Texas oil company Fleur de Lis Energy, LLC will have to pay nearly $2 million in fines for several crude oil and wastewater spills in Wyoming. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the $.19 million agreement this week. The spills happened between the fall of 2016 and the spring of 2018 reported the Associated Press. One …
The parent company of Public Service Company of Oklahoma and its employees were recently honored as recipients of the Edison Electric Institute’s Emergency Response Awards for Emergency Assistance given in 2020. The award went to American Electric Power but PSO helped with the honors as its workers in Oklahoma responded to more requests for …
Some 400 workers at the American Airlines maintenance center in Tulsa could be among 13,000 company-wide to get furloughs in the coming days and weeks. The number of 400 was reported in Tulsa and also by the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development. American Airlines based in Fort Worth, Texas announced earlier this month that …
Wind power company Excel Energy announced it is one of the first U.S. energy providers to reach 10,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity, a milestone powered by the company’s 10 new wind projects in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and the Upper Midwest. The projects were completed in the past few years and the company …
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is taking his case against the Biden administration’s anti-oil and gas steps directly to some of its leaders. He’s at odds with the President’s move to put the fossil fuel industries in the bull’s eye and wants the White House to reconsider its ban on new oil and gas …
The ban on new drilling and leasing on federal lands has left New Mexico state confused and they want a clarification from the Biden administration. New Mexico’s Secretary of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources sent a letter this week asking the Department of Interior to clarify how right-of-way permits fit into the new policy, …
Crude oil futures continued their slow ascent in Wednesday’s trading as West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery settled up 32 cents at $58.68 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent crude for April delivery increased 38 cents to finish the day at $61.47 on ICE Futures Europe. The increased crude prices came on a day …
Skip to content President Biden has been asked by 14 Republican attorneys general to reconsider his move to kill the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that left thousands out of work, or else some might be forced to take legal action. Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter was not among them. In a letter to the …
Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon said this week the Biden administration’s move to stop federal leasing of minerals to oil and gas developers is a direct attack on his state. He criticized the President’s action and said the freeze will have more of a devastating effect on Wyoming than other states On Fox News he …
Another sign of a slowly recovering economy in Oklahoma was shown this week by the state government when it released general revenue fund collections for January which were nearly 16% lower than a year earlier. The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprises Services announced the collections totaled $597.5 million, an amount that was $112.2 …