Even as a Chinese National remains jailed in Tulsa on charges of attempting to steal nearly $1 billion in Phillips 66 battery storage secrets in Bartlesville, the federal government has nearly 200 other investigations underway at major academic centers in the U.S. Representatives of at least three major medical research centers in Oklahoma say …
The companies that manufacture the firefighting foam blamed for contamination at military bases in the U.S. are being sued by New York Attorney General Letitia James. She has filed suit against 3M, DuPont and other chemical and firefighting foam manufacturers. James targeted them for their role in contaminating the water in several New York sites …
Five years after the Bristow Assembly of God was forced to move because its church was built atop a former refinery that became an EPA Superfund site, the church is still fighting in court. But it has experienced at least one setback. A Tulsa Federal Court Judge recently granted a protective order to the oil …
The organizer of a computer attack on the Oklahoma City business Astronomics that resulted in the shutdown of its website lost his appeal of being ordered to repay more than $27,000 to the business. David Goodyear appealed his 2018 conviction in Oklahoma City federal court of causing intentional damage to a protected computer. But the …
Houston’s Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP is like the Energizer Bunny—-it just keeps drilling and drilling and drilling in Oklahoma’s STACK. The latest example were completion reports filed by the company on three wells in Kingfisher County and another three in adjacent Major County. Two wells were on a pad about 7 miles east of Kingfisher …
The former aide to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe who was named the EPA’s chief of staff has come under an inspector general’s investigation whether he destroyed internal documents that should have been retained. The probe also involves actions concerning former EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. Using two people as sources, POLITICO reported that Ryan Jackson, …
When times were good for Chesapeake Energy Corp. in Oklahoma City, they rolled. A growing campus and much more to go with the success. But it was as though Charles Dickens was reporting on the energy company. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was …
POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report says Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe isn’t exactly pleased with how negotiations are going regarding the annual defense bill and PFAS—those chemicals polluting military bases nationwide. Here’s how it was reported: PFAS REMAINS NDAA STICKING POINT: Senate Armed Services Chairman Jim Inhofe said on Tuesday that negotiations on the annual defense bill are inching …
** A SEC filing by Chesapeake Energy shows President and CEO Robert D. Lawler recently acquired 50,000 shares in the company. The shares were valued at $0.9148 each resulting in a total acquisition worth $45,740. The acquisition results in Lawler owning 5,133,298 shares in the company. ** Federal regulators have ordered the Keystone pipeline to remain …
Despite a new speed limit law that took effect Nov. 1 in Oklahoma, signs on I-35 and I-40 and other highways remain the same. Most state 70 mph as the limit and the reason is this—the State Department of Transportation is still studying whether, when and where to increase limits to 75 miles an hour. …