The nation saw a slight increase of 10 oil and gas rigs in the past week to reach a total of 254 while in Oklahoma, the numbers were unchanged at eleven active rigs. The country’s storage yards are packed with rigs as energy companies realize the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause layoffs, bankruptcies and …
Deadlines in two separate federal courts arrive this week in the fight over efforts to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. The oil and gas industry and environmentalists are closely watching the case that could determine whether a three-year-old crude pipeline, which serves as the main crude artery from the Bakken …
EPA’s online dashboard shows the agency has now received nearly 100 petitions for small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard mandates dating back to 2011. Since June, EPA has received two new petitions for each of 2011 and 2012, three new petitions for each of 2013, 2014 and 2015, plus one more for …
** Jerome Bettis sued energy company EQT for $66 million in a federal court on Thursday alleging racial discrimination. The Hall of Fame running back who won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers is part owner of a trucking company called IntegrServ. He claims that EQT backed out of a business agreement with IntegrServ that was …
New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham was taken to task by one Republican leader over her Democratic National Convention speech where she touted the environmental policies of the Democratic party. Writing in the Carlsbad Current Argus, Rosie Tripp, a New Mexico Republican National Committeewoman accused the governor of embellishing her own environmental accomplishments and …
Flight training at the Vance Air Force Base in Enid will eventually play a role in the Air Force’s decision to scale down its use of the T-1 Jayhawk training fleet. As Defense Industrial Daily reported, the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command is moving to put flight training students on the air …
Construction began this week on the Pflugerville Solar Project, a utility-scale solar project with 144 megawatts of capacity, approved by the Austin City Council in 2018. With the approval and support of Council, Austin Energy entered into the long-term Power Purchase Agreement with Canadian Solar Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, LLC to purchase the renewable energy …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s website will be down this week and unavailable for use for a few hours. The Commission’s Office of Public Information made the announcement Thursday afternoon. “Greetings stakeholders, The Corporation Commission’s website will be unavailable on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. CST. This will allow the state …
When jobless claims took an unexpected increase on Thursday in the U.S. resulting in a drop in oil futures, it was felt by the oil and gas companies with Oklahoma connections and operations. SandRidge Energy took a nose-dive of 8.70% or 16 cents a share, ending the day at $1.68. Devon Energy fell 3.61% …
A rise in weekly U.S. jobless claims is blamed for the drop in oil futures in Thursday’s trading. Also blamed are concerns about the outlook for demand shaken by minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last meeting. West Texas Intermediate crude for September delivery declined 35 cents, or 0.8%, to finish at $42.58 a barrel, …
