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Inhofe Leads Congressional Support of Lawsuit Challenging EPA over WOTUS
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and 20 other U.S. Senators along with 67 U.S. House members have joined a lawsuit to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s implementation of WOTUS, the “Waters of the U.S. Rule.” Sen. Inhofe, as chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee led the filing of the amicus …
Gross Production Collections Show Increase in Oklahoma For 1st Time in Two Years
Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller released October gross receipts on Tuesday and for the first time in nearly two years, the gross production tax revenues topped those from the same month a year earlier. Miller said the collections were still significantly lower before the ongoing oil price slump but said the October gross production collects of …
Energy and Farming….Big Topics for Rep. Lucas As he Savors Re-election Win
It’s not just agriculture that is an important subject to Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas who was re-elected this week to a 12th term in the House. So is energy and he made that clear in a post-election interview with Radio Oklahoma’s Carson Horn, telling him energy and agriculture are the two most important …
Governor Declares State of Emergency Following Cushing Earthquake
Governor Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency in Payne County on Tuesday following the Sunday night earthquake that hit Cushing. The following was her announcement: OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency for Payne County due to a magnitude 5.0 earthquake that occurred Sunday evening near the city …
Lender Pressures Energy Transfer Partners to Resolve Fight With Indians over Dakota Access Pipeline
A bank in Norway is now demanding that Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, developer of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, do more to resolve the issue. If not, DNB might yank its loans to Kelcey Warren and Energy Transfer Partners. The bank loaned ETP $342.36 million or about 10 percent of the total …
September Oil and Gas Gross Production Tax Revenue Still Down from a Year Ago
Revenue from Oklahoma’s gross production tax on oil and natural gas were more than 31% higher than estimated by state officials for the first quarter of the new fiscal year 2017, according to Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller. In his Oklahoma Economic Report issued this week, Miller said the allocations from the gross production tax generated …
Cherokee Nation Helps in Hurricane Hunting
Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation is building on one of its technologies projects—helping Hurricane Hunters through the use of unmanned aircraft. The Cherokee Nation Technologies created a partnership with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and NASA to support hurricane forecasting and damage assessment. The Nation uses an unmanned aircraft Global Hawk to fly above recent hurricanes Gaston, …
New Cushing Earthquake Plan Coming Soon from Corporation Commission
“We will be taking further action in the area,” said Matt Skinner with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission following the Sunday night earthquake at Cushing. The Commission’s Oil and Gas Division responded immediately after the 7:44 p.m. earthquake that measured 5.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey or 4.6 magnitude according to the Oklahoma Geological …
Cushing Earthquake Leaves Extensive Damage—-One Hurt
Cushing city leaders say it could be another day or two before they’re able to make a total assessment of damage from the 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Sunday night. An estimated 40 to 50 buildings were damaged, some extensively and at least one, according to aerial footage indicated it had collapsed and was destroyed. …
Court Rules Against Sierra Club in LNG Export Project at Corpus Christi
The Sierra Club suffered a setback when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled against its challenge of the government’s approval of an LNG export project in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Court upheld the orders of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission which approved the Corpus Christi Liquefaction project of Cheniere Energy. The …