Disappointed but not surprised. It’s the reaction of an attorney for the Native American tribes and environmentalists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline after a Federal judge denied their request for a restraining order. The ruling on Monday means Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners will be allowed to continue drilling to finish the $3.8 billion project. The …
Colorado and the county of Boulder could find itself in a court fight over a moratorium on oil and gas drilling. State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman last week demanded that Boulder drop its moratorium but the county refused to meet the deadline of Friday. It opens the door for the Republican Attorney General to move …
An unidentified Oklahoma state government agency is under investigation over a ransom-ware attack that locked its computers last year and agency leaders decided to pay the ransom. Word of the incident was revealed last week during a hearing of the House government Modernization Committee. Mark Gower, director of the Information technology Cyber Command testified during …
Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation and the estate of Aubrey McClendon have agreed to settle a multimillion-dollar dispute, according to a report by The Oklahoman. Chesapeake filed a civil lawsuit in Oklahoma County District Court on February 17, 2015 against American Energy Partners L.P. alleging McClendon committed acts of corporate theft by misappropriating highly sensitive …
Crude oil prices settled lower Monday as worries grew concerning the growth of domestic oil production, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. March West Texas Intermediate crude fell 93 cents, or 1.7%, to settle at $52.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. April Brent crude, the global benchmark, lost $1.11, or 2%, to end trading at …
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Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others on a subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee will explore those self-driving cars in a hearing today on capitol hill. He is a member of the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection. The hearing entitled “Self-Driving Cars: Road to Deployment will begin at 9:15 a.m. Oklahoma …
A Casper, Wyoming-based pipeline company will have to cough up $1 million because of an oil pipeline spill that happened in 2015 in the state of Montana. Bridger Pipeline LLC will be forced to give $800,000 to environmental projects and another $200,000 to the state’s general fund according to an announcement by the Montana …
In a water fight between Texas and New Mexico, a special master named by the U.S. Supreme Court says Texas might have a case in claiming New Mexico is overusing water government by a 1938 state water-sharing agreement. It means the dispute will continue in the courts. The Special Master issued a report recommending the …
