Due to the Labor Day holiday, the Oklahoma Transportation Commission will hold its monthly meeting at 11 a.m. Mon., Sept. 10 in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21st St. in Oklahoma City.
Oil rig counts grew in past week in U.S. but slipped in Oklahoma
The nation’s oil and gas rig count grew by 4 in the past week to reach a total of 1,048 according to figures from Baker Hughes Co. Oklahoma’s count slipped by one to reach 139, compared to the 130 reported a year ago at this time. Nationally, the number of oil rigs grew by 2 …
New Tulsa energy firm buys terminal at Cushing
Tulsa-based Crude oil logistics provider Getka Energy LLC has closed on the purchase of the former Pacer Energy Terminal located in Cushing, Oklahoma. The 28-acre property houses crude oil storage tanks and several LACT units. The terminal is connected to Enterprise Products’ Cushing Terminal via pipeline. Getka plans to upgrade the terminal to allow for increased throughput …
Oil industry leader says there’s another side to Oklahoma’s fracking success
As head of the Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance, Mike Cantrell is a big supporter of oil and gas. But he’s also a critic of horizontal drilling and fracking, despite the economic impact they have had on the state. Read his opinion in the Friday edition of The Oklahoman: Fracking: The rest of the story
Environmentalists contend Kansas energy regulators aren’t following the law
Kansas energy regulators are being accused of continuing to allow oil and gas drillers to file applications for wastewater injection well permits and not giving the public adequate notice. It’s the claim of the Kansas Sierra Club and others who blame the wastewater wells for causing earthquakes in the Flint Hills of Kansas. The …
Another earthquake study links wastewater disposal wells
Scientists aren’t finished studying earthquakes and their connection to wastewater disposal wells. A new study in the journal Science reveals how quakes are caused miles away from the wastewater wells in Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and California. Now those quakes are also happening along the east coast where there is also drilling and the need to …
Worker learns the hard way—-read your work contract
Nine Energy, the Houston company with operations in Oklahoma has won a federal court ruling in an arbitration fight in New Mexico Federal court. U.S. District Judge James O. Browning ruled in favor of the firm after it was sued by Ryan Patterson who accused the firm of failing to pay him and other workers …
Kochs to support 8 GOP House members in tight re-election bids
The billionaire Koch brothers say they’re going to use their energy money to support eight House Republicans in tight races across the country. Since none of those tight races is believed to be in Oklahoma, no U.S. Representatives in the state will be getting their money. In announcing the support, the political network created by …
Former Enron CEO out of prison
Former Enron CEO Jeffrey K. Skilling is out of prison after serving 8 years in connection with the notorious corporate fraud case in Houston, Texas. He is now 64 and was originally convicted of 12 counts of securities fraud, five counts of making false statements to auditors, one count of insider trading and one count …
EPA moves ahead with regional haze plan that could affect southern Oklahoma
Efforts of the EPA to override an Obama-era plan to curb haze-forming sulfur dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants in Texas could end up affecting the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lawton, Oklahoma. That’s because the Texas haze plan was meant in part to curb the haze that made its way north into southern Oklahoma. …