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Cities, States and Environmental Groups Side with EPA in Clean Power Plan Fight
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and the other attorneys generals from 28 states have new opposition in their lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection agency’s Clean Power Plan, the one put on hold by the U.S. Supreme court.
A coal…
Tallgrass Energy Expands Natural Gas Pipeline Holdings
Tallgrass Energy based in Leawood, Kansas is paying $440 million for part of the Rockies Express Pipeline company. The purchase is being made by Tallgrass Development’s wholly owned subsidiary, Rockies Express Holdings, LLC. The firm is acquiring…
Study Leads to Changes in State Bridge Inspections Following Earthquakes
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation says a new study shows it is unlikely that a 4.6 magnitude or less earthquake in the state would damage any bridges or highways.
The $575,000 study by Infrastructure Engineers Inc. validated the State Highway …
Former Transportation Secretary Phil Tomlinson Dies in Shawnee
Former Oklahoma Transportation Secretary Phil Tomlinson died this week in Shawnee. He was 77 and his death prompted Governor Mary Fallin to issue a statement, saying Tomlinson had served the state with “great distinction.”
“He served six years as secr…
SandRidge Debt Grows——Company Slashes Capital Spending by 60 percent
SandRidge Energy in Oklahoma City released its long-awaited fourth quarter and 2015 fiscal reports, indicating its debt has grown to $3.6 billion dollars after losses were reported in both the fourth quarter and for the year.
The debt for 2015 g…
Feds order Firms to Cough up $1.5 million for Not Paying OT to Oilfield Workers
Some 241 oil well service workers in Texas and New Mexico are being paid a total of $1.5 million, including $750,000 in back wages following a federal government investigation into the oil and gas sectors in both states.
Nova Mud Inc., Nova Hard…
SandRidge Debt Grows——Company Slahses Capital Spending by 60 percent
SandRidge Energy in Oklahoma City released its long-awaited fourth quarter and 2015 fiscal reports, indicating its debt has grown to $3.6 billion dollars after losses were reported in both the fourth quarter and for the year. And in a filing with the S…
Tulsa Mayor Bartlett Outlines Plan for Fight to Keep Williams Cos. in His City
Those layoffs carried out this week by Williams Cos. in Tulsa aren’t a surprise to Tulsa Mayor Dewey Bartlett. But he says what is a surprise is how the Williams Companies might leave his city once its merger is completed with Dallas-based Energy Trans…
Williams Layoffs Begin in Tulsa and Oklahoma City
Tulsa-based Williams Cos. Inc. and Williams Partners LP began layoffs in Tulsa and Oklahoma City on Tuesday as previously announced in mid-March. At that time, Williams CEO Alan Armstrong said that layoffs would affect 10 percent of the company’s 6,700…
Oklahoma Energy Index Falls for 13th Consecutive Month
The contraction of the Oklahoma Energy Index continues, and it is Oklahoma?s rural communities that have faced the greatest economic hardship.
The Oklahoma Energy Index contracted for the 13th consecutive month in January, leaving activity in t…