Former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Jim Townsend died on July 18, 2019. He was 91 and lived in Shawnee. Townsend spent 35 years as a locomotive fireman and engineer for the Rock Island Railroad. He was also elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives and served from 1964 to 1980 and was the Majority Flood Leader …
The number of oil and gas jobs dipped slightly in Oklahoma in the month of June as the state’s jobless rate held steady, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The June overall jobless rate remained at 3.2% with a total of 58,214 unemployed Oklahomans out of a labor force of 1,831,502. The U.S. unemployment …
The National Safety Council recognized seven Oklahoma organizations for their commitment to keeping employees safe on the roads during the presentation of the inaugural Our Driving Concern Oklahoma Employer Traffic Safety Awards. Awards were presented in partnership with the Oklahoma Highway Safety Office and the Oklahoma Safety Council at the Oklahoma Safety and Health Conference in Oklahoma …
A second silica sand proppant distributor in a week has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, thanks to a drop in demand in the oil and gas sector. Emerge Energy Services LP filed in Delaware stating it has nearly $330 million in assets while debts total $266 million. The Southlake, Texas company says it wants to set …
Oklahoma City’s Roan Resources has made a 10-year agreement with Houston’s Blue Mountain Midstream for gathering crude in Oklahoma’s Mergeplay between the STACK and the SCOOP plays. The agreement covers 89,000 net acres. Blue Mountain plans to build a crude system with nearly 50 miles of gathering pipeline. The system will include two downstream …
The number of working oil and gas rigs declined in Oklahoma in the past week, slipping by 3 from the previous week to 95. A year ago, the state had 138 oil and gas rigs according to figures from Baker Hughes Co. Nationally, the count dropped by 4 in the past week to reach 954. …
The Kansas City Southern Railway reported record revenues of $714 million for the second quarter of 2019. It was a 5% increase over the second quarter 2018 revenues. The company said the record revenues occurred even as carload volumes were flat compared to a year ago. Kansas City Southern Railway has extensive trackage throughout eastern …
From High Country News In early fall 2017, two Bureau of Land Management archaeologists drove to a Chevron oil and gas site in the dry grasslands of southeast New Mexico. The oil company had damaged a Native American archaeological site, and they needed to assess the situation. What they found raised thorny questions about what’s …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has announced that the boil order for Little Axe School, located in Little Axe, Cleveland County, has been lifted. The water is now safe for human consumption. The order to boil water was issued due to the presence of E. coli. The order was issued for Little Axe School only and …
Electric vehicle drivers will be able to travel the entire 236-mile length of the Kansas Turnpike without ever having to exit to recharge their car’s batteries, thanks to the addition of “fast-charging” stations at the Topeka, Lawrence and Towanda service areas according to the Topeka Capital Journal. The announcement came during a news conference at …