A survey of supply managers in Oklahoma and 8 other midwestern states shows only a slight improvement in the regional economies, according to the Mid-American Business Conditions Index compiled by Creighton University economist Ernie Goss. He said desp…
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Cities, States and Environmental Groups Side with EPA in Clean Power Plan Fight
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and the other attorneys generals from 28 states have new opposition in their lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection agency’s Clean Power Plan, the one put on hold by the U.S. Supreme court.
A coal…
Cities, States and Environmental Groups Side with EPA in Clean Power Plan Fight
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and the other attorneys generals from 28 states have new opposition in their lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection agency’s Clean Power Plan, the one put on hold by the U.S. Supreme court.
A coalition …
Tallgrass Energy Expands Natural Gas Pipeline Holdings
Tallgrass Energy based in Leawood, Kansas is paying $440 million for part of the Rockies Express Pipeline company. The purchase is being made by Tallgrass Development’s wholly owned subsidiary, Rockies Express Holdings, LLC. The firm is acquiring…
Tallgrass Energy Expands Natural Gas Pipeline Holdings
Tallgrass Energy based in Leawood, Kansas is paying $440 million for part of the Rockies Express Pipeline company. The purchase is being made by Tallgrass Development’s wholly owned subsidiary, Rockies Express Holdings, LLC. The firm is acquiring Sempr…
Study Leads to Changes in State Bridge Inspections Following Earthquakes
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says a new study shows it is unlikely that a 4.6 magnitude or less earthquake in the state would damage any bridges or highways.
The $575,000 study by Infrastructure Engineers Inc. validated the State Highway …
Former Transportation Secretary Phil Tomlinson Dies in Shawnee
Former Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Phil Tomlinson died this week in Shawnee. He was 77 and his death prompted Governor Mary Fallin to issue a statement, saying Tomlinson had served the state with “great distinction.”
“He served six years as secr…
SandRidge Debt Grows——Company Slashes Capital Spending by 60 percent
SandRidge Energy in Oklahoma City released its long-awaited fourth quarter and 2015 fiscal reports, indicating its debt has grown to $3.6 billion dollars after losses were reported in both the fourth quarter and for the year.
The debt for 2015 g…
SandRidge Debt Grows——Company Slashes Capital Spending by 60 percent
SandRidge Energy in Oklahoma City released its long-awaited fourth quarter and 2015 fiscal reports, indicating its debt has grown to $3.6 billion dollars after losses were reported in both the fourth quarter and for the year.
The debt for 2015 grew to…
Feds order Firms to Cough up $1.5 million for Not Paying OT to Oilfield Workers
Some 241 oil well service workers in Texas and New Mexico are being paid a total of $1.5 million, including $750,000 in back wages following a federal government investigation into the oil and gas sectors in both states.
Nova Mud Inc., Nova Hard…