A boil order is still in effect for residents of one public water supply system in Edmond. The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has advised the Cee Gee’s Club Public Water Supply (PWS), located in Edmond, to inform users of its drinking water to use water that has been brought to a full, rolling boil …
Millions of dollars are being spent on an anti-fracking fight in Colorado where petitioners hope to have a statewide vote in November. The focus of the fight is Initiative 97 which would push setback requirements for new wells to 2,500 feet from neighborhoods. That’s 5 times the current restrictions of 500 feet from homes. “The …
Did the Obama administration use bad data when it finalized controversial methane emissions rules from oil and gas production? According to a review of the data by Texans for Natural Gas, it appears to be the case. The group contends the government relief on inflated estimates of methane emissions to justify the rulemaking that targeted …
The political belief is that Federal Appeals Court judge Brett Kavanaugh is a conservative who will push the Supreme Court to the right on issues such as the environment if he is confirmed after being nominated Monday night by President Trump. Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is certainly one who supports the nomination. He was …
Within minutes of President Trump’s nomination of Federal Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, environmentalists were bashing the nomination and urging it to be rejected by the Senate. Take for example the Sierra Club. “If the Senate lets Trump successfully install Kavanaugh to fill this seat, the court will rubber stamp Trump’s …
Gasoline prices in Oklahoma and across the U.S. rose a few cents a gallon in the past week. The national average is a penny higher at $2.87 per gallon while drivers in Oklahoma pay an average of $2.62, or 3 cents more than last week. AAA Oklahoma reports pump prices in nearly 30 states saw …
Kansas City-area based Tallgrass Energy LP has announced an increased second quarter dividend as it also plans to release its quarterly earnings report. The pipeline company with operations carrying crude oil from Wyoming to Cushing, Oklahoma said the second quarter cash dividend of $0.4975 per Class A share is an increase of 2.1 percent …
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. , a Houston based firm with pipeline operations and offices in Norman and Cushing, Oklahoma announced a 30-cent a share distribution for the second quarter of 2018. The distribution, which amounts to $1.20 on an annualized basis is unchanged from the first quarter of the year. The company’s Series A …
Houston’s Enterprise Products Partners, L.P., a company with natural gas storage operations in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and other states has declared an increase in the quarterly cash distribution paid to limited partners for the second quarter of 2018. The board of directors declared the increase to 43-cents per common share or $1.72 on an annualized …
In a move that might boost optimism among executives at Tulsa’s Williams Companies, federal regulators have overturned the state of New York’s denial of approval of Millennium Pipeline’s request to start service on the Valley lateral natural gas pipeline project. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the small pipeline that New York state rejected last …
