South of San Antonio, Texas ranchers who thought their decision to allow coal-mining on their land in the 1970s would bring prosperity to their county, they now have regrets. Big regrets. It’s a case of the coal mining companies shutting down and moving elsewhere and leaving the environmental messes behind. And of not fulfilling promises …
** All right, it’s not energy but a lot of energy workers drink Coors beer. And in Colorado this week, Molson Coors announced it was closing its Denver headquarters and moving them to Chicago and cutting 500 jobs across its international operations. After the closing, Molson Coors will still have about 2,000 workers in Colorado, …
House Majority Leader Mike Sanders (R-Kingfisher) said close to 500 new volunteer firefighters have joined rural fire departments four years after he successfully ran legislation that eliminated the age limit for new volunteers. He expects to see an even greater increase with the passage of another law that takes this week. House Bill 2005, authored …
The State Department has only a few more weeks to gather comments about the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would cross northeast Montana. The comments are necessary because the proposed pipeline would cross the border with Canada and the State Department has a revised environmental impact statement for the line. The line, if built, would …
Land surrounding New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park would be off limits to nearby oil and gas exploration under a measure passed this week by the U.S. House of Representatives. The measure saw a split in votes by Oklahomans in the House. Rep. Tom Cole, a Republican joined Democratic Rep. Kendra Horn as …
Houston’s Anadarko Co. and the former Kerr McGee company it acquired are likely to face penalties from Colorado oil and gas regulators more than two years after a home explosion in Firestone killed two men. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission announced this week it was preparing to issue a notice of an alleged violation …
Tulsa-based Williams reported third quarter 2019 earnings that saw big jumps in improvements, going up 71 percent or $91 million as net income available to common stockholders was $220 million. The company said income so far this year reached $308 million, a 74 percent increase. To say the least, the company called them “strong results.” …
North Dakota officials are dealing with a leak in the original Keystone pipeline, one that passes through Oklahoma and six other states as it carries oil to Gulf coast refineries. The leak covers a quarter-mile swath near the town of Edinburg in Walsh County. Operations were shut down by the pipeline owner TC Energy and …
The slowdown in rig activity in Oklahoma is apparently starting to be felt in some areas of the state when it comes to employment, according to the September figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The Commission showed that oil and gas employment in Oklahoma City actually increased by 300 from August 2019 to September …
While oil production was up in the third quarter for Oklahoma City’s Continental Resources Inc., the firm’s $158.2 million in net income or 43 cents a share was down markedly from a year ago when net income was $314 million. The company reported its adjusted net income for the 2018 third quarter was $199.4 million, …