The annual meeting of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association ended with a change in leadership for the coming year. Berry Mullennix has taken over as chairman of the association’s board of directors while Tim Wigley assumed the role of OIPA President. The OIPA is considered the largest oil and gas organization in the state with …
The 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board’s PetroTech Program is being served. It’s a program that focuses on technical training for those interested in a career in Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry. Developed in 2007, the program is through the collaboration of Francis Tuttle Technology Center in Oklahoma City and Tulsa Tech. …
Record travel is predicted this July 4th weekend and that means a lot of gasoline being pumped and sold. AAA Oklahoma says 44.2 million Americans will take a trip of 50 miles or more over the long Independence day weekend. That’s an increase of 1.25 million over last year, making it the most-traveled Independence Day …
A public meeting has been set for next week by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to discuss mercury levels discovered in fish taken from 14 lakes in the state. The DEQ said 14 lakes were added since the last mercury advisory was issued in 2016. The advisories are the result of testing carried out …
An employee of an antenna installation company based in Oklahoma City has been charged with embezzling $131,000 from the company. Charges were filed this week in Oklahoma County District Court against Joseph Shannon Knauf, an operations manager of Reach Services Inc. He is accused of using a computer in December 2014 to embezzle more than …
Environmentalists are being dealt a setback as they promote electric cars. A new study by the Swedish Environmental Research Institute focused on the Tesla and discovered its car batteries generated as much CO2 as driving a gasoline-powered car for eight years. And as Breitbart News indicated, that’s before the electric cars even come off the …
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The Washington, D.C.-based Alliance to Save Energy takes issue with our report pointing out how Tennessee U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander was named to the group’s board, despite his opposition to a NextEra Energy wind farm in his state. Spokesman Ben Evans wasn’t defending Sen. Alexander’s stand against the wind farm but rather his appointment to …
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter’s threatening legal action against the state of California after it required insurance companies to publicly reveal any investments in fossil fuels. California’s move to urge companies to sign a pledge to divest from the coal industry prompted Hunter and eleven other state attorneys general and one governor to send …
