Houston-based Patterson-UTI has been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by the wife of an Oklahoma man killed in the January 2018 oil rig fire that killed five workers near McAlester. The dismissal of the negligence claim against the company means it cannot be refiled. Dianna Waldridge originally filed suit against Patterson-UTI and Oklahoma City-based Red …
A Mississippi federal judge has ordered a nearly eleven-year fraud case against Entergy Mississippi back to a state court judge. The case involves claims that the state’s largest private utility defrauded customers by not buying cheaper power form other generators. The state also demanded Entergy should repay up to $2 billion to customers. But U.S. …
The annual meeting of shareholders of Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy will be held May 17 at the campus of the company headquarters. A proxy statement filing by the company was made with the Securities Exchange Commission. In it, company President and CEO Robert D. Lawler and Board of Directors chairman R. Brad Martin said the …
European environmentalists have gone to court to force Shell to meet climate change targets under the Paris accord. Hundreds of chanting activists staged a march to Shell’ls headquarters in the Netherlands on Friday to hand the company a lawsuit. Shell greeted the protesters with coffee from an electric drinks van. It said that while …
Baker Hughes, a GE company plans to release its first quarter financial results on April 30. Management will also hold a webcast at 8:30 a.m. central time to discuss the results. The report will be released at 5:45 a.m. central time. The fourth quarter 2018 results released at the end of January 2019 showed revenue …
Oklahoma City gas prices have risen 7.1 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.45/g today, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 669 stations. Gas prices in Oklahoma City are 22.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago, yet stand 12.7 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. According to GasBuddy price …
(Pictured from L to R) Skye McNiel, Sean Kouplen, Glen Cosper, Jeanette Capshaw, John Manfred, Liz White, Jessica McAvoy, Darrell Weaver, Steve Ketchum, Chris Lange) The Oklahoma Association for Technology Centers recognized top industry partners for training and employing thousands of Oklahoma workers through CareerTech technology center programs this week at the annual Partners for Progress …
A report by the Denver Post claims Colorado public health officials have let oil and gas companies begin drilling and fracking operations at nearly 200 sites in the state without obtaining federally required permits limiting toxic pollution. It is the result of a 27-year exemption that allows the companies to pollute for at least …
Tulsa’s Williams pipeline company came out a winner in a federal appeals court decision regarding its construction activities on the East Coast. State challenges to federal approvals for three Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line gas pipeline projects fell through after an appeals court found that the state agencies do not have standing to dispute the gas …
The U.S. oil and gas rig count soared by 19 in the past week reaching a total of 1,025 active rigs at play while the number of rigs in Oklahoma dropped again. Oklahoma’s rig count fell by one to 107 while New Mexico’s Permian Basin activity increased the state’s count to the same as Oklahoma. …
