A Southern Colorado firm keeps winning contracts with the state’s Energy Office. 4CORE has been awarded the ReCharge contract by the Colorado Energy Office for the seventh consecutive year, according to the Durango Herald. This program provides the region with electric vehicle education, outreach and support for the adoption of EVs and promotes and …
Grim oil and gas statistics show how badly the industry in North Dakota, the nation’s number two oil-producing state, has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that with COVID-19 upending petroleum demand, North Dakota’s oil production fell 30% in May, hitting a monthly low not seen in seven years. …
** Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D) has been implicated in a massive bribery scandal involving utility company ComEd, and Illinois’ Democratic governor J.B. Pritzker has stated that Madigan “must resign” if the allegations against him are true. Madigan strongly denies any wrongdoing. ** Illinois utility Commonwealth Edison has agreed to pay a $200 million fine in relation to …
While the State Attorney General deals with dozens of criminal cases that could be reversed, refiled or at worst, dropped as a result of the recent Supreme Court decision, there remain many questions regarding the impact on Oklahoma’s energy industry. We recently reported Attorney General Mike Hunter stated that oil and gas leases would …
At least 90 Oklahoma workers are about to lose their jobs at the BJ Services facility in Yukon after the Texas-based company filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. COVID-19 was to blame for the actions. The hydraulic fracturing and cementing company notified the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development that the 60 workers will be laid …
A U.S. District Court judge in Fort Worth has sentenced a man to 55 months in prison for lying to the U.S. Department of Defense about the type of metal his company used inside aircraft parts. Richard Hyde, the owner of Vista Manufacturing Company, pleaded guilty in August to making a false claim against …
Halliburton has signed a five-year strategic agreement to make a major advancement in its digital capabilities. The company entered into the agreement with Microsoft Corp. and Accenture to move the company’s digital store in Microsoft Azure. It will allow the energy company to move to cloud-based digital platforms, thereby speeding up its deployment of …
Before he became Oklahoma’s newest Secretary of the Land Commission last week, Elliot Chambers was President and CEO of White Star Petroleum, a company he led while it entered bankruptcy and also dealt with lawsuits and state regulatory orders due to earthquakes. The Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the company came as the company battled …
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 …
