Federal investigators blame “external corrosion” for the massive Plains All-American pipeline oil spill that occurred May 19, 2015 in Santa Barbara County, California and say the company could have prevented it. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in a 510-page report, blamed the company’s failure to “protect the pipeline from …
“BizJet’s work turned out to be disastrous.” Claim in lawsuit. Tulsa-based BizJet finds itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit filed by a Florida company accusing it of providing “grossly negligent servicing” of the firm’s Gulstream jet. The firm named Moon, Sun and Stars Inc. and its parent company Monsoon Inc. filed suit …
When the U.S. House passed the National Defense Authorization Act recently, it included some energy related amendments offered by Oklahoma Rep. Jim Bridenstine. HR 4909 included one amendment to expand U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas Exports. It codifies the 30-day limit for the Department of Energy to issue final decisions on the LNG export applications. Another …
The passage of the bill creating a $12.5 million cap on tax credits for at-risk oil and gas wells in Oklahoma by the State House didn’t come without some opposition. Although the 93-2 passage didn’t appear to offer much opposition, two Representatives, Cory Williams, a Democrat from Stillwater and Mike Brown, a Democrat from Tahlequah …
The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico is considering a move to joint other communities in setting goals to acquire more electricity from renewable resources including solar production. The City council voted recently to delay a decision for two weeks on a resolution to get at least 25 percent of the electricity from solar …
In a shocking move while burning the midnight oil prior to sine die adjournment, the Oklahoma House of Representatives suspended the rules late Thursday night and introduced an untimely filed amendment to Senate Bill 1577 which aims to cap the at-risk oil and gas well tax credit at $12.5 million annually for calendar years 2015-2020. …
