Everyone of Oklahoma’s members in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate are among the 205 members of Congress who have filed legal briefs in federal court in support of a lawsuit challenging the Environmental Protection Agency over its controversial Cle…
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Saudis Upset the Apple Cart Again Sending Crude Prices Tumbling
Once again Saudi Arabia rejects plans to cut or freeze production so crude prices fell on Tuesday. April West Texas Intermediate crude lost $1.52 to end trade at $31.87 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. April Brent crude also fell. The Lond…
NGL Energy Partners Names CFO
NGL Energy Partners named Robert W. “Trey” Karlovich III as its new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The landed the new executive from Targa Pipeline Partners, LP where he served as that company’s CFO over the past year.
Karlovich…
Pipeline and Refinery Operations are Kind to Holly Energy
Dallas-based Holly Energy Partners, L.P., the firm which owns part of a 135-mile crude oil pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to El Dorado, Kansas as well as a refinery in Tulsa announced its fourth quarter and yearly earnings showing growth in both…
Chesapeake Energy Unloads 8,500 Wells in Debt Relief Effort
While Chesapeake Energy prepared to release its quarterly and yearly earnings for a year that hasn’t been kind to the Oklahoma City-based company, it was announced Houston-based Haymaker Resources just purchased mineral and royalty interests invo…
Rubio to Campaign at Devon Tower on Friday
In announcing Marco Rubio’s campaign appearance set for Friday in Oklahoma City, his campaign also confirmed that Larry Nichols, co-founder of Devon Energy Corp. is an energy advisor to the Florida U.S. Senator who’s hoping to pick up the Republi…
Lucid Energy Gets $350 million From EnCap Flatrock Midstream
Dallas-based Lucid Energy Group II, LLC announced it has secured an initial equity commitment of $350 million from EnCap Flatrock Midstream, a San Antonio company with offices in Oklahoma City and Houston, Texas.
Lucid’s a company with a midstre…
WOTUS Decision to be Made by federal Court in Cincinnati
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati says it will rule on the challenges of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Waters of the U.S. or Clean Water Rule. In a 2-1 ruling, the judges said they had the jurisdiction to hear the numer…
Sanders Bringing his Anti-Fossil Fuel Campaign to Oil-Rich Tulsa
Bernie Sanders will bring his campaign promoting climate change and free education to Tulsa on Wednesday, a city that was built on the state’s rich oil history but an industry that Sanders wants to eliminate. He will speak during an appearance in…
Farm Organization Blasts Environmental Working Group
The non-profit Environmental Working Group says its mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. But those with the National Farmers Union would disagree. They believe the EWG’s intent is to put livestock production …