At least seven anti oil and gas protesters were arrested Monday in Austin, Texas as they demonstrated outside the William B. Travis State Office building Organized by the Poor People’s Campaign, the protest sought a ban on new oil and gas permits as well as single-payer health care and paid sick days. It was part …
Eight members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture are getting a pat on the back from the Agriculture Energy Coalition for supporting the farm bill energy title programs. The Coalition supported a letter mailed by 8 Senators this week to Committee chairman Sen.Pat Roberts, (R-KS) and ranking member Sen. Debbie Stabenow. In the letter, …
If ExxonMobil’s experiment proves a success, those quick oil-change places might be seriously hurting for business in the future. The energy company has launched a cross-country road trip to prove its latest product offering, Mobil 1 Annual Protection motor oil will allow cars to go 20,000 miles without an oil change. The road trip started …
Oklahoma City fire crews say no evacuations were necessary following a Monday night chlorine gas leak at the city’s Hefner Water Treatment Plant. Crews were called to the scene in the 3800 block of W. Hefner Road around 9 p.m. Nearly 50 firefighters were on scene trying to locate the leak. The Department’s Hazardous Materials …
Tulsa’s Midstates Petroleum Company announced the closing this week of a previously announced sale of its Anadarko Basin producing properties in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The sale price was $58 million and the net proceeds came to approximately $54 million. The company said the proceeds will be used to pay down part of …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has announced that the boil order for Webbs Public Water Supply (PWS), located near Ponca City, has been lifted. The water is now safe for human consumption. The order to boil water was issued due to the presence of E. coli. State and federal regulations require that customers be notified if, …
The three Republican candidates for Oklahoma Labor Commissioner will take part in a political forum Wednesday night in Oklahoma City. Cathy Costello, Rep. Leslie Osborn and Keith Swinton will debate the issues in a forum sponsored by the political news website NonDoc, Generation Citizen, Let’s Fix This and Women Lead Oklahoma. It will be held …
In the ongoing war of words between activist investor Carl Icahn and the SandRidge Energy Board of Directors, the board is the latest to fire a salvo. It not only disputed some of Icahn’s claims but also presented evidence that the Board was correct in attempting a merger with a Colorado company that is now …
Five of the candidates for the Republican nomination for Governor will take part Wednesday in a forum hosted by the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association. It will be held just three weeks away from the June 26 primary where the GOP nominee will be picked. As the association indicated, the hopefuls will share their views …
Oklahoma trucking companies are facing the same challenge as those all over the U.S. A shortage of drivers. Several factors enter into the shortage that started developing several years ago, including the growing age of the typical person behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler. The Tulsa World focused on Tulsa’s Melton Trucking company which …