Documents released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through a Freedom of Information Act request show EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s spent nearly double what his predecessors did for security in their first three months in office. E and E News reported this week Pruitt’s security detail spent substantially more than Lisa Jackson and Gina McCarthy …
Another record year in distribution of funds to public schools has been announced by the Oklahoma School Land Commission. It was for a second straight year as the funding totaled $137.4 million including $103.4 million for K-12 public schools and more than $34 million for higher education. The new distribution beat last year’s numbers by …
Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy plans to release its 2017 second quarter financial results next month. The company announced the release date will be after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Aug. 2. Leaders of SandRidge plan to host a conference call the following day at 8 o’clock, central time. …
The city of Oklahoma City has approved a $2.5 million Brownfields environmental clean-up for the historic First National Bank building in the city’s downtown business district.The city council voted Wednesday to approve an initial loan of $1 million with the ability to increase the loan up to $2.5 million. The bank building at 120 …
Oil prices suffer their largest drop in a month on Wednesday, snapping their longest run of gains since 2010, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. August West Texas Intermediate oil lost $1.94, or 4.1%, to settle at $45.13 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, posting its first loss in nine sessions. September Brent crude, the global …
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News 9’s Justin Dougherty heads east for a Boston TV news operation. Wednesday was his last day. Often in his 4 a.m. newscasts on KWTV, he interviewed OK Energy Today’s Jerry Bohnen, discussing some of the impact of oil and gas matters and their impact on Oklahoma. Justin spent 4 years with News 9. …
A 2016 Tulsa court ruling that voided the U.S. government’s approval of oil and gas leases and drilling permits on Osage tribal land in Osage County has been reversed by the Denver Federal Appeals Court. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court ordered the ruling made in March 2016 to be vacated and dismissed in the original …
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has set aside more than $17 million in attorney fees in the settlement of an Oklahoma class action lawsuit involved alleged underpayment of royalties from gas wells. In a 2-0 decision, the court sent the $52 million settlement back to Oklahoma City federal court saying the …
Another tariff and tax credit battle between a wind industry company and a state has ended in loss for the wind operators. It’s happened in Iowa where the State’s Utilities Board refused to grant MidAmerican Energy Co. an exemption from a tariff that would have allowed the company to keep federal production tax credit revenue. …
