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TransCanada Files Application in Nebraska to Build Keystone Pipeline
A few weeks after President Trump gave the go-ahead for renewed efforts to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, developer TransCanada said it is seeking approval for a route through Nebraska. The pipeline would stretch from Canada through Montana, South Dakota and into Nebraska where it would connect to existing pipelines to carry oil south to …
Hamm’s Company Reports More Strikes in STACK
Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc. scored some success in recent wells completed in Blaine County, one of the three main counties that make up the STACK play. A recent filing of completion reports released by the Corporation Commission and published by OK Energy Today showed billionaire Harold Hamm’s company had four completed wells in Blaine …
Congressman Enters Red River Land Ownership Disputes
Growing disputes over the ownership of landing along the shifting Red River have prompted Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R) to introduce legislation to have a review of the 116-mile stretch of the river boundary between Oklahoma and Texas. Action by the Bureau of Land Management to lay claim to tens of thousands of acres …
Deadly Pipeline Fire Extinguished West of New Orleans
The pipeline fire that killed one worker and injured two others in south Louisiana last Thursday night was finally extinguished on Monday morning. It happened at a Phillips 66 pipeline station at Paradis west of New Orleans. The cause has yet to be determined. But the explosion and fire forced the evacuation of nearly 60 …
Physicians Groups Combine to Offer Better Rural Health Care
Two medical providers are teaming up to provide better health care in rural Oklahoma. OU Physicians, the state’s largest physicians group, and Xpress Wellness Urgent Care, an Oklahoma-based health care provider in rural Oklahoma, today announced a clinical affiliation agreement designed to enhance care across the state. Xpress Wellness provides walk-in treatment for non-life threatening …
Pruitt’s EPA Confirmation Vote this Week?
Sounds like the nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the EPA could be voted on in the U.S. Senate this week. However, Democrats are still asking for a delay as they want to get his office emails sought in an open records request. They want to see communications between Pruitt and any oil …
Decision Made to Close Navajo Generating Station
Environmentalists are cheering about it. Others say it will hurt the region’s economy. They are reacting to the vote taken Monday by the owners of the Navajo Generating Station to close the largest coal plant west of the Mississippi River. In two years, the coal plant in northern Arizona will be shut down by The …
Federal Judge Won’t Halt Final Work on Dakota Access Pipeline
Disappointed but not surprised. It’s the reaction of an attorney for the Native American tribes and environmentalists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline after a Federal judge denied their request for a restraining order. The ruling on Monday means Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners will be allowed to continue drilling to finish the $3.8 billion project. The …
Colorado A-G Threatens to Sue Boulder County Over Drilling Moratorium
Colorado and the county of Boulder could find itself in a court fight over a moratorium on oil and gas drilling. State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman last week demanded that Boulder drop its moratorium but the county refused to meet the deadline of Friday. It opens the door for the Republican Attorney General to move …
State Agency Under Probe After Paying Ransom to Computer Hackers
An unidentified Oklahoma state government agency is under investigation over a ransom-ware attack that locked its computers last year and agency leaders decided to pay the ransom. Word of the incident was revealed last week during a hearing of the House government Modernization Committee. Mark Gower, director of the Information technology Cyber Command testified during …