It took only a day to pick a jury in the negligence lawsuit filed against a Texas company over the January 2018 gas rig explosion that killed 5 men near Quinton in southeast Oklahoma. A jury of nine women and five men was chosen in the trial against National Oilwell Varco, a firm accused of …
Tulsa’s Matrix Service Inc. has been chosen to build a nearly $500 million liquified natural gas export plant in Jacksonville, Florida Eagle LNG Partners LLC chose Matrix to design and build the plant that will have a production capacity of nearly 1.65 million LNG-gallons a day with 12 million LNG-gallons of storage plus a marine …
State regulators in Oklahoma plan a hearing this month to consider a new proration formula for unallocated gas wells. The Technical Services Department of the Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Conservation Division will hold the hearing on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2020 at 10 a.m. The Department is seeking input on the staff’s proposed statewide proration …
** Tribal leaders hope a large-scale solar project planned on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota can be a model for similar projects across the country. ** Two Republican lawmakers from Michigan introduce a resolution to prevent Canada from permitting a nuclear waste storage site near Lake Huron. ** A judge orders a Nebraska waste-to-energy plant to pay $32,000 for nonpayment of waste …
BlackRock,the world’s largest asset manager with investments in Oklahoma ranging from oil and gas operations to the Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement Fund wants to make climate change a pillar of its corporate strategy and mission. CEO Larry Fink announced his intentions this week in his annual open letter, writing that climate is a “defining factor …
A massive $2 billion wind farm plan proposed by Public Service Company of Oklahoma as an alternative to its failed Wind Catcher project has the support of an administrative law judge at the Corporation Commission. Jusfw Surin Murer heard testimony on Monday and afterward indicated he would urge the Corporation Commission to approve the plan …
Oklahoma billionaire oilman Harold Hamm is doing more than hosting a fund-raiser for the Republican he hopes will unseat 5th District Democrat U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn. He has become a co-chair of David Hill’s campaign. The McCarville Report says Hamm is a co-chair along with Hobby Lobby President Steve Green, Community Activist Dr. Suzanne Reynolds …
Far western Nebraska is expected to be the site of two major wind farms in the next few years. Orion Energy and Invenergy LLC are working to obtain leases, carrying out environmental assessments and conduct public surveys according to a report in the Scottsbluff Star-Herald. Ben Turner, manager of renewable development for Invenergy LLC, …
The more than $2 billion wind project called the Grain Belt Express is once again facing opposition from legislators in Missouri. The project, designed to carry wind-powered electricity from Kansas to Ilinois and Indiana could could be unplugged, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. On Monday, a House panel heard testimony from Rep. Jim Hansen, R-Frankford, …
A filing by a 10% owner of Chesapeake Energy in Oklahoma City reflected a power of attorney. CG Subsidiary Holdings LLC made the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on behalf of the Carlyle Group of Washington, D.C. The Carlyle Group owns 172,897,387 common shares in the company and made the filing to reflect …
