A Wyoming based transportation firm with regional offices in Enid, Oklahoma announced this week the major purchase of two new large cranes for oilfield and wind turbine projects. Transportation Partners and Logistics, LLC said a Liebherr LR 1300 SX crawler crane was purchased for its largest distribution center in Garden City, Kansas. The second was …
Black Stone Minerals, L.P., the Houston company with 700,000 acres in assets in Oklahoma and 16.5 million nationwide announced this week the appointment of Jeff Wood as President of the Partnership. He will also continue duties as Chief Financial Officer. The company said Thomas L. Carter Jr. will continue as Black Stone Minerals’ Chief Executive …
The price of gasoline dropped slightly in the past week across the U.S. and in Oklahoma. The new statewide average is $2.61 a gallon compared to the national average of $2.86, according to AAA Oklahoma. The state has some of the cheapest gasoline in the country. Nationwide, 44 states have less expensive or steady gas …
While the EPA decision transferring coal ash enforcement to Oklahoma regulators resulted in a lawsuit threat from environmental groups, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is praising the move. He helped author it. Oklahoma is the first state in the nation to be granted the authority by the Environmental Protection Agency and it was Sen. Inhofe who …
The environmental activist group Earthjustice indicates it will file a lawsuit to stop EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt from transferring oversight of coal ash contamination to Oklahoma. “If anyone believes this decision will protect Oklahoma’s residents from coal ash pollution, than I have some oceanfront property in the state to sell you,” wrote Jennifer Cassel, an …
Red faces at the Old Gray Lady. The New York Times had to make a major correction in a story that attacked EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and falsely accused him of using his influence to get his daughter into the University of Virginia law school. Then over the weekend, the paper admitted it was wrong …
Photo: Texas Park And Wildlife For now, officials at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department say fracking and an oil boom in southwest Texas had nothing to do with damage to one of the world’s largest spring-fed swimming pools in Balmorhea State Park. It was recently when a section of concrete wall collapsed, leading some …
A 2018 Manufacturing and Logistics Report Card issued by Indiana’s Ball State University gives Oklahoma only average grades. The University’s Center for Business and Economic Research noted Oklahoma experienced a decline in two-year growth in manufacturing value added between 2014 and 2016. The report card gave a “C-minus” to Oklahoma for manufacturing and a “C-plus” …
Carl Icahn made one last-ditch plea to SandRidge Energy shareholders on Monday to dump the company’s existing board of directors and vote for his candidates. His plea came one day before the company’s annual meeting is held in Oklahoma City. In a June 18 filing with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission, Icahn was critical of …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford recently spent a few minutes on the floor of the Senate boasting about how the economy has grown in Oklahoma, thanks in part he said to tax reform. “Let me just pause and read a couple of headlines and give good news,” said the Senator in his remarks. Oklahoma revenues …
