Oil and gas industry manufacturer Kimray in Oklahoma City plans a job fair this weekend to fill more than 70 positions at its operations. With industry leading pay starting at $14.50 per hour and a 15 percent shift differential, the company will hire for positions across many departments, including machining, assembly, engineering and administration. “This …
American Electric Power has named Peggy Simmons president and chief operating officer of Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) effective Sept. 8. Simmons replaces Stuart Solomon, who is joining AEP’s generation organization as senior vice president – Generation Services. Simmons will be responsible for all aspects of PSO’s service, including customer service, distribution operations, safety, …
Houston’s Saxet Petroleum, Inc., , a firm with core positions in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCORE plays received a $100 million equity commitment recently from Post Oak Energy Capital, LP. Post Oak made the announcement on Monday indicating that it achieved the commitment through investment partnerships it manages. The commitment is for Saxet III Minerals, LLC. …
The recent $289 million judgment against chemical maker Monsanto, won by a former California school groundskeeper dying of cancer is similar to lawsuits filed against the company in Oklahoma. The California jury agreed with Dewayne “Lee” Johnson that his use of Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup contributed to his non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. It awarded him $289 million …
In a move that will affect coal-fired electric generating plants in Oklahoma and across the U.S., President Trump could unveil a plan on Tuesday to rewrite government rules to help operators of those plants. The plants were targeted by the Obama Administration using the Clean Power Plan which was attacked by then-Oklahoma Attorney General Scott …
Chesapeake Energy Corporation on Monday announced the appointment of Mark A. Edmunds to the Board of Directors, effective August 17, 2018. Edmunds will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee and will stand for re-election at the 2019 annual meeting of shareholders. Chesapeake Chairman R. Brad Martin commented, “We are very pleased to welcome …
While the Energy Information Administration reported last week large gains to liquid petroleum stockpiles in the U.S., one energy analyzing firm in Houston says the levels are still weaker than last year’s level. Stratas Advisors, based in Houston indicated the crude stocks moved up by 6.81 million barrels while most analysts expected a decline of …
In a water ruling against an environmental group challenging actions of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a New Mexico federal judge resorted to quoting the bible. The ruling against the WildEarth Guardians, a group based in Santa Fe, U.S. District Judge Robert C. Brack began his ruling with the quote: And Elijah the Tishbite, …
Two railroad workers exposed to chemicals in a 2007 Burlington Northern Santa Fe train incident near Ottawa, Kansas have won their case with the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. The Appeals court reversed a lower court ruling against Larry D. Lincoln and Brad C. Mosbrucker who were partially and permanently disabled after …
In nearly 15 months, the massive amount of oil stored at the Cushing hub has plummeted an estimated 60 percent, easing a bottleneck that in 2017 slowed the transportation of Midwest oil to terminals on the Gulf Coast. As Jack Money at the Oklahoman reported, expansion efforts have eased the storage problem at Cushing, going …