The city of Austin and its Travis County Commissioners are working to land a proposed new Tesla truck manufacturing plant, one that the city of Tulsa also hopes to land. Travis County Commissioners met this week in executive session to discuss how to bring the car marker’s operating to Texas and create thousands of …
NextEra Energy Resources, the world’s largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and the sun, announced a $14,500 donation to assist victims and first responders impacted by the wildfire that destroyed more than 30,000 acres and multiple homes in Beaver County in early March. Together with its corporate charitable foundation, NextEra Energy Resources …
** Bayer AG said on Tuesday it will scrap a nearly $1 billion project to produce the chemical dicamba in the United States, but said the move is unrelated to a federal court decision that blocked sales of weed killers based on the product. ** As expected, PG&E pleads guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter in connection …
Environmentalists and conservationists are calling it a huge victory—the U.S. Senate vote this week in support of the Great American Outdoors Act which will fund $9.5 billion in national forests, parks and refuges. But Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma voted against it, saying it only adds to the government’s irresponsible spending on federal land. He …
Tulsa’s Williams announced it has reached an agreement with another firm to provide offshore natural gas and oil gathering and production services for a development in the Gulf of Mexico. The agreement is with LLOG Exploration Offshore, L.L.C. and involves the gathering and production handling services for the Taggart development at Williams’ Devils Tower …
Former Vice President Joe Biden joined a virtual League of Conservation Voters ‘ event Tuesday night, where he pitched green jobs for workers in the oil and gas industry and renewed his pledge against the Keystone XL pipeline. During the event, Biden was asked about his opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline and how his administration would evaluate …
The impact in Oklahoma of ATT’s plan to cut 3,400 jobs and close more than 250 stores nationwide isn’t known yet. But the job cuts are reported to be part of the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the company’s efforts to focus on growth areas, according to ATT. The layoffs and store …
No completion reports on wells were filed Tuesday with Oklahoma regulators, a sign of how the dramatic plunge in drilling the state has affected the oil and gas industry. Four permits to drill were issued including two for a single pad site in Grady County. Gulfport Midcon LLC of Oklahoma City plans to …
The amount of crude oil imported by the U.S. from Saudi Arabia is nearing a 35-year low, this after Saudi Arabia flooded the US with crude earlier in the year resulting in plummeting oil prices. Bloomberg reported that the kingdom has exported just one cargo to the U.S. so far in June, equivalent to …
Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) and U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) announced this week that the City of Tulsa – Rogers County Port Authority will be awarded a $6.1 million grant to support the construction and improvement of rail transportation and utility infrastructure in support of a new two million square foot manufacturing and distribution …
