stated that about 60,000 oil drilling, production and services workers ended up on the unemployment lines between February and August. That’s 20% higher than the …
