Even if the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota complies with a federal judge to shut down the pipeline, the company contends it will take three months to empty the crude oil line. The timeline of 86 to 101 days comes as part of the argument Energy Transfer made to a …
Why would the Kansas legislature redact significant portions of a recent report created as a guide for future energy policy decisions? It’s what some Kansans, including those focused on the environment, want to know. A report commissioned by the Kansas Legislature to help guide future energy policy decisions leaves the public in the dark on …
In an effort to increase use of natural gas, Oklahoma Natural Gas has started an online project showing customers how to cook with natural gas. The Oklahoman recently reported on the ONG effort, explaining the company began coordinating cook efforts with chefs. Click here to view the story.
Tulsa’s Williams Cos. might have more environmental challenges to deal with as the pipeline company attempts to supply more natural gas to the northeast U.S. Recent court rulings have given a morale boost to environmentalists who have fought some of the firm’s pipelines as well as those constructed by other energy firms. A recent …
Someone in New Mexico’s state government knows the answer but isn’t saying why Spaceport America CEO Dan Hicks was put on administrative leave three weeks ago. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported an investigation is underway but Hicks knows little about the probe and is under state orders not to discuss it publicly. “I’m …
While the U.S. oil and gas industry staggers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the people of Venezuela in the country to the south face gasoline shortages as the U.S. tightens economic sanctions against their dictatorship. Reuters reports that more companies are abandoning any business ties to the South American country. Several companies that …
‘That’s what we’re fighting here; big money and bad politics’ – Doug Crow Ghost, from the Standing Rock Sioux – James Breeden for the Telegraph The recent court victory by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North Dakota against the Dakota Access pipeline is being hailed as significant by not only the tribe but observers …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will meet Tuesday to consider either extending their order closing the headquarters building to the public because of the COVID-19 pandemic or to end it. The commission is under growing pressure to open the building, if not to the public in general, at least to those attorneys and representatives of companies …
Six years after the Osage Nation and the federal government went to court over a wind farm development, the case is still being heard in Tulsa federal court where a judge recently issued rulings. The case involves construction of a wind farm by Osage Wind, a company sued for not obtaining mineral permits to …
The rash of oil and gas bankruptcies in North America is set to continue for the remainder of 2020, a report by Haynes and Boone cited by Reuters shows. After the coronavirus pandemic and oil price war set in at the end of the first quarter, the second quarter began with a wave …