He’s been called an arsonist in charge of fighting forest fires. Others contend he wants the Environmental Protection Agency to stand for Every Polluter’s Ally. Yet Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has his supporters as he prepares for his Wednesday morning confirmation hearing to run the EPA. Support from Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and …
If Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt doesn’t know it by now that Democrats will go after him during his confirmation hearing Wednesday morning to run the EPA, then he’s not been paying attention. Democrats on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee made it clear last week, they stand with some scientists who say …
Tulsa-based WPX Energy announced Thursday that it is acquiring assets in the Delaware basin for $775 million, increasing its Permian operations to more than 120,000 net acres, according to a recent report in The Tulsa World. The assets include approximately 6,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day of existing production from 23 producing wells; two …
The Houston, Texas based Consumer Energy Alliance says that rejecting pipeline infrastructure in the U.S. could remove nearly a third of the nation’s electricity generation capacity in 13 years. The report is titled “Families, Communities and Finances: The Consequences of Denying Critical Pipeline Infrastructure.” It predicts Oklahoma and Texas and other states that make …
The allegations by environmentalists and opponents of Scott Pruitt becoming chief of the Environmental Protection Agency are not the first to be raised about Pruitt receiving campaign money from friendly industries. Environmentalists and the New York Times noted this week that Pruitt received campaign money from the poultry industry as he attempted to ease state …
Environmentalists and their organizations are making a stronger push to stop the U.S. Senate confirmation of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to become the new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency. Ever since Pruitt was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump, the Sierra Club has been among the most vocal opponents. In one of its most …
As Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt prepares for what U.S. Sen. James Lankford says could be the “wildest” of confirmation hearings this week, Pruitt came under review of the New York Times. In its Sunday edition, the paper noted how Pruitt took over as Oklahoma Attorney General and immediately stopped efforts to punish the …
Oklahoma’s STACK is as busy as ever with four energy companies recently reporting completed wells in the play. None of the wells reported production more than 800 barrels a day. Eight recent completion reports, as published by OK Energy Today, were filed for Canadian County. Tulsa-based Cimarex Energy, a company that focuses on drilling …
Yet again, Canada is leading the way with the addition of 110 new rigs last week while the U.S. rig count fell by a total of six, according to the Baker Hughes rig count released on Friday. Canada now has a total of 315 rigs, up 88 rigs when compared with last year’s count of …
Crude oil futures settled lower on Friday as traders were skeptical about compliance with the OPEC production cut, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, February West Texas Intermediate crude fell by 64 cents, or 1.2%, to settle at $52.37 a barrel. For the week, prices saw a weekly decline of about 3%. …
