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Delayed Release of Study Clears Fracking in Groundwater Impact in Ohio
Another study has been produced showing no groundwater impact from hydraulic fracturing, at least in eastern Ohio. A report in the journal Environmental Monitoring Assessment credited the study by the University of Cincinnati. Using data collected between 2012 and 2015 and 191 samples from 25 water wells, the study concentrated on drilling in the Utica …
Wind Assessment Conference Set for Austin
Among the numerous wind energy events coming up in the next several months is one focusing on Wind Resource and Project Energy Assessment. The annual American Wind Energy Association’s assessment conference will be held September 11 and 12 in Austin, Texas. The conference will devote time to accurate wind energy resource assessment. It is also …
From Key to Keane for one Energy Leader
From one energy company with deep involvement in oil and gas exploration in Oklahoma to another. It’s what Robert W. Drummond did this week, leaving Key Energy Services as CEO to become Chief Executive Officer and Director of Keane Group, Inc. in Houston. Both companies have extensive oil and gas operations in Oklahoma’s STACK and …
Major Corporate Restructuring Announced by Williams and Williams Partners L.P. in Tulsa
Williams and Williams Partners L.P. announced an agreement under which Williams will acquire all of the outstanding public common units of Williams Partners in an all stock-for-unit transaction. It’s in response to a recent government ruling affecting income tax policy. The transaction is valued at $10.5 billion including a 1.494 ratio of Williams common shares …
Senator Tells Pruitt—Nobody Even Knows Who You Are
Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt had more encounters with Democratic Senators this week in Washington and one left him with a political slap in the face. Even mocking him. It happened as Pruitt, now head of the Environmental Protection Agency went before a U.S. Senate committee where he had an encounter with Sen. Patrick …
Environmental Cleanup of former Kansas Army Ammunition Plant concerns KC Area Leaders
Twenty-one years after the Pentagon shut down an ammunition plant in the suburban Kansas City, Kansas area, the environmental cleanup is behind schedule. And it’s costing millions more to make sure the former Sunflower plant will be available for development. According to a report in the Kansas City Star, the Kansas congressional delegation wants to …
$31 million in Highway Repairs Approved by ODOT
Despite a tigher state budget and the loss of some transportation money, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission has voted to approve $31 million in highway and bridge improvement projects. A total of 31 projects in 22 counties won approval in a recent meeting. Two were in Okfuskee County. One is a $4 million project to replace …
Amazon Gets Support of OKC Trust
By a 4-0 vote on Tuesday, the city of Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust voted to recommend a $1.7 million incentive to bring an Amazon fulfillment center to the city. It’s a means of attracting Amazon to the city and the giant corporation’s commitment to create 53 new quality jobs in the coming five years. …
SandRidge Steps up Proxy Fight with Icahn
Leaders of Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy have stepped up their fight with activist investor Carl Icahn over the election of the company’s board of directors. The company announced this week it sent yet another notice to shareholders urging them to re-elect the five directors proposed by the company and not those preferred by Icahn. “We …
FERC Might Offer Hope for Williams Cos. and its New York Gas Pipeline
Tulsa’s Williams Cos. still might have a foot in the door in its legal fight with the state of New York over plans to complete the Constitution Pipeline to carry natural gas from Pennsylvania. One report indicated Williams had petitioned the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to overturn New York state regulators who had denied a …