At least seven of the defendants named in a negligence lawsuit over the Jan. 22, 2018 gas rig explosion that killed five workers in southeast Oklahoma have been dismissed from the case. At the same time, a Pittsburg county district court judge ruled against another defendant’s move for a protective order. The case involved the …
When the Oklahoma Corporation Commission votes in a few weeks on a proposed rate package for Oklahoma Gas and Electric, it will do so with the recommendation of approval from an administrative law judge. OGE originally filed a request last year for a $78 million rate increase but attorney general Mike Hunter’s office opposed the …
Topics: Energy | Indicators and Data The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City reports slight increases in oil and gas activity in the second quarter of 2019. A Bank survey also found leaders in the industry have only marginal enthusiasm for the future of oil and gas in Oklahoma and other states in the 10th Federal Reserve …
While the Kentucky Attorney General is investigating the financially ailing Blackjewel Mining company, some 60 Blackjewel workers let go because of a mine shutdown in Wyoming have been hired by competitor Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. Cloud Peak indicated the nearly 60 former Blackjewel employees will start at its Cordero Rojo and Antelope mines on Tuesday, …
Another drop in the number of oil and gas rigs was recorded in the U.S. in the past week while Oklahoma’s count grew by one to reach 98. Nationally, the U.S. count fell by 5 to 958. The number of oil rigs fell by 4 to 784 while gas rig numbers declined by 2 to …
Thanks to grants totaling more than $50,000, the city of Edmond will install 10 public and workplace charging stations for electric vehicles. The $50,550 in grants were awarded by the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality to the City of Edmond and the University of Central Oklahoma. Two of …
Kansas City midstream company, Tallgrass Energy, LP announced a quarterly dividend of 54 cents a share. The board of directors declared the dividend for Class A shares for the second quarter of 2019 or $2.16 on an annualized basis. The dividend will be paid Wednesday, Aug. 14 to shareholders of record as of the close …
In one of his first rulings as a U.S. District judge in Oklahoma City, Judge Patrick R. Wyrick decided part of a case involving a nearly $20 million deficiency judgment, a bankruptcy and a claim against British Petroleum over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. He dismissed efforts of Neverve, LLC, Oklahoma City attorney Ruston …
Oklahoma City’s Enable Midstream has made the move into a larger building in the city’s downtown. All 500 employees. As Steve Lackmeyer of the Oklahoman reported, the company finished the move into the new 27-story BOK Park Plaza Tower. Enable Midstream occupies five stories of the building which opened last year on West Sheridan Avenue …
The first major storm of the hurricane season has forced U.S. oil producers to remove workers from their Gulf of Mexico operations. The potential hurricane, to be named Barry already forced producers to cut nearly a third of their crude output in the Gulf. The storm also has threatened Gulf Coast refinery operations. At least …