September 25, 2023 archive

Oklahoma ranked 2nd nationally for oil and gas industry deaths

  Oklahoma is a national leader in a category it isn’t boasting about…..oil field deaths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Oklahoma ranks number two nationally for the number of employees killed in the oil and gas industry. The Texas Tribune reported the first-of-its-kind, the study relies on federal workplace data from …

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ONEOK’s acquisition of Magellan Midstream is a done deal

  ONEOK made it official on Monday, announcing the completion of its acquisition of Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. As reported last week by OK Energy Today, shareholders of both companies approved the plan. ONEOK said as a result, the creation was a “more diversified North American midstream infrastructure company focused on delivering essential energy …

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Quick energy reads

** Two top Republican lawmakers are probing Sher Edling, a California-based law firm, over its dark money-fueled climate litigation against oil companies, Fox News Digital has learned. In a letter sent to Sher Edling partners Vic Sher and Matt Edling on Monday morning, Senate Commerce Committee ranking member Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and House Oversight Committee Chairman James …

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Texas AG says counties cannot ban solar farm development

  The interim attorney general in Texas ruled that county governments cannot ban the development of solar farms. The ruling came from Angela Colmenero, the interim attorney general while Ken Paxton awaits his impeachment trial. It came in a decison regarding Franklin County and Colmenero said state law does not give a county the authority …

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