Consider this under the topic of “Not a bad job if you can get it.” A move is afoot to hire a new CEO at CSX, one of North America’s major railroads and give him a $200 million pay package. CSX doesn’t operate in Oklahoma. It’s mostly a rail system located in the eastern half …
As Scott Pruitt enters week three of his rein over the Environmental Protection Agency, environmentalists are still curious as to what kind of enforcement of environmental laws he will demand and carry out. As Environment and Energy reporter Mike Soraghan wrote this week, “Pruitt’s philosophy on environmental enforcement is mostly unknown. He doesn’t have much …
An EPA program aimed at improving energy ratings in homes and offices across the country could be eliminated under a White House preliminary budget proposal. The Energy Star program, which includes Oklahoma’s state government as well as utilities could get the axe as the Trump administration seeks ways to save money and finance the President’s …
Drones and those who might shoot them down over private property are the subject of a bill headed to the State senate floor. Sen. Ralph Shortey, R-Oklahoma City authored Senate Bill 660 which would make property owners who destroy drones flying over their land immune from civil action. He’s hoping to have the bill heard this …
Two Oklahoma oil and gas companies are targeted in a new tribal court lawsuit filed Friday by the Pawnee Nation alleging liability over the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that resulted in significant damage to tribal structures, according to a news report in The Tulsa World. Tulsa-based Eagle Road Oil LLC and Oklahoma City-based Cummings Oil Co. …
Tulsa-based Samson Resources Corporation announced on Wednesday that it has emerged from bankruptcy and discharged $4 billion in debt and $300 million of annual interest expense. The company has transferred nearly all of its remaining assets and subsidiaries to a new company, Samson Resources II, LLC. Samson Resources filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization in …
Oil futures settled higher on Friday despite registering losses for the week, as traders expressed concern about OPEC’s compliance with the production cut, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, April West Texas Intermediate crude rose 72 cents, or 1.4%, to settle at $53.33 a barrel. For the week, WTI suffered a …
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Oklahoma’s oil and gas rig count slipped below 100 over the past week while the national count grew by two to reach 756, according to figures released by Baker Hughes Co. The Oklahoma county dropped by 3 to reach 98. Nationally, the county of 756 is 267 more than one year ago. The increase in …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe has some support in a move to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing what he calls a “midnight” regulation requiring chemical storage information be made available to the public. Together with Sens. John Cornyn of Texas, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Jerry Moran of Kansas and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, …
