The state House in New Mexico approved a bill over the weekend to expand electricity transmission lines in the state. The measure passed on a 48-21 vote on Saturday after a two-hour debate. HB 50 would make transmission line projects eligible for Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) issued by counties and municipalities. The bill’s proponents argued …
The new Bureau of Land Management headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado continue to be the source of criticism of the decision to move headquarters out of Washington, D.C. Democrats opposed it. So did the BLM employees who didn’t want to leave the Beltway in the District of Columbia. Now some of the BLM workers in …
Pollution from out-of-state power plants, like the smoke from Texas power plants drifting over southern Oklahoma is at the heart of a federal lawsuit filed Friday against the Environmental Protection Agency. The lawsuit wants the EPA to clamp down on pollution that has worsened smog problems in 22 states. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. …
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has reacted to last month’s Denver Federal Appeals court ruling that applied to a southern Oklahoma refinery that had received an exemption from the Renewable Fuel Standard. Wheeler said over the weekend the ruling that stated the EPA exceeded its authority in exempting three oil refineries, one of which is in …
A showdown in the west will take place Tuesday in Denver over the Trump administration’s efforts to revamp the National Environmental Policy Act, changes that environmentalists consider harmful. The Environmental Protection Agency will hold a hearing at its regional headquarters in Denver on a plan to speed up commercial development in the White River National …
A new SEC filing by Chesapeake Energy shows New Jersey investment firm BlackRock Inc. owns 5.9% of the company’s shares. In a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Chesapeake indicated BlackRock owned 109,823,799 shares in what was described as sole voting power. The number of shares in dispositive power is 115,006,166 shares.
Oklahoma has marked the fifth straight month of declines in revenue from gross production taxes on oil and gas. Oklahoma Treasurer Randy McDaniel says it’s another indication of what the oil and gas industry slowdown is doing to the state’s revenues. Gross production taxes on oil and natural gas generated $88.3 million in January, a …
A seven percent increase in earnings was reported by National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in the fourth quarter of 2019 compared to its third quarter financial earnings but the company also experienced a loss of $385 million. The Houston company, a firm that operates in Oklahoma, said its fourth quarter revenues totaled $2.28 billion, up from …
New photos show the damage from Saturday morning’s blast at a Chesapeake Energy-owned site on Sandy Point Road. Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy is dealing with another oilfield incident in Texas. This time, a storage tank explosion occurred Saturday morning in Brazos County but no injuries were reported. KBTX …
Permits to drill issued on February 7, 2020. Grady County: 05 6N 5W, 4 permits to Marathon Oil. Co. Grady County: 24 3N 5W to Continental Resources Inc. Blaine County: 23 15N 11W to Vista Disposal Solutions
