A lot of “Help Wanted” ads can be seen in southern Oklahoma and the pattern has the attention of employers in cities like Ardmore. There, an Express Personnel spokeswoman indicated it’s a matter of not enough workers to fill the needs of companies. It’s a workforce issue. The Daily Ardmoreite explored the issue this week. …
Anyone who’s taken the drive along Interstate 40 west into New Mexico no doubt knows Clines Corners. It’s the cut-off toward Santa Fe or also a good stop for a break from driving across the long stretch of the interstate. But Clines Corners now wants to build a wind farm at the site. New Mexico’s …
A Tulsa federal judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Broken Arrow-based AG Equipment Company against a Pakistan company. U.S. District Judge Claire V. Eagan made her ruling last month in the suit brought by AG Equipment in a dispute over contracts with Petro Allied Solutions Ltd and IE Services Ltd. AG hired …
The Trump administration’s recent move to replace the methane emissions standards created under the Obama presidency drew strong support from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, a senator who fought the original rule beginning 5 years ago. He is a senior member of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee and responded after EPA administrator Andrew …
The University of Houston refused to waver to calls to disinvite oil industry speakers at its fall convocation held last Thursday. A recent graduate had called on the university to stop Gerald McElvy, a board of regents member and alumna April Feick from speaking at the event. McElvy worked for ExxonMobil for 33 years, while Feick is executive …
Houston’s Nine Energy Service, Inc., one of the operators in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays announced it has sold its Production Solutions segment in a $17 million cash deal with Brigade Energy Services LLC. The sale includes Nine’s fleet of 107 workover rigs, ancillary equipment and real estate associated with the 13 operating facilities …
Permits to drill for September 2, 2019. permits: none were processed today
Completion reports for August 2, 2019. completions: none were processed today
Lagoon Water solutions, one of our advertisers at OK Energy Today was prominently featured in a recent story in the Oklahoman. The following is the story from the newspaper: Expectations for future growth at Lagoon Water Solutions are rising as quickly as the volumes of water it handles. Key leadership changes earlier this year preceded …
CenterPoint Energy Oklahoma Gas has won a $1.9 million rate increase from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. CenterPoint is a Houston, Texas based firm with more than 7 million natural gas and electric customers in 8 states. Its Oklahoma customer base is about 100,000 customers in northern, southern and southwestern Oklahoma. Commissioners voted in support of the …
