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Chemical Group Supports Inhofe and Mullin in Fighting Late Obama EPA Rule
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Markwayne Mullin are getting support from the American Chemistry Council in their efforts to overturn a late-term Obama administration rule applying to storage of chemicals across the U.S. Inhofe and Mullin have each introduced resolutions fighting the Risk Management Program of the Environmental Protection Agency. The RMP, adopted …
Wildfires Result in Air Quality Alert for Northwest Oklahoma
Massive wildfires that burned tens of thousands of acres of land and destroyed some homes in northwestern Oklahoma resulted in an air quality health advisory issued Tuesday by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. The advisory indicated 8 counties in the northwest and the eastern edge of the Panhandle were affected by the smoke. The …
Continental Resources Finds More Success in STACK and SCOOP
Oklahoma’s STACK play has resulted in some production for Continental Resources Inc. with at least two wells producing more than 1,500 barrels of oil a day. But the company also found more success in the SCOOP. The Oklahoma City-based company guided by Harold Hamm reported one well with production of 1,798 barrels of oil …
Fate of Anti-Flaring Rule in Doubt in U.S. Senate
Some questions remain whether Republicans in the U.S. Senate have the votes to go ahead and put an end to methane regulations introduced by the Obama administration. So far, there is nothing on the Senate calendar indicating a vote might come on a move to kill the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane and Waste Prevention …
Gasoline Prices Hold Steady at $2.12 a gallon in Oklahoma
Gasoline prices are holding steady in Oklahoma over the past week according to the latest report from AAA Oklahoma. The State’s average of $2.12 is the same as one week ago and only one penny more than a month ago. The average in Tulsa is $2.08 a gallon, down one cent from last week …
Veteran Legislator Wants Tax Credits Eliminated for Wind Industry
The Oklahoma House of Representatives could vote this week on a bill eliminating the tax credits for the wind industry. Rep. Leslie Osborn (R-Mustang) calls it a reasonable thing to do. And she should know. She’s chairwoman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. As head of the committee, Osborn has dealt with all of …
Energy Workers Find Homeless Man Living in Stairwell
Workers in one building at Chesapeake Energy’s Oklahoma City campus had quite a surprise in February when they found a 40-year old man living in the stairwell. A police report shows James Lloyd Blackmon, 40 was arrested on Feb. 21 after employees found he had “set up camp inside one of their buildings.” The report …
Inhofe’s Appointments in Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have finalized and announced the membership of the committee’s four subcommittees. Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, former chairman of the full committee was named chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee. He also sits on the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety subcommittee …
Kansas to Get Another Ethanol Plant
Oklahoma doesn’t have one but Kansas is getting another bio-refinery. The $175 million plant being built by ethanol pioneer ICM is going up in Colwich, a small town at the northwest side of the city of Wichita. Called ICM Element, the plant will produce 70 million galls a year of ethanol. An estimated 50 permanent …
$200 million Pay Package for Possible New Railway CEO?
Consider this under the topic of “Not a bad job if you can get it.” A move is afoot to hire a new CEO at CSX, one of North America’s major railroads and give him a $200 million pay package. CSX doesn’t operate in Oklahoma. It’s mostly a rail system located in the eastern half …