A U.S. District of Columbia federal judge has temporarily blocked oil and gas drilling on thousands of acres of public land in Wyoming stating it was because of climate change. Judge Rudolph Contreras issued the ruling stating that the Trump administration failed to “sufficiently consider climate change.” He found the U.S. Bureau of Land Management …
Blue Sage Capital based in Austin, Texas announced 2018 was its most active year in its 18-year history and some of the developments happened in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays. The firm saw the exit of three of its portfolio companies and the addition of two others. One of its portfolio companies, Cobalt Environmental Solutions …
Leaders of Tulsa’s Williams Company intend to take part in an approaching energy conference as they seek new investors. Alan Armstrong, president and chief executive officer will make a presentation at the Scotia Howard Weil 2019 Energy Conference in New Orleans on Wednesday, March 27. His presentation will not be available on webcast but the …
Texas environmental officials are assuring residents around the site of a 3-day long petrochemical storage terminal fire that the air is safe to breath. They claim there were no measurable air-quality problems after the fire at the International Terminals Co. in the Houston suburb of Deer Park had been extinguished. Smoke from the massive …
The growth of electric vehicles in this country has yet to take much of a bite out of gasoline and diesel fuel. But the vehicles are slowly displacing more of the fossil fuels according to a recent Bloomberg report. Electric vehicles are taking ever-bigger bites out of global oil demand, but they haven’t yet caught …
While dry conditions are spreading in western Oklahoma, some western states have reached a deal on sharing water from the Colorado River. Here’s how POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report explained it: DROUGHT DEAL ADVANCES: After more than three years of work on a major water-sharing deal for the drought-stricken Colorado River, the seven basin states that …
OKLAHOMA CITY—OGE Energy Corp. announced it has named Scott Briggs Managing Director of Human Resources. Most recently, Briggs served as Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Human Resources of The Oklahoman Media Company, a division of The Oklahoma Publishing Company (OPUBCO). “I’m pleased to welcome Scott to OG&E. With more than two decades of …
One of the largest wells to be reported in several weeks in the state is in the STACK play. It is a Continental Resources oil well drilled in Blaine County with production of nearly 1,900 Boed. The Lugene 3-33h is located about 10 miles due west of Watonga and the legal description is 33 16N …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will hold a regular meeting on Thursday to consider at least three proposed orders. One is the application of ATT Corp for funding from the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund for the Altus Public schools. The final order is to approve the funding per Cause No. PUD 201400343. Cause No. PUD 201500205 …
Think you want to buy an electric car? The lack of EV chargers might make you reconsider, especially out here in what the east and west coast people call “flyover country.” Consider the article from EcoWatch. By Jeremy Deaton A driver planning to make the trek from Denver to Salt Lake City can look forward to …