Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin on Wednesday reduced the state’s burn ban to two counties but that might even be changed following Wednesday night and Thursday morning thunderstorms. The storms brought more rain to the northwest but also produced a tornado near Vici and 80-mile an hour winds that ripped the roof from a mobile home …
A coalition of ethanol manufacturers and groups has filed suit in the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver challenging certain EPA waivers of the Renewable Fuels Standard to several refineries including one in Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Farm Report says the suit was filed against the EPA by the Renewable Fuels Association, the Advanced …
Oklahoma City Federal Judge Stephen Friot has signed off on the settlement we told you about a few weeks ago involving Continental Carbon Co. in Ponca City and the Ponca Indian tribe. The settlement means Continental Carbon will get more times to install pollution controls on its plant in Ponca City. The changes were made …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is notifying local governments they can apply for state funds to make solid waste improvements. The money comes from the Oklahoma Solid Waste Management Act which allows DEQ to help local government with cleaning up illegal dumps, hiring trash cops and developing centers to manage bulky waste. The Act …
Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners LP announced it has signed an agreement to sell its remaining Retail Propane business to Superior Plus Corp. in a $900 million deal. It means NGL Energy Partners is getting completely out of the retail propane business and plans to “re-deploy” its capital at a higher rate of return in its …
Registration deadline for the upcoming Oklahoma June 26 State Election Primary is Friday. If you want to vote, you have to be registered by the end of the week. Friday, June 1 is the deadline to register to vote or change addresses before next month’s election. Voter registration forms can be downloaded from the Oklahoma …
(Eastman Hotel before it was damaged) An oil tank battery was a victim of the Tuesday night severe weather that produced tornadoes and baseball sized hail in western and northern Oklahoma. The tank battery was set afire apparently from a lightning strike near the northwestern town of Freedom but no injuries were reported. A tornado …
Digging into campaign contribution records in Nebraska, reporters have found how the Keystone XL pipeline developer has kicked in more than $65,000 to political campaigns…all in an effort apparently to win final state approval of the controversial project. The money came from a political action committee for TransCanada Inc. and went mostly to Republican state …
No takers so far, but oilman T. Boone Pickens still has his 65,000 Texas Panhandle ranch and estate up for sale. After turning 90 this month and suffering several strokes, the noted energy leader is pushing ahead with the sale of Mesa Vista Ranch, a 65,000 acre spread near Pampa that he developed over the …
Despite a post-Memorial Day average price of $2.69 per gallon, Oklahoma still has some of the cheapest gasoline in the country. It’s in the ten states with the lowest averages. Oklahoma’s average price this week was actually a penny lower than a week ago. The average of $2.69 is the same for the state of …
