Those Waste Management garbage trucks you see on the streets of cities in Oklahoma are part of a company that has earned an “A” grade from the environmental non-profit CDP. The grade was earned for the depth and quality of climate change data the company discloses to investors and the global marketplace. CDP or Carbon …
Holly Energy Partners, L.P., the Dallas based firm with a refinery and storage capacity in Tulsa announced a fourth quarter cash distribution of 67 cents per share. It was a two-cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2017 and was also the company’s 57th consecutive quarterly distribution increase since the firm went public in …
Two Houston-based midstream companies declared quarterly dividends this week. Hess Midstream Partners LP, a firm with most of its assets in the Bakken of North Dakota declared a 37 cent a share cash distribution for the quarter that ended Dec. 31, 2018. It was a 15 percent increased compared to the previous year and …
Democrats in the U.S. Senate are targeting oil industry leaders who have had contact with the federal government as it continues with oil and gas leasing on federal lands despite the partial government shutdown. They have made a request of the Trump administration to supply the names of those in the oil industry who were …
Oklahoma’s King Air plane used to fly governors around the state and the country will be for sale as a result of the first executive orders Gov. Kevin Stitt announced on Thursday. He told reporters at a Thursday morning capitol news conference that the move will save the state money, explaining, “The dollars t hat …
Just how big is the truck driver shortage? Consider what Walmart’s doing. It’s giving a penny a mile increase and a 50-cent increase in activity pay for arrivals and drops to its drivers. As a result of the activity pay offer, those drivers will earn a dollar every time they arrive at a destination and …
Environmentalists across the country might be surprised to read the results of a study conducted into who spends more protecting the environment when they’re in power—-Republicans and Democrats? A knee-jerk response from many environmentalists would indicate Republicans. But Energy and Environment News reports a new study shows otherwise. “Elect a Democratic president, expect less support …
A Homeland Security exercise held Wednesday in Tulsa focused on a pipeline emergency response. Representatives of oil and gas distributors took part in the event presented by Paradigm, Kansas based company. The exercise was conducted through the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Protocols. The basis for the exercise was to establish how to respond …
The transfer of power from Republicans to Democrats in the U.S. House has resulted in longtime Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas being left off the House Agriculture Committee. It is a committee that he once chaired and helped win approval for farm bills in past administrations. But Lucas, in an interview with Ron Hays at the …
Oklahoma City’s Enable Midstream Partners, LP plans to release its earnings reports for the fourth quarter and year-end 2018 results on Feb. 19. The release will be made before the market opens and management will hold a conference call at 10 a.m. Central Time the same day. In November, 2018, the company said its …