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North Dakota Now Wants to Fine Dakota Access Pipeline Builder
The amount of $15,000 isn’t much when compared to the $3.8 billion cost of building what has become the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. But it’s the amount the North Dakota Public Service Commission is proposing to fine Dallas based Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the line from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and …
Inhofe—Americans Showed Tuesday They Do Not Support President’s Climate Commitments
President Obama’s climate legacy has been solidified with Tuesday’s election results and will be remembered for being built on hollow commitments.” Sen. Jim Inhofe Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says American voters showed this week with the election of Donald Trump as President that they do not support the President’s climate commitments as part of …
SandRidge Issues 3rd Quarter Report……calls 2016 a “watershed” year for the company
After coming out of bankruptcy and unloading $3.7 billion in debt, SandRidge Energy reported third quarter earnings and activities this week, James Bennett, SandRidge President and CEO said the company had only one drilling rig active in Oklahoma during the quarter and one for part of the quarter in the North Park Basin of Colorado. …
State Insurance Representatives to be in Cushing Next Week to Offer Earthquake Insurance Help
The Cushing earthquake has prompted State Insurance Commissioner John Doak to offer earthquake insurance help beginning Monday. He and his aides will be in Cushing at the Chamber of Commerce office, 1301 E. Main on Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. “There is significant damage in Cushing,” said Doak …
Governor Stands by Corporation Commissions Injection Well Actions near Cushing
This week’s actions targeting wastewater injection wells following the Cushing earthquake have the support of Gov. Mary Fallin. “I support the quick action taken by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry in our state, as it worked closely with state researchers at the Oklahoma Geological Survey to put in place …
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 …