A river runs through it. Oklahoma and Arkansas. The two states are joining in an effort to make sure the Illinois River that runs through the two states does not have pollution issues. Gov. Mary Fallin on Thursday announced the completion of a memorandum of agreement committing the two states to future collaboration in addressing water …
When it comes to the largest employers in Oklahoma, it’s easily the Defense Department. It has about 69,000 employees in the state. And on Friday, the state will learn of a major announcement affecting Tinker Air Force Base where 26,000 people work. Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson plans to be at the Air …
Gross production tax collections for October in Oklahoma came in below the estimate of state officials with the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services. And it led one official to suggest there’s nothing to indicate the state will have significantly more money for agency appropriations than anticipated. The collections totaled $34.3 million but were …
The owner of an Oklahoma City aviation company that leases planes and helicopters to companies for charter work has pleaded guilty to federal misdemeanor charges and agreed to pay $50,000 in fines. James Paul Johnson and his company, Interstate Helicopters, Inc. headquartered at Wiley Post Airport, entered guilty pleas on Tuesday in Oklahoma City Federal …
Pioneer Natural Resources Company based in Dallas announced this week a $400 million agreement to divest its pressure pumping assets to ProPetro Holding Corp. Pioneer has exploration operations in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas and New Mexico. The agreement means ProPetro, based in Midland, Texas will become a strategic long-term service provider for Pioneer for up …
Tulsa’s Northwest Pipeline LLC announced it’s started a $250 million senior note exchange. The wholly owned subsidiary of The Williams Companies, Inc. is offering the exchange for any and all of its $250 million in outstanding 4% Senior Notes due 2027. The notes were originally issued in a private transaction in August of this year …
One of the providers of Wyoming coal to Oklahoma coal-fired electric generating plants has ended its Credit Agreement with a bank after the amount of borrowing capacity was reduced to about $16 million. It is the latest in a series of financial moves that some say portend a gloomy future for the company. Cloud Peak …
Kansas City-based Tallgrass Energy, LP, a firm that moves crude oil from Wyoming to Cushing, Oklahoma has announced a binding open season on its Pony Express system. The line carries oil from the Guernsey, Wyoming origin point to refinery delivery points along the Pony Express system and to the Cushing storage hub. TallGrass has operations …
With operations across Oklahoma, National Oilwell Varco, Inc. has announced a 5-cent a share dividend. The Houston, Texas based company indicated its Board of Directors declared the regular quarterly cash dividend payable on Dec. 21, 2018 to each stockholder of record on Dec.7, 2018. The company’s coming off the end of the third quarter …
Target Lodging, a Houston firm with operations in Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin has entered into a $325 million merger with a Los Angeles-based acquisition company. Target’s better known as providing so-called “man camps” for oil and gas drilling plays. Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corporation announced the merger with Target Logistics Management, LLC and another man camp provider, …