With the annual shareholders meeting of SandRidge Energy set for June 19, the company’s board of directors continues its sparring with activist investor Carl Icahn. Directors sent yet another letter to shareholders urging them to re-elect all five directors as well as two nominees from Icahn’s camp. And he did the same. “Icahn is seeking …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is moving quickly to adapt the historic $64 million OGE rate reduction agreement reached with Attorney General Mike Hunter. The Commission has the item on its Friday morning agenda for a vote on the Cause No. PUD 201700496 to lower utility bills beginning next month. Part of the agreement involves a …
A fire that badly damaged a biofuels plant in western Kansas and forced the evacuation of nearby rural homes was extinguished Wednesday night. The Clark County Sheriff’s office indicated there were no injuries reported from the fire at the EGE plant near the town of Minneola. The fire started about 12 p.m. and six hours …
One thing Scott Pruitt’s done since becoming the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is create a flood of Open Records requests at the office of Oklahoma Attorney General. National and state news organizations want to know more about Pruitt’s dealings when he was attorney general. They started making their Open Records requests when Pruitt …
Dallas based Pioneer Natural Resources Company has announced the sale of its southeastern Colorado assets for $79 million, thus becoming yet another company bailing out of the Raton Basin. The company sold its assets in the Raton Basin to Evergreen Natural Resources LLC and the sale should be finalized by the end of July. The …
Environmentalists and conservation groups don’t like the decision but the State of North Dakota has approved a permit for construction of an oil refinery near the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The decision by the North Dakota Health department in support of the Davis Refinery is considered a major victory for Meridian Energy Group based in …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford calls it “unbelievable.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not include funding for improvements to Tulsa’s levee system, one rated as one of the worst in the nation. “For two years, Congress has given the Corps the tools to tackle this project, which has been identified by the Corps …
Thousands of Verizon Wireless customers scrambled Wednesday morning when the company suffered an outage of service. Those who still had the old-fashioned land line resorted to them to make calls. Others were left wondering—what was so and so’s phone number? Both cellular and internet service were interrupted over many areas of the state ranging …
Tulsa-based WPX Energy is already planning to release its second-quarter 2018 financial and operations results. The company will hold a webcast discussion on Thursday, Aug. 2 beginning at 9 a.m. central time. Chief Executive Officer Rick Muncrief along with Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Vann will discuss the company’s performance. …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission meets Thursday morning for a signing order session. The meeting will be held at 9:30 a.m. at the Jim Thorpe building. One item is Cause No. PUD 201800021, an application of Iochem Corporation for an order of the Commission declaring compliance and applicability of the Retail Electric Supplier Certified Territory Act. …