Oklahoma’s Department of Labor announced its lobby to its headquarters in Oklahoma City will be closed starting Monday, July 20 because of the COVID-19 impact in the state. The Labor Department had recently reopened the lobby but now says in light of the resurgence of the virus, it will keep the facility closed to …
Energy resources in eastern Oklahoma might be back in question after the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and the Seminole Nation said they would not be part of a state attorney general’s agreement for proposed federal legislation in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision. The move leaves the question of how the ruling and …
The Baker Hughes Co. in Houston reports the number of oil and gas rigs active in the U.S. fell again in the past week while Oklahoma continued with 10 working rigs, same as a week ago. The end result across the country—more oil and gas rigs are out of service—-and in storage. Nationally, the …
OnCue, the Stillwater-based company is planning its biggest store yet, one to be built in northwest Oklahoma City. A report by the Yukon Progress indicated the company will begin construction in several months to build a new OnCue station near Northwest Expressway and Hefner, just east of the Kilpatrick Turnpike. A company spokesman explained …
Some Oklahoma-based oil and gas companies are among those cited as beginning to increase their drilling again as oil prices are in the low $40 range. They include Devon Energy, even Chesapeake Energy, the Oklahoma City company that recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Drilling permit requests have increased by 15% from May to …
While the courts have shut down one major pipeline, government agencies have ruled against others and one major project has been canceled, Tulsa’s Williams Cos. scored approval this week for a major natural gas pipeline in the East. It’s one touted as helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The company won Federal Energy Regulatory Commission …
Another state fair has been canceled. Joining Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas in cancelling their state fairs is Arkansas. Blame it on the coronavirus pandemic. “We have been closely monitoring covid-19 data from local, state and federal health officials for the past few months, and we determined that it was in the best interest of …
Some oil and gas leaders in Colorado say COVID-19 has damaged their industry but they also blame Democrats in the state legislature for the decline in the sector. Their charge came in a recent virtual roundtable on the industry held by the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance. BizWest previously reported oil producers in Weld …
COVID-19 has forced another shut-down of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s headquarters at the state capitol after it was opened only for employees. The latest shutdown occurred Friday when a second employee who works at the Jim Thorpe building tested positive for COVID according to an announcement by Tim Rhodes, Director of Administration for the …
** The United States and India signed a preliminary agreement on Friday on cooperating on emergency crude oil reserves, including the possibility of India storing oil in the U.S. emergency stockpile, officials said. ** The Army Corps of Engineers will publish the final environmental impact study for the contentious Pebble Mine in Alaska on July 24, according …
