Halliburton Co. is reducing its workforce in the Rockies as the biggest oilfield service contractor to announce job cuts grapples with a protracted spending slump in the shale patch. The cuts affect 650 workers across Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and North Dakota, Emily Mir, a spokeswoman, said Wednesday in a prepared statement. Most were offered …
The Oklahoma Environmental Quality Education Committee invites qualified individuals to apply for a grant to promote enthusiasm in young people for learning about the environment and natural resources. You must be an Oklahoma teacher, public or private (Preschool – 12th grade), school environmental club, youth group leader, and/or organization with a youth component to …
Elected officials who oversee Texas’ oil and gas industry have rejected specific safety proposals for rural gathering lines, handing a victory to industry according to E and E News. The Texas Railroad Commission replaced the specific rules with a vaguer requirement to operate the lines in a “reasonably prudent manner.” That “gutted” the proposal, said …
The Associated Press reports that a conference-room table where the late legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens made billion-dollar deals and hosted VIPs in his Dallas office is heading to the Oklahoma Capitol. Officials at Oklahoma State University announced Wednesday that the 24-foot-long table and 22 leather chairs will be loaned to the governor’s office …
Consumer Energy Alliance claims Oklahoma families and businesses saved more than $8 billion because of low-priced natural gas in a recent-ten-year period. In a report entitled “Oil and Natural Gas Energize Oklahoma,” the consumer advocacy group said it found residential energy users saved more than $2.6 billion while commercial and industrial users saved nearly $5.5 …
Cheniere Energy, Inc. plans to release its third quarter 2019 financial results on Friday, November 1. The report will be released before the opening of markets. Company leaders will hold a conference call for investors and analysts at 10 a.m. Central Time to discuss the results. The Houston company has extensive operations in Oklahoma’s …
Oklahoma City’s Enable Midstream Partners, LP plans to release its third quarter 2019 earnings report on Wednesday, November 6. The financial results will be released before market opens on that day and company leadership will follow the release with a conference call at 9 a.m. Central Standard Time to discuss the results. In August, Enable …
Environmental justice. It’s what 2020 presidential Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren is now talking about. The Massachusetts senator, who grew up in Norman, Oklahoma says she wants to address the disproportionate pollution burdens faced by the poor. Click here to read a report from Ben Gemen with Axios.
Oklahoma legislators adopted a ‘self-audit’ environmental policy this year by energy companies and now North Dakota has done the same. The Bismarck Tribune reports North Dakota environmental regulators are hoping a new agreement with the federal government will result in more companies self-reporting violations at power plants, oil and gas sites, and waste facilities. The state …
The Kansas Corporation Commission approved without debate Tuesday renaming of three longstanding utility companies folded into the Evergy conglomerate created last year in a $14 billion deal. The three-member regulatory commission agreed with requests to change the name on official documents of Kansas City Power & Light to Evergy Metro and to designate Westar Energy …