A review of oil and gas complaints by residents to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission shows noise is what irks them the most. The Denver Post reports 419 complaints were filed with the commission in 2016 compared to 240 in 2010 and 252 in 2013. But the number is fast growing—704 already this year. …
State lawsuits are mounting up against Scott Pruitt and his Environmental Protection Agency, maybe reminding him of the days when he was Oklahoma Attorney General doing the same thing against the Obama administration’s EPA. As E and E reports, more than a dozen court challenges have been filed against the EPA since Pruitt took over …
Some are describing a gas purge in Pawhuska as a “state of emergency.” And there is one, based on the executive order recently signed by Gov. Mary Fallin. State and federal agencies met Monday night with residents of the city after a gas leak was located last week in a well on the softball field …
Our story earlier this month about predictions of a larger earthquake hitting Oklahoma has been picked up by Oklahoma City’s KWTV news. The story focuses on the U.S. Geological Survey’s belief that the state has an 80% chance of experiencing a 5.0-magnitude earthquake sometime this year. Oklahoma Geological Survey Director Dr. Jeremy Boak believes the 80% …
The Oklahoma Sierra Club is accusing EPA chief Scott Pruitt of abandoning his home state to help Texas polluters. Johnson Bridgwater, director of the Sierra Club’s Oklahoma Chapter made the accusation. “Scott Pruitt just made it clear that he plans to abandon the residents of his home state to placate Texas polluters who don’t give …
Crude oil futures settled lower on Monday as traders awaited news from a closed-door OPEC meeting in Vienna, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. September West Texas Intermediate crude oil fell by $1.14, or about 2.4%, to settle at $47.37 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, ahead of its expiration at Tuesday’s settlement. October Brent crude, …
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From the Oklahoma Wildlife Department: After serving as a supervising lieutenant for nine years, Game Warden Tom Cartwright has been promoted to Captain and Chief of District 4 in the Law Enforcement Division of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. He fills the position left by the retirement of Capt. Jimmie Henthorn. Cartwright, based in …
The U.S. is becoming more and more of a competitor with Venezuela and the Middle East when it comes to oil exports. That’s because most of the new crude oil coming out of the Permian Basin in west Texas and southeast New Mexico will be shipped overseas. The oil will be transferred to Gulf Coast …
The amount of the contract wasn’t disclosed, but Louisiana based Danos, a company founded on tugboat and energy operations has won a major Williams Partners contract to do piping and valve modifications at a North Carolina operation. Danos is a company with 1,800 employees and will carry out the work at the Pine Needle LNG …
