A public meeting will be held April 16 regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund site in Bristow, Oklahoma. It will be held by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the EPA at the Bristow Library at 5:30 p.m. Presentations will be made and information offered about the Superfund process, recent sampling events and …
One of the completion reports filed with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in the past few days involved a Continental Resources well with production of more than 2,500 barrels of oil a day. The company filed an amended report on the Lookabaugh 2-25-24xhm well located 3 miles northeast of the Greenfield community in Blaine County (36 …
The controversial bill that would give corporations in Oklahoma the legal right to hide pollution from the public’s eyes won overwhelming approval this week in a state house committee. The House Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted 14-3 to send SB 1003 to the full house for a vote. The bill is the measure that …
A water bill that environmentalists said will protect Oklahoma’s Scenic Rivers from drying up from overdevelopment and excessive use won support this week in an Oklahoma Senate Committee. House Bill 1403 by Rep. Justin Humphrey of Lane and Sen. David Bullard of Durant won approval on a 17-1 vote and was sent to the full …
The head of Oklahoma’s largest oil and gas group offers thanks to President Trump for signing two executive orders to speed up the pipeline permitting process and help energy development. Chad Warmington, President of the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association issued a statement in response. “Expanding America’s energy infrastructure …
The second attempt of legislators to target railways whose trains block intersections in Oklahoma died in a Senate Transportation Committee this week. House Bill 2472 by House Speaker Charles McCall and Stroud Sen. Jason Smalley did not receive one vote when it came before the Senate Transportation Committee. It was a rewrite of the original …
More of the newest air refueling tankers joining the Air Force fleet could be arriving soon at Altus Air Force base in southwest Oklahoma. The Air Force indicated this week it had started to accept the Pegasus tankers made by Boeing, but only after stringent inspections were carried out on the giant planes. The …
Rose State College in Midwest City wants to be home to a proposed Oklahoma Center for Cyber Security. It already boasts of having the largest Cyber Security degree program in Oklahoma with nearly 300 students enrolled in the program. But now it wants to do more and has asked the federal government for financial assistance. …
Halliburton, the company founded 100 years ago in Duncan, Oklahoma and now headquartered in Houston, Texas was honored this week by the city of Houston. Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner presented Halliburton Chairman, President and CEO Jeff Miller with a City of Houston Proclamation at a ceremony held at city hall. “This is a special day …
Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy plans to release its first quarter 2019 earnings report on April 30. The release will be made on that Tuesday after the close of U.S. financial markets. The results will also be available on Devon’s website, www.devonenergy.com. Company leaders will hold a conference call the next day, May 1 at 10 …