“It’s good for Oklahomans, good for all Americans.” It’s what Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern of Tulsa said Wednesday after President Trump signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement into law. Rep. Hern (OK-01) proclaimed President Trump continues to prove that voters made the right choice in 2016. “We elected President Trump to change the status quo, to …
Viking Energy Group Inc., a firm with shallow well operations in eastern Kansas is about to merge with Camber Energy, Inc. The two firms entered into a non-binding letter of intent last week. Under the proposal, Camber will issue shares of common stock to the equity holders of Viking. Viking will continue as the surviving …
ConocoPhillips shows its ambitions in oil and gas exploration in South Texas as it filed for nearly a quarter of all the drilling permits submitted last week in that part of the state. Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy has more drilling plans there too. The company used Burlington Resources Oil and Gas Co. LP, a …
Construction of the Keystone XL pipeline could begin in August but opponents in South Dakota vow to continue their legal fight against the $8 billion project. TC Energy, the Canadian company building the pipeline, plans to begin construction in South Dakota in August, according to a court filing in Montana that also spells out planned …
A late drilling permit shows Newfield Exploration Mid-Con Inc. is drilling five more STACK wells, not four as we initially reported this week. Another Juanita FIU 1508 permit was released this week indicating the company plans to drill three wells at 26 15N 8W which is several miles northwest of Okarche and close to where …
A Pittsburg County jury deliberated less than three hours before returning a $10 million judgment in the January 2018 gas rig fire that killed five men near Quinton,Oklahoma. The jury found National Oilwell Varco, a Houston, Texas company partially responsible for the deaths of two of the victims. Families of the two will get a …
After Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy released a fourth-quarter production update in which it said it had managed to eliminate $900 million in debt, the company saw a 2.6% increase in premarket trading on Wednesday. Still, the stock closed at 51.82 cents, the lowest level since January 1994. The level of share prices for the troubled …
**Two environmental groups are planning a lawsuit against the federal government aiming to stop a proposed 50-mile natural gas pipeline from Idaho to Wyoming. ** General Motors will invest $2.2 billion in its first all-electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit. ** An Ohio congressman is leading an effort to secure a $200 million federal loan for a company building an electric vehicle plant …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has released a report of his administration’s first-year accomplishments in attempting to make Oklahoma a Top Ten state. “You elected me with a mandate to put a fresh set of eyes on state government, to put an end to short-term, status quo decision making, and to deliver strong accountability and transparency,” …
The Advanced Power Alliance (APA) is proud to commence its 2020 Clean Energy Scholar Program with its first scholar selection, Sarah Smallwood, a senior at the University of Oklahoma. The APA’s Clean Energy Scholar Program is a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive apprenticeship in the development and promotion of clean energy. Over the course of six months, the experience provides students …