We usually write about Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin and his energy duties on Capitol Hill. But this week, he and Tulsa congressman Kevin Hern were among the Republicans who marched en masse to the closed-door impeachment hearings held by the House Intelligence Committee chaired by Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff. They didn’t get very far …
** House Transportation Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) said he won’t bring Republicans in on his transportation bill because they don’t share his climate goals. “I think there are certain pieces … where we have goals that [House Republicans] don’t share in terms of dealing with climate change and climate crisis in this bill,” he said. “We’re going to …
State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced this week that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the state’s credit outlook from stable to positive. The rating agency concurrently affirmed Oklahoma’s credit rating of Aa2. Moody’s action follows a meeting last month with state leaders to provide rating analysts with an update on the economy, credit trends, and policy …
Tulsa’s ONEOK, Inc. declared an increased quarterly dividend of 91.5 cents a share. The move by the board of directors increased the dividend by 2.5 cents which results in an annualized dividend of $3.66 a share. The dividend will be payable Nov. 14, 2019 to those shareholders of record at the close of business Nov. …
The Trump administration’s decision to exempt 31 small refiners from biofuel blending requirements has been challenged by a coalition of biofuel industry groups. They filed suit claiming the 2018 exemption decision was carried out in secret. Before the suit was filed, President Trump stated he had solved the fight, according to S and P Global …
Houston’s Marathon Oil Company filed more completion reports this week indicating it had production of more than 2,700 barrels a day on a multi-unit well site in Blaine County, 1,500 from two multi-unit wells in Canadian county and 1,700 barrels a day from two wells at the same site in Kingfisher county. The Blaine County …
Click to watch Sen. Inhofe’s remarks. U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) senior member of the Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned a federal panel of witnesses at an Environmental Public Works (EPW) hearing to receive testimony on Improving American Economic Competitiveness Through Water Resources Infrastructure. Witnesses included Rickey Dale “R.D.” James, Assistant Secretary of …
The government says the U.S. is sending crude oil to more countries and nations around the globe than it is importing from. The announcement came this week from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In the first seven months of 2019, the U.S. imported crude oil from 27 nations in a given month. Ten years earlier, …
** A University of Illinois researcher maintains that construction of taller wind turbines with shorter blades can significantly reduce the deaths of birds. The researcher also urged construction of the wind towers farther from critical bird habitats. ** In Minnesota, one county is considering new restrictions on solar farms. Leaders want new solar projects to …
WOTUS is drying up. Even as the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration took steps this week for removal of the Waters of the U.S. rule fought by Oklahoma’s farm groups and members of congress, some have filed suit challenging the move. The EPA’s repeal of the Obama-era rules was published in the Federal …