The water pipeline fight in Kingfisher County has escalated into a lawsuit filed this week by the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association against Kingfisher County. It came after the commission in May banned temporary water pipes in ditches alongside county roads. The lines carried treated and new water to oil and natural gas wells where …
The EPA attorney who made some controversial ethics decisions for former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is leaving the agency in the coming weeks. Kevin Minoli, EPA’s principal deputy general counsel and designated agency ethics official plans to leave the agency at the end of September and join a Washington D.C. law firm. “I made this …
It’s unclear how a new federal court ruling will impact Oklahoma’s power over coal ash disposal, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has thrown out some Trump administration rules saying they weren’t stringent enough. The ruling came in a fight by environmental groups against the actions of the Trump …
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter’s already moved to prevent the recently-reinstated Waters of the U.S. Rule from being implemented in Oklahoma. In an interview this week with Ron Hays at the Oklahoma Farm Report, Hunter indicated his office has asked Judge Claire Eagan in Tulsa U.S. District Court to issue an injunction. The filing came …
Harvest Oil and Gas Corp., a Texas firm with operations in Oklahoma and throughout the Mid-Continent area has sold its South Texas Assets in a $135 million deal with Magnolia Oil and Gas Corporation based in Houston, Texas. The sale also includes 4.2 million newly issued shares from Magnolia to Harvest Oi land Gas. The …
Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. of Houston have sold their 50% interest in BridgeTex Pipeline company in a $1.4 billion joint venture with the Canadian pension plan OMERS. Once the $1.438 billion deal is finalized, OMERS will end up with a 30% interest from Plains and a 20% interest …
Environmentalists don’t like what the Trump administration did in proposing the repeal of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan. But one Washington, D.C. based group is among those who consider it a good move. Citizens Against Government Waste applauded the Environmental Protection Agency for proposing the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule. President Tom Schatz said the …
Schlumberger Limited’s already planning for the release of its third quarter 2018 earnings. The firm is planning an October 19 conference call to discuss the results for the quarter ending September 30, 2018. The results will be released at 7 a.m. Eastern time and the call will be held 90 minutes later. With major operations …
Northwest Pipeline LL , a wholly owned subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc., announced that it has priced an offering of $250 million of its 4.000 percent Senior Notes due 2027 through an add-on to its existing issue. The $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 4.000 percent Senior Notes due 2027, scheduled to be …
Two years after Oklahomans joined thousands of others in protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, one of the American Indian activists has reached a plea deal on charges of inciting a riot. Chase Iron Eyes will avoid jail time after the plea deal resulted in the charge being reduced to disorderly conduct. …
