A bill that could lead to railways being ticketed and fined thousands of dollars for blocking street intersections in Oklahoma won approval this week in a State House committee. The House Transportation Committee approved House Bill 2472 by Speaker Charles McCall of Atoka and sent it to the House for a vote. McCall’s had no …
NASA scientists and administrator Jim Bridenstine, the former Oklahoma congressman, weren’t the only ones mourning this week’s formally-declared death of Opportunity, the rover sent to Mars 15 years ago. So was Oklahoma congresswoman Kendra Horn, who chairs a House subcommittee on space exploration and technology. After NASA said “Oppy” as it was nicknamed no longer …
Google says it’s expanding its data center in Pryor. Google CEO Sundar Pichai made the announcement on his blog Wednesday. It’s part of a huge expansion of data centers across the country. “Today we’re announcing over $13 billion in investments throughout 2019 in data centers and offices across the U.S., with major expansions in 14 …
Asking questions about the Democrats’ Green New Deal plan can land you in trouble with some of those Democrats in Congress. Take the case of Henry Rodgers of The Daily Caller who was threatened recently when he approached New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez to ask him about the Green New Deal. Menendez tore …
Oklahoma City’s Continental Resources expects to see up to a 19 percent increase in annual crude oil production with a 2019 capital expenditures budget of $2.6 billion. The company predicts the cap-ex budget will generate nearly $3 billion in cash flow from the operations and another $600 million of free cash flow for full-year 2019 …
Two new pipelines will be built to carry natural gas in Oklahoma and Kansas and the deal involves Williams Cos. of Tulsa. Williams is joining forces with Targa Resources Corp to build the 188-mile NGL “Bluestem Pipeline” from the Williams fractionator in central Kansas and the southern terminus of the Overland Pass Pipeline. Conway is …
After reporting a profit for the fourth quarter of 2017, Tulsa-based Williams reported this week a $572 million loss in the fourth quarter of 2018. It also reported a loss of $156 million for all of 2018 compared to 2017. The per share loss came to 47 cents for the fourth quarter and 16 …
HollyFrontier Corporation, the owner of a refinery in Tulsa as well as others in Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah announced a quarterly dividend this week. The Dallas firm’s Board of Directors declared a 33-cent-a-share dividend payable on March 13, 2019 to holders of record of common stock on Feb. 27, 2019. HollyFrontier Corporation, headquartered …
An 18-cent-per-share dividend has been declared by Halliburton Company. The board of directors declared the dividend for the 2019 first quarter and stated it will be payable on March 27, 2019 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 6, 2019. The company’s annual meeting of shareholders will take place on May …
The state government in Oklahoma reports General Revenue Fund collections for January came in nearly 9 percent higher than the monthly estimate. Gross Production Tax revenues from oil and gas were nearly 98 percent higher than the estimate. The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services reported the oil and gas taxes totaled $77 million …
