An accountant who embezzled $830,000 from a Norman oil and gas exploration company reportedly wanted to use some of the money to create a church for the “Perpetual Sinner.” But Ronald David Kirkpatrick II, 51 also used some of the money he stole from West Star Operating Co. to make car purchases and fund …
December 16, 2021 archive
Texas energy firms indicted over California oil spill
California prosecutors say Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp. and two subsidiaries have been indicted for a crude oil spill and left Southern California waters and beaches polluted in October. The indictments alledge the spill was caused because workers failed to properly act when alarms repeatedly alerted them to a pipeline rupture. Click here for ABC News.
Oklahoma in federal coal fight
Oklahoma is resisting efforts by the Biden administration to surrender its authority over coal mine clean up efforts to the federal government or Indian tribes. This week, the government filed a request with a federal court stating that Oklahoma should turn over cleanup oversight because tribal lands are overseen by the tribes or federal …
Cushing makes slow recovery in crude oil storage
The Cushing hub continues to see a slight weekly gain in the amount of crude oil in storage. With a working storage of about 76 million barrels across at least 15 terminals, Cushing’s latest amount on hand was 32.2 million barrels as of Dec. 10, 2021 reported the U.S. Energy Information Administration, That’s an …
Canoo to ramp up production with Oklahoma and Arkansas plants
Electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc, the Arkansas-based company building a car-manufacturing plant in northeast Oklahoma said this week it was accelerating its production plans in the United States while ending its deal for VDL Nedcar in Netherlands to serve as its contract manufacturer in Europe. Canoo said starting production at its plant near Pryor …
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