Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe used a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Thursday to again condemn the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, the one put on hold by the U.S. Supreme Court. “The stakes are high when it comes to the Power Plan,” said the Senator in his opening comment as Chairman …
“I did not feel the support from the Governor’s office.” Bob Cooper Coal miners and leaders of Oklahoma’s coal mining industry make it clear—-they are not happy with Gov. Mary Fallin and her action this week signing Senate Bill 1614 into effect. The new law cuts the coal mining industry’s $3.8 million annual …
Oklahoma Congressman Steve Russell’s bill to force federal agencies to share software, a move he says could save more than $4 billion a year, won unanimous approval this week in the U.S. House. The Making Electronic Government Accountable by Yielding Tangible Efficiencies Act of 2016 or H.R. 4904 passed on a voice vote. He called …
One of the nation’s latest wind farms has won approval in Antelope County, Nebraska even though some residents fought the project. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted this week to let Invenergy of Chicago put up 160 turbines near the town of Neligh. Invenergy already operates a wind farm near Elgin, Nebraska. But in approving …
A bid by Houston-based Meridian Energy Group Inc. to build an $850 million oil refinery only 3 miles from the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota is delayed again by county leaders in Medora. If approved, it would be the nation’s newest refinery. Billings County Commissioners decided this week to wait until July …
The city of Tulsa broke ground this week on a second CNG refueling station for its city fleet of CNG powered vehicles and for public use. The site is located in East Tulsa on East 33rd street near the I-44/Broken Arrow Expressway Interchange. The new refueling site has a $2 million price tag on it …
Crude oil futures continued their ascent on Wednesday, soaring above the key $50 benchmark while posting their highest close in several months, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. July West Texas Intermediate crude tacked on 87 cents, or 1.7%, to end trade on the New York Mercantile Exchange at $51.23 a barrel. August Brent crude added $1.07, …
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Production has been reduced by CVR Refining at its refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas because the temporary shutdown of the Magellan Midstream Partners 8-inch refined petroleum products pipeline. The line transports up to 30,000 barrels a day of refined products from the refinery to Kansas City, Kansas and is one of three pipelines that support the …
