The latest oil and gas rig figures from Baker Hughes show the U.S. count dropped slightly in the past week while the number of rigs in Oklahoma remained steady. The national count dropped by two to 794. A breakdown showed the number of oil rigs rose by three to 676 while the number of gas …
A Dakota Access pipeline protester hit with a charge three years after the 2016 demonstrations in North Dakota has been freed of the charges. A judge and prosecutors agreed the charges against Lawrence Malcolm Jr. had been filed past a two-year statute of limitations. Prosecutors had accused the Sisseton, South Dakota man of being part …
The Houston Chronicle reports the River Oaks home of energy mogul and legendary wildcatter Gene Van Dyke has seen a series of price reductions over the past several years. The latest? More than $5 million. It hit the market at $14.5 million in 2013 but was temporarily removed and then re-listed in 2016 for $10.5 million, according to …
Houston’s National Oilwell Varco continues putting on witnesses in defense of lawsuits filed over the January 2018 well explosion and fire that killed 5 workers at a gas rig site near Quinton, Oklahoma. The trial started earlier in the month in Pittsburg County District Court in McAlester. Here is how the McAlester News Capital reported …
The company will release the results on Wednesday, February 12, 2020. However, Tallgrass leadership will not hold a conference call to discuss the results. The conference call issue was part of the merger agreement with Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. As part of the agreement, Tallgrass also agreed not to pay dividends until the merger is …
NGL Energy Partners LP in Tulsa announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner has declared a quarterly distribution of $0.39 per unit, or $1.56 per unit on an annualized basis, for the quarter ended December 31, 2019 . This cash distribution is payable on February 14, 2020 to common unitholders of …
Millions of dollars have been approved this month for loans to small towns across Oklahoma to make water improvements. One of the largest loans totaled $2,359,000 to the Roland Utility Authority in Sequoyah County in eastern Oklahoma. The loan was made by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board’s Oklahoma Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. City leaders …
The fight over the Obama-era Waters of the United States rule, the one fought by Oklahoma farmers and ranchers and the state’s congressional delegation might be finished. The release of the new WOTUS rule by the Environmental Protection Agency drew some hearty support from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Frank Lucas who at …
A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City shows manufacturing activity in the region for January in Oklahoma and other states was nearly flat. But Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the bank said the survey also revealed that Tenth District expectations for the future activity had expanded. “Regional factory activity was …
A New York hedge fund is urging a leadership change at Kansas City-based Evergy Inc. and if it doesnt, then consider being sold or merging with another company. The recommendation is from activist investor Elliott Management Corp. which has a $760 million stake in the Midwest utility. Run by billionaire Paul Singer who has …