Drivers for utility companies, oil and gas firms and electric cooperatives might find something new in the state as they travel state highways—-more cable barriers instead of the concrete barriers. As the Journal Record reported recently, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation is in the process of possibly replacing guard rails with cable barriers on some …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission indicates the well that blew up last January killing 5 men near Quinton has been completed. Spokesman Matt Skinner told the Tulsa World the well is one step from being put into production. The cause of the deadly explosion and fire remains under investigation and just last week, the U.S. Chemical …
Oklahoma’s energy industry through its growing employment helped push the state’s jobless rate to 3.8 percent, the lowest such rate since August 2008. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reports the state added 3,548 to its labor force last month and 27,148 over the past year. Energy falls under the Commission’s Mining and Logging sector …
As the head of the Association of Oklahoma General Contractors, Bobby Stem says the recent record rains and flooding that washed out a bridge in the city of Norman should be a warning…the state cannot let up on its continued improvement of roads and bridges. Record rainfall totalling at least 5 inches in south Oklahoma …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric announced it has completed the issuance of $400 million in Senior Notes. The 3.80% notes were series due August 15, 2028. In a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, the announcement was made by OGE Energy Corp., the parent company of OGE. “OGE Energy Corp. (the “Company”) is the parent company …
The number of oil and gas rigs working in Oklahoma grew by one in the past week to reach 140 while nationally, the count was unchanged at 1,057. Nationally, the number of oil rigs remained at 869 while the number of gas rigs was also unchanged at 186. Still, the national count is 111 higher …
A handful of interim studies by the Oklahoma House of Representatives will pertain to energy in the state. The House Energy and Natural Resources committee will meet in late October to consider two studies on oil and gas. They will focus on lateral lines in drilling for oil and gas and an analysis of the …
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has rejected a Tulsa businessman’s $500,000 claim against the estate of the late natural gas magnate Aubrey McClendon. The Court of Civil Appeals ruled Thursday that an Oklahoma County district judge was correct when she dismissed the claim by Thomas Quinn. McClendon, former CEO of Oklahoma City-based …
A Federal judge has overturned the Trump administration’s delay of implementation of the Clean Water Rule in Oklahoma and 25 other states. The ruling means the Waters of the United States rule will be reinstated and the nationwide injunction on the suspension is on hold. The judge in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina …
A New Mexico water fight that started with a lawsuit in 1966 drew the attention of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals which sent the case back to a New Mexico federal court. The appeals court in Denver overturned a lower court ruling in the lawsuit filed by the State of New Mexico 52 …