The Oklahoma Supreme Court now must decide on the three lawsuits filed in challenge of three new taxes and one tax deduction change following oral arguments Tuesday morning. Justices held three separate hearings on the suits and listened to 3 hours of arguments against the taxes. Attorney James Naifeh, representing GOP Gubernatorial candidate Gary Richardson …
August 2017 archive
Sierra Club Joins Challenge of Oklahoma’s Electric Car Fee
Even as the Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments to some newly-created taxes on electric and hybrid vehicles, a new lawsuit was waiting in the wings. It was on Monday when the Oklahoma Sierra Club filed suit, challenging a registration fee on the electric vehicles. The suit is asking the court to rule House …
Waste Management Opens 100th CNG Refueling Station in OKC
Houston’s Waste Management has opened its 100th CNG fueling station nationally this week in Oklahoma City. It held a ceremony Tuesday morning in the city as it dedicated the fueling station for the nearly 100 CNG-operated trash trucks refuel every day. Waste Management operates an estimated 6,000 natural gas trucks, the largest heavy-duty fleet of …
Legislator Enters Race for Labor Commissioner
Mustang Rep. Leslie Osborn is the latest to enter the race to become Oklahoma’s next State Labor Commissioner. The Republican legislator announced Wednesday she is running for the Republican nomination to be decide in 2018. “We have serious challenges in Oklahoma,” said Osborn in announcing her candidacy. “I am convinced we can meet them. As …
WTI and Brent Crude Falter on Tuesday as Traders Await Inventory Data
An erratic day of trading yielded another drop in crude oil prices on Tuesday as investors agonized over an OPEC meeting to discuss further production cuts, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, September West Texas Intermediate futures slid 22 cents, or 0.5% to settle at $49.17 a barrel. October Brent crude, the global …
Completion Reports August 9, 2017
CANADIAN COUNTY Jones Energy Llc Woodford(10465): Oil 277 Gas 3298 Water 904 Flow 20 12N 7W Bomhoff 20-12-7 1h, May 27, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 15212 ft Lat: 35.49414, Long: -97.97157 API: 35017249680001 GARVIN COUNTY Downhole Tech Llc 13 3N 1E Calvin Chisholm 2, July 18, 2017 SH, TA, TD: 3051 ft Lat: 34.73403, Long: -97.15243 API: 35049384860002 Downhole Tech Llc 13 …
Permits to Drill August 9, 2017
Canadian County BR MCCABE 1409 #1-3-34MXH, August 07 2017 03 14N 9W NESESESE API: 01725051 Lat: 35.71205936307162, Long: -98.13692201617638 MARATHON OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 20593 ft, MISSISSIPPI SOLID(9219) Creek County CHICKENMAN #1-3, August 02 2017 03 14N 10E CNWNWSE API: 03729379 Lat: 35.71792398818683, Long: -96.2357403219339 WFD OIL CORPORATION SH, AM, 3200 ft, RED FORK(1800), BARTLESVILLE(2200), TANEHA(2315), …
$16 million Mineral Rights Sale for 880 Acres in Blaine County
Edmond’s EK Energy and Exploration Company was the high bidder for the June sale of mineral rights to 880 acres of Blaine county land at a price of nearly $17 million dollars. The June 20 auction was handled by Farm Service Company of Chickasha where spokesman Cody J. White indicated the sale involved 5 …
Keystone XL Fight Begins in Nebraska
Critics of TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline are getting their chance this week to grill developers as they go before the Nebraska Public Service Commission. An evidentiary hearing on the pipeline is underway and already there have been sharp and pointed exchanges between witnesses and attorneys for those fighting the pipeline. As E & …
Tribes Want Dakota Access Pipeline Shut Down Pending More Studies
Two American Indian tribes are telling a federal court the Dakota Access pipeline, the one targeted by Oklahomans and other environmental activists last year must be shut down while the Trump administration reconsiders its environmental impact. Attorneys for the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Sioux tribes filed a brief this week with the U.S. District …