January 22, 2016 archive

Feds Settle Nuclear Violations with New Mexico

New Mexico has reached agreement with the federal government over February 2014 nuclear incidents at Carlsbad and the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The U.S. Department of energy agreed in the settlement to make $74 million in improvements at the Wast…

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Rig Counts Fall Nationally—Fewer Oil Hands Working in the Cold

The rig count in Oklahoma remained steady at 87 in the past week while the nation’s count fell by 13 to reach a U.S. total of 637, according to the latest rig count from Baker Hughes Company based in Houston, Texas. It’s another indication there are fe…

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Morrissette’s Earthquake Reparation Fund

Oklahoma City Rep. Richard Morrissette says the earthquake reparation fund he’s proposing to be financed by the oil and gas industry would be very much like the state’s tire indemnity fund.
It’s what he told OK Energy Today.
“We pay a dollar per used…

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Judge Denies AG’s Request to have Consumers Pay for his Fight Against OGE Rate Request

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s attempt to tack on $500,000 to the $92.5 million rate hike proposed by Oklahoma Gas and Electric so he can hire experts in opposing the request is being recommended for denial by an administrative law judge at t…

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Laredo Petroleum President Stepping Down

The resignation of Jay P. Still as president and chief operating officer of Tulsa-based Laredo Petroleum will be effective Jan. 28. The company announced his resignation this week, just as the firm also laid off about 75 employees and said it wo…

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Laredo Petroleum President Stepping Down

The resignation of Jay P. Still as president and chief operating officer of Tulsa-based Laredo Petroleum will be effective Jan. 28. The company announced his resignation this week, just as the firm also laid off about 75 employees and said it would be…

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Appeals Court Sides with EPA in Clean Power Plan

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled against Oklahoma and two dozen other states who filed suit challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The three-judge panel ruled this week that it would stop stop the…

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Appeals Court Sides with EPA in Clean Power Plan

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled against Oklahoma and two dozen other states who filed suit challenging the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. The three-judge panel ruled this week that it would stop stop the imple…

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Exchange Warns Seventy Seven Energy

Those sliding oil and natural gas prices have taken a hit on another Oklahoma based energy company as its trading on the New York Stock Exchange has dropped to such low points that it has been warned of being in non-compliance.
Seventy Seven Ene…

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Exchange Warns Seventy Seven Energy

Those sliding oil and natural gas prices have taken a hit on another Oklahoma based energy company as its trading on the New York Stock Exchange has dropped to such low points that it has been warned of being in non-compliance.
Seventy Seven Energy In…

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