By a unanimous vote of 88-0, the Oklahoma House on Thursday approved a bill making some changes in the requirements of the job of the state’s Liquefied Petroleum Gas Administrator. Authored by Rep. John Paul Jordan (R-Yukon) and Sen. Marty Quinn (R-Claremore) Senate Bill 1520 is “modifying job requirements for Liquefied Petroleum gas Administrator” and …
A new report shows Oklahoma and the states surrounding it are some of the “least Green” states in the country. The report by WalletHub ranked Oklahoma 44th lowest in the nation in an environmental study based on 23 key metrics such as LEED-certified buildings per capita, energy consumption and renewable resources. Texas came in 43, …
A loss for two Indian tribes still fighting the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline, the one that saw thousands of protesters encamped last year around the line. Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg ruled this week against the tribes’ request to be consulted more on an oil spill response plan at the pipeline. He …
An Oklahoma firm is among those receiving some of $99 million in grants announced recently by the U.S. Department of Energy. Amethyst Research Inc. of Ardmore received two separate grants out of the 82 awarded to 69 small businesses in 26 states. The largest totaled $1,499,998 under the description of “Resonant Cavity Light Emitting Diodes …
For oil and gas players like Devon Energy of Oklahoma City and WPX Energy of Tulsa, the so-called “great Permian Basin land rush”, as described by the Houston Chronicle, is over. Ended. The big boys have spoken. So proclaimed the newspaper in a story this week which indicated most of the land has been leased …
Walmart is not only expanding its dependency on alternative energy sources, but customers can expect to see more of those EV charging stations at hundreds of stores nationally. The company said it is doubling the number of EV stations and will add several hundred charging stalls at its operations in 34 states. “This expansion will …
Drones will be used extensively by Xcel Energy beginning this summer as the Minneapolis-based company uses them to survey transmission lines near Denver, Colorado. Xcell Energy, a firm in the process of building more than $1.6 billion in new transmission lines in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma announced it will be the first utility nationwide …
Phillips 66 Partners LP announces that the board of directors of its general partner declared a first-quarter 2018 cash distribution of $0.714 per common unit. This quarter’s distribution represents an increase of 5 percent over the previous quarterly distribution of $0.678 per unit and a 22 percent increase over first-quarter 2017. The distribution increase …
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners announced it’s priced an underwritten public offering of 18 million of its 7.375% Series C preferred units. The price is $25 a unit resulting in total proceeds of $450 million. Underwriters have a 30-day option to buy up to 2,700,000 more additional Series C Preferred Units. The offering of the Series …
Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine will likely learn Thursday if he will become the next Administrator of NASA. The U.S. Senate on Wednesday, in a 50-48 party-line vote approved the start of 30 hours of debate to be followed by a vote on the nomination. The vote was on a cloture motion or procedural step …
