Indian tribes across the U.S. are banding together in an effort to develop renewable energy on their reservations. One of the leaders of the effort is Judith LeBlanc, a member of the Caddo Nation in Oklahoma. LeBlanc is also director of the Native Organizers Alliance and was an organizer of a Day of Action held …
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine, the former congressman from Oklahoma was among those explaining to FFA members how space affects farming technology at the 92nd National Convention and Expo. Ron Hays with the Oklahoma Farm Report was on hand as Bridenstine spoke. His story can be viewed by clicking here.
The Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club is out with its environmental scorecard of the 2019 Oklahoma legislative session, one that targeted Republicans with F’s and Democrats with A’s. Of the three F grades in the Senate and five in the state House, all went to Republicans. The four A’s in the Senate went to …
Members of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) encourage residents of western Oklahoma to attend a public forum scheduled for Friday, November 8, 2019. The public forum will be held following the regular business meeting of the board. There is no way to estimate how long the business …
Earthquakes shook northern and southeastern Oklahoma and south-central Kansas Saturday night and Sunday morning. The strongest was a 3.2 magnitude quake Saturday night near Hutchinson, Kansas, strong enough to be felt by residents in the north central Kansas city of Concordia. The U.S Geological Survey reports no significant damage was reported. A 3.0 magnitude earthquake …
An estimated 9,120 barrels of crude oil have spilled from a leak in the Keystone pipeline in North Dakota this week, officials said. That’s equivalent to about 383,000 gallons of oil, which could fill more than half of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. The leak was detected Tuesday night near near Edinburg, a tiny community northwest of …
** Tulsa’s Magellan Midstream Partners reported a third-quarter 2019 net income of $237 million or $1.19 per unit. The company announced its total revenue for the quarter was $657 million while the net income was $595 million or $2.60 per unit. ** Mid-Con Energy Partners headquartered in Tulsa had net income of $6 million or …
CARLSBAD, New Mexico (Reuters) – In the southeast corner of New Mexico, new houses, hotels and jobs are sprouting like flowers in the desert. Trucks hauling equipment and laborers jam once-barren highways on the way to thousands of oil rigs. The Democrats who control the state’s government have lofty plans for the billions of …
Canada’s Encana Corp., a major oil and gas operator in Oklahoma announced it is moving its headquarters from Calgary to Denver, Colorado. The company also will change its name to Ovintiv Inc. next year. The decision comes as other majors including ConocoPhillips have been selling Canadian assets and cut back on investments in the country. …
Rig counts are still falling across the U.S. and in Oklahoma, the number fell by 3 in the past week to reach 51. A year ago, Oklahoma had 144 active oil and gas rigs in the state. Nationally, the count fell by 8 in the past week to 822. The number of oil rigs dropped …