Helmerich & Payne, Inc. suggested in its 2023 Sustainability Report released this week that it might go even further than reducing its GreenHouse Gas emissions, a practice it’s done since 2021. In the new report, the Tulsa-based company explained it sets CARE or Control and Remove Exposures goals every year as part of environmental …
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Colorado gets federal funding to study rail passenger service in the Front Range
While Oklahoma and Kansas are focused on a study to extend Amtrak’s Heartland Flyer from Oklahoma City north to Newton, Kansas, in Colorado, the focus is on a call to create rail passenger service in the eastern part of the state—the Front Range. In fact, the proposal is called the Front Range Passenger Rail …
Reps. Brecheen and Hern voted against defense spending Act
The $900 billion national defense funding act that won approval Wednesday and Thursday in the Senate and the House did not have the support of two Repulican congressmen in Oklahoma. Reps. Josh Brecheen and Kevin Hern were in the “no” column when the House approved the measure that would allocate $152 million to various …
National Defense funding act includes $152 million for Oklahoma military installations
Oklahoma’s military installations secured $152 million in funding as part of the $900 billion National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 that won approval Wednesday in the Senate and Thursday in the US House. Approval in the Senate was on an 87 to 13 vote while in the House, the vote was 310 …
Kansas AG refiles lawsuit against same natural gas marketer who supplied Oklahoma utilities during 2021 winter storm
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond might have new fuel to support any legal action his office takes for the natural gas market manipulation he alleges occurred during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri—the one where gas prices soared by more than 1,000%. Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, the AG who’s led the movement to hold …
$100 million expansion announced by Dessault Falcon Jet in Little Rock
(Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks at a news conference on Tuesday, Dec. 12, announcing the expansion of the Dassault Falcon Jet facility in Little Rock. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Thomas Metthe) A $100 million expansion of the Dassault Falcon Jet plant in Little Rock, Arkansas was announced this week, a move that will increase the employment by …
Unit Corporation completes $50 million sale of Texas Panhandle assets
Unit Corporation’s $50 million sale of some of its assets located in the Texas Panhandle was completed this week. The Tulsa Company said the December 13th completion involved what it described as “certain non-ccore oil and gas” assets and the sale was subject to the customary post-closing adjustments. The Divested Assets consist of approximately …
Top oil counties in Texas produce 16 to 17 million barrels of oil a month
A breakdown of oil production data from the Texas Railroad Commission shows the top oil-producing counties in the state and they’re in the Permian Basin. Martin County is number one with nearly 17 million barrels of crude oil produced in the month of September. Midland County had production of more than 16-million barrels while …
How Williams Cos. founder developed Tallgrass Prairie Preserve
The snorts, grunts, huffs and chuffs of bison roaming the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve are music to the ears of wildlife conservationists celebrating 30 years of success reintroducing the great beasts to the Oklahoma prairie. “The preserve has a unique soundscape,” said historian and author James Ronda. “I’ve heard the wind rustle …
Silver Point Capital finalizes $50 million sale of Gulfport Energy shares
The decision by one of Gulfport Energy’s investors to sell more than half-a-million shares in the company was finalized with a sale locked in at $50,515,500. A regulatory filing showed the sale by Silver Point Capital L.P. involved 550,000 shares that were sold at a value of $128.21 each. Gulfport Energy Corporation announced earlier …