A public rally against the Dakota Access Pipeline is set for Wednesday, September 14, 2016 on the University of Oklahoma campus. The event is a collaboration of university students, Native American tribal organizations and the general public. The group will meet at Dale Hall in the South Oval at 12:00 p.m. The walk/protest will begin …
2016 archive
Oklahoma Argues Denver Federal Appeals Court Has Authority to Rule on WOTUS Fight
The State of Oklahoma launched its second round of attacks this week on the Environmental Protection Agency over its enforcement of the Clean Water Rule and the controversial WOTUS or Waters of the U.S. Rule. The State, along with business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce argued the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals …
Cherokee Tribal Council Votes to Support Indian Protest of North Dakota Oil Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux tribe fighting the construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline across North Dakota and three other states is getting support from Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation. The Cherokee Nation’s Tribal Council voted this week in favor of a resolution of support for the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s protest of the pipeline. Chief Bill John Baker …
Lexington to Finally Get Clean Drinking Water
Thanks to a big loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the city of Lexington will finally soon have clean drinking water. Rep. Bobby Cleveland announced this week the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has entered into a contract to sell drinking water to Cleveland County Rural Water district Number one. It will bring an …
Insurance Commissioner Cautions Against Earthquake Rumors
From Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak: Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak wants to alleviate concerns about six-month moratoriums on purchasing earthquake insurance. The concerns were raised after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Pawnee on Sept. 3. A moratorium is a temporary suspension on issuing new earthquake insurance policies. “While touring earthquake damage in Pawnee, …
WTI and Brent Tumble on Tuesday as IEA Report Forecasts Supply Will Outpace Demand Into 2017
Oil futures finished at their lowest level in a week, after the International Energy Agency warned that supply will continue to outpace demand during 2017, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, October West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.39, or 3%, to settle at $44.90 a barrel, marking its lowest settlement since …
Permits to Drill September 14, 2016
Blaine County VERONA #7-23-14XH, August 31 2016 26 16N 10W SWNENENE API: 01123647 Lat: 35.835042460698915, Long: -98.2261458080809 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, AM, 19603 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10109) Blaine County GILLILAN #9-26-35XH, August 25 2016 26 16N 10W SWNENENE API: 01123642 Lat: 35.839855625374675, Long: -98.22604468113101 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, AM, 19433 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9871) Blaine County GILLILAN #10-26-35XH, August …
$11 billion Water Bill Gets Amendments from Sen. Inhofe
What Politico’s Morning Energy Report says about the water bill under consideration in the Senate. “ON-WRDA: The Senate’s water infrastructure bill is on track to pass this week after an overwhelming procedural vote Monday night to keep it moving along. The last issue to work out is a dredging dispute between Connecticut and New York …
Feds’ Reaction to Pipeline is Called ‘Unprecedented’
Could the federal government’s handling of the protest by Native Americans of the $4 billion Dakota Access Pipeline be a sign of things to come in the remaining months of the Obama administration? Oklahomans are among those who joined other Indians in North Dakota in fighting the four-state pipeline that a federal judge initially refused to block …
Anadarko Increases Deepwater Gulf Assets
Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp. says it’s paying $2 billion to acquire the deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets belonging to Freeport McMoRan Oil and Gas which is a subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Inc. based in Phoenix. The deal is to be concluded before year’s end and will double Anadarko’s ownership in the Lucius deepwater development to 49 …