June 5, 2018 archive

Denver Federal Appeals Court Rules Against New Mexico in Methane Flaring Fight

A move by the state of New Mexico along with California and environmental groups to revive the Bureau of Land Management’s methane waste rule was rejected this week by the Denver Federal Appeals court. The ruling means some aspects of the controversial rule will be stayed while the 10th U.S.  Circuit considers a lower court …

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Ethics Challenges Mount Up for Pruitt at EPA

The longer Scott Pruitt stays as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the more ethics problems government investigators and members of congress are finding. It’s not just the situations that arose in Oklahoma when Pruitt was Attorney General and a state Senator from Tulsa, but this week at least two ethics challenges were reported. One …

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Icahn Calls out SandRidge Energy on Ouster of Former CEO

While SandRidge Energy on Monday was busy notifying shareholders of what it labeled Carl Icahn’s poor track record in energy investments,  he too was busy attacking SandRidge’s Board of Directors. In his efforts to win support of shareholders for election of a new board, Icahn accused the board of overpaying CEO James Bennett when he …

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Anti-Oil and Gas Protesters Arrested in Austin

At least seven anti oil and gas protesters were arrested Monday in Austin, Texas as they demonstrated outside the William B. Travis State Office building Organized by the Poor People’s Campaign, the protest sought a ban on new oil and gas permits as well as single-payer health care and paid sick days. It was part …

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Senators Hope to Include Energy Programs in New Farm Bill

Eight members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture are getting a pat on the back from the Agriculture Energy Coalition for supporting the farm bill energy title programs. The Coalition supported a letter mailed by 8 Senators this week to Committee chairman Sen.Pat Roberts, (R-KS) and ranking member Sen. Debbie Stabenow. In the letter, …

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20,000 Miles without an oil change? It’s what ExxonMobil’s promoting

If ExxonMobil’s experiment proves a success, those quick oil-change places might be seriously hurting for business in the future. The energy company has launched a cross-country road trip to prove its latest product offering, Mobil 1 Annual Protection motor oil will allow cars to go 20,000 miles without an oil change. The road trip started …

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Chlorine leak stopped at OKC Water Treatment Plant

Oklahoma City fire crews say no evacuations were necessary following a Monday night chlorine gas leak at the city’s Hefner Water Treatment Plant. Crews were called to the scene in the 3800 block of W. Hefner Road around 9 p.m.  Nearly 50 firefighters were on scene trying to locate the leak. The Department’s Hazardous Materials …

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Midstates Wraps up $58 million sale of Anadarko Basin Properties

Tulsa’s Midstates Petroleum Company announced the closing this week of a previously announced sale of its Anadarko Basin producing properties in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The sale price was $58 million and the net proceeds came to approximately $54 million. The company said the proceeds will be used to pay down part of …

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Boil Water Order Lifted for Northern Town of Webbs

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced that the boil order for Webbs Public Water Supply (PWS), located near Ponca City, has been lifted. The water is now safe for human consumption. The order to boil water was issued due to the presence of E. coli. State and federal regulations require that customers be notified if, …

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GOP Labor Commission Candidates to Debate

The three Republican candidates for Oklahoma Labor Commissioner will take part in a political forum Wednesday night in Oklahoma City. Cathy Costello, Rep. Leslie Osborn and Keith Swinton will debate the issues in a forum sponsored by the political news website NonDoc, Generation Citizen, Let’s Fix This and Women Lead Oklahoma. It will be held …

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