Oklahoma’s oil and gas rig count remained steady in the past week while the national count fell by four to 790 rigs. Baker Hughes Co. reported the North American count included a decline of one oil rig to 675 while the number of gas rigs dropped by three to 112. Compared to a year ago, …
If the oil and gas industry wasn’t on alert with Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s campaign threat to ban all hydraulic fracking, then it should be now after Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill in the past week to do just that. The Senator, who is a Vermont Independent running for the Democratic nomination for President introduced …
** The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has voted to approve support for PennEast’s $1 billion shale gas pipeline in New Jersey that’s been stalled by a dispute over whether it can seize state-owned land for construction won the backing of the nation’s top energy regulator. The vote came as PennEast prepares to take its case …
The Southwest Power Pool announced its 2020 Transmission Expansion Plan totaling $545 million to be spent over the next six years on 78 projects in eight states including Oklahoma. Directors approved the plan on Jan. 28, one that includes an estimated $66 million in projects by OGE, AEP and Western Farmers Electric Cooperative in …
A move by the Federal Communications Commission to expand high-speed broadband service to underserved and rural areas of the U.S. gets hearty support from Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas. The third-district Republican responded after the FCC voted to create the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund which is a two-phase program committing up to $20.4 billion to expand …
Instead of $250 million, the Texas panhandle ranch owned by the late oil magnate T. Boone Pickens, the Oklahoman who became a billionaire in the energy industry now is for sale for $220 million. A new listing by Chas. S. Middleton and Son with Hall and Hall shows the new price for the 65,809-acre Mesa Vista Ranch. …
An announcement by the EPA could mean a setback for the handful of Oklahomans who have filed federal lawsuits blaming Roundup’s manufacturer for causing their cancers. The Environmental Protection Agency announced it finished a regulatory review and found that glyphosate, the most widely-used weed killer in the U.S. is not a carcinogen. It reaffirms the …
Houston’s Kirby Corp. made a recent filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission and revealed the number of cuts in its workforce in 2019. The company started the year with 5,650 workers including more than 3,000 in marine transportation and 2,500 in distribution and services. While the company has yet to report the comparable number …
After three years as chief of staff to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Ryan Jackson is leaving to go to work for the nation’s top mining trade group. The former long-time aide to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is joining the National Mining Association where he will be a senior vice president of government affairs. …
The people of Oklahoma Oil & Natural Gas will be making an appearance during the big game on Sunday as they celebrate the role the industry has played in funding education, lowering air emissions and helping secure our nation’s energy independence. The big game being the Super Bowl! The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board’s (OERB) new public …
