Federal favoritism. It’s what oil and gas legend T-Boone Pickens says about the way the government favors electric car development over fossil fuels. Writing in the Austin Statesman, Pickens came out against the way the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality proposes to use $200 million the state will get from the VW emissions scandal. Here’s …
The new Preferred Sands frack sand plant in northwest Oklahoma is open for business. With the presentation of an Oklahoma flag by Sen. Casey Murdock of Felt, the plant was opened this week at a site west of Seiling and near Oakwood. The large operation sits along highway 270 and will eventually have nearly 300 …
A heater malfunction is being blamed for the fire that struck an OGE power plant in Oklahoma City on Thursday. The fire was allowed to burn itself out after a 7,000-gallon fuel tank caught fire sometime after 7 a.m. No one was injured and the fire finally died late in the afternoon. But for hours, …
Oklahoma Transportation Executive Director Mike Patterson knows driverless cars are coming. When? That’s another matter. But he told the Oklahoma Transportation Commission this week they are in the near future and the state’s Driving Oklahoma Working Group is a partnership exploring policies and safety of those vehicles. “As we look to the future on what …
Houston’s Newfield Exploration shows no letup in its aggressive exploration of Oklahoma’s STACK, as witnessed by the latest completion reports on file with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. While the three wells were not major producers, they still were an indication how Newfield is using multi-well pad sites. In the instance of the filing on Thursday, …
President Trump is expected to put his name to a funding act that has the American Civil Liberties Union and others up in arms—because it gives the power of the federal government to shoot down private drones if they’re considered a threat. The power is included in the FAA Reauthorization Act which was passed this …
Tulsa’s Williams reported it has received federal approval of its Atlantic Sunrise pipeline that will allow an increase of natural gas pumped to the east coast. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission signed off on putting the more than 200-mile project into full service this week. The official start date will be Oct. 6 and the …
Oklahoma saw another month of double-digit growth in its economy in September and the increased gross production taxes on oil and gas brought in another $8 million for the month. Treasurer Ken Miller announced Thursday the gross receipts surged by 14 percent for September. Gross receipts of $1.2 billion during the past month are the …
Smoke still poured from a fire that burned late Thursday at OGE’s Mustang Power Plant on the west side of Oklahoma City. The fire initially broke out Thursday morning around 7:20 and sent massive black clouds of smoke billowing into the air. An insulated heating oil tank containing an estimated 7,000 gallons of fuel caught …
No injuries were reported but a massive fire is burning inside the OGE Mustang Power plant on the west side of Oklahoma City. The fire broke out after 8 a.m. in an interior oil tank and OGE crews say it was safer to allow the fire to burn itself out. Oklahoma City fire crews are …