With Oklahoma’s latest rig count showing the oil and gas industry continues to remain strong, new employment figures are showing the same indication. A report from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission showed the industry, classified under Mining, showed another 500 jobs were added in August. The July estimate had also been revised down by 300 …
The latest weekly oil and gas rig count revealed a decline for the nation while Oklahoma remains unchanged from last week, according to Baker Hughes Company of Houston, Texas. Oklahoma’s count was steady in the past week to remain at 130 compared to 65 just one year ago. The nation’s rig count dropped by eight …
Domestic oil prices finished slightly under the $50 a barrel benchmark for Friday’s session but saw the largest weekly gain since late July, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, October West Texas Intermediate crude remained at $49.89 a barrel after forging ahead of $50 a barrel earlier in the day. For …
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EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says his agency will reconsider key parts of the Obama administration rule covering the handling of coal ash. It comes after an industry trade group filed suit asking the agency to take another look at the rule which considers coal ash, or as the EPA calls it Coal Combustion Residuals, to …
A push is underway to get the government to re-evaluate estimates of just how much oil could potentially be in North Dakota. Continental Resources chairman and founder Harold Hamm thinks the resources could match what is in the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeastern New Mexico. He has said for years the government has …
Lawsuits are mounting against the Army Corps of Engineers and the government over the flooding in Houston. A week after Hurricane Harvey hit, some residents filed a class-action lawsuit blaming governmental mismanagement of the two dams on the west side of Houston. Water was released from the Addicks and Barker reservoirs and the massive floodwaters …
As of Friday morning, it was clear the recovery process is going to be a long one for those living in Florida following Hurricane Irma. Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Brock Long said the government response had switched from “saving” lives to “recovery.” He said about 10,000 people remained in emergency shelters in Florida as …
Hundreds of Oklahomans from utility companies are in Florida attempting to restore electricity to the millions who lost power during Hurricane Irma. Public Service Company of Oklahoma sent more than 300 employees and contract personnel. “They expect it to be a little of everything,” said PSO spokesman Stan Whiteford in explaining what the linemen and …
The Coast Guard says less than 20 percent of the hundreds of thousands of gasoline spilled from a Magellan Midstream Partners storage tank during Hurricane Harvey was recovered. The Guard said 461,000 gallons were spilled from the tank, escaping past containment berms at the tank farm owned by the Tulsa-based company. The tank farm is …
