Days after the drilling assets of a Purcell, Oklahoma company that had won a more than $1 billion drilling contract in Venezuela were sold at auction, the U.S. government granted more time to Chevron Corp. to continue working in the country until mid-April. The Treasury Department granted permission over the weekend to allow Chevron, the …
When President Trump addressed the American Farm Bureau Federation Sunday night, he also announced his administration plans to withdraw an Obama-era water supply rule. The President said it would have given the federal government “vast and unlimited power to restrict farmers’ access to water.” As POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report explained, the Army Corps of Engineers …
Colorado Democrats have launched efforts in the legislature to go after oil and gas producers, proposing a bill to increase the maximum penalty for pollution. “We’re giving people who are experiencing harmful pollutants and the effects of these pollutants an opportunity to decide how they should be made whole,” Representative Dominique Jackson, a Democrat from …
A report by Rolling Stone magazine calls it “America’s radioactive secret,” the brine from oil and gas wells in Oklahoma, Texas and other energy-producing states. The report maintains that oil fields across the U.S. have been found to produce brine that is highly radioactive. In an investigation involving hundreds of interviews with scientists, environmentalists, regulators, …
Crude oil production from North Dakota’s Bakken slowed slightly in November while natural gas output was on the increase. Production could be slower as winter sets in for the Oklahoma producers such as Oklahoma’s Continental Resources Inc. and others who have seen huge success in the state. The Star-Tribune reported production from the country’s second-largest …
More than 30 Oklahoma City Public School teachers participated in an immersive professional development day hosted by the people of Oklahoma oil and natural gas this week. The day included hands-on learning, a keynote speaker and a tour of a drilling rig. Stephanie Bradley, Senior Environmental Advisor at Enbridge served as the keynote. She provided …
The civil trial stemming from the gas rig explosion and fire two years ago that killed 5 workers near Quinton,Oklahoma resumes this week in Pittsburg County District Court in McAlester. The suit is against Houston-based National Oilwell Varco and the trial began last week. One of those who testified last week was NOV employee Dalton …
New enforcement rules targeting the oil and gas industry in New Mexico have been adopted by the state’s Oil Conservation Commission. The move, pushed by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, restored the power of the Oil Conservation Division to levy administrative fines for violations by oil and gas operators. The division lost its administrative enforcement …
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling in support of Baker Hughes Inc. over the 2012 death of an employee at a warehouse in Casper, Wyoming. The Appeals court ruled the lower court judge was correct in decisions in the lawsuit brought by Katherine Morgan whose husband David Morgan …
Congressional Democrats have once again targeted the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming it ignored ethics requirements that are designed to ensure regulators overseeing industrial pollution and chemical safety aren’t doing favors for former employers and clients. Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform maintained in a letter to the EPA that newly released documents …