EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt faces more scrutiny from his Democratic critics in the U.S. Senate as they are demanding to know how he came to any scientific conclusion to repeal the Clean Power Plan. Led by Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, 18 other Democrats wrote Pruitt recently asking for all of the documents, including emails, memos …
Concerns over whether wastewater disposal wells will cause earthquakes prompted officials in Lawrence, Kansas to recently call on the state corporation commission to change its rules. The governments of Douglas County and Lawrence want changes to the state regulations after an energy company proposed to pump wastewater into wells in rural Eudora, according to a …
Houston-based Linn Energy Inc. likes to say it focuses its national drilling effort in the SCOOP and STACK in western Oklahoma and recently made its point with the $285 million sale of assets in the Williston Basin. The company sold its interest on Oct. 23 in nearly 20,000 net acres in North Dakota, South Dakota …
Crude oil futures climbed to new heights on Thursday, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. December Brent crude, the global benchmark, added 86 cents, or 1.5%, to settle at $59.30 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe Exchange, marking the highest finish for a front-month contract since July 3, 2015, according to data from Dow Jones. On …
In something of a surprise move, the Oklahoma Senate on Thursday approved a resolution urging the State House to raise gross production taxes on oil and gas wells as a way to resolve the state’s budget crisis. It drew an immediate rebuke from oil and gas groups. “The continued erosion of tax policy that has …
Someone hacked into the computer system at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission this week leaving most computer services offline as of Thursday. The Commission was quick to indicate there was no compromise of sensitive data. “We detected an attack and have engaged the State CyberCommand and OMES staff to protect and restart the systems,” OMES spokeswoman …
The Sierra Club has launched a statewide poll in Oklahoma of the work being done by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and whether he’s using his position to run for the U.S. Senate or Governor in the state. “We invested in this polling to get a sense of whether people in Pruitt’s home state are concerned …
A consortium of energy consumers in the state is preparing to go before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to fight a $150 million rate hike by Public Service Company of Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Industrial Energy Consumers, a group of large energy users has filed testimony in response to PSO’s 28% base rate hike request. Tom Schroedter, executive …
Oklahoma isn’t the only place where scientists are linking wastewater disposal wells to earthquakes. Researchers at the University of Colorado’s Department of Geological Sciences are making the same new claim of recent earthquakes in what is called the Raton Basin located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. They contend the deep underground wells have …
A public meeting is planned for next month in Bristow concerning the EPA’s Superfund Site at the former Wilcox Oil Company refinery. The EPA along with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality will hold the community meeting. Officials of both agencies will be on hand to answer questions regarding cleanup with the site was added …
