The Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Chairman’s Stewardship Awards. The 2018 winners will be honored at the IOGCC Annual Conference in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, September 30 – October 1. All nominees will be mentioned in the Winners Booklet along with their project title. All past winners and …
The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals agreed this week to hold off on issuing a mandate on a panel’s decision in February tossing a lawsuit filed by the Kansas Corporation Commission against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The decision came so the KCC has time to petition the U.S. Supreme Court in the …
A New York Times story this week suggested growing instances of carbon monoxide deaths in the U.S. from people who drive keyless ignititon vehicles. It’s a case of people who can’t hear the engine and park the car in a garage, believing they turned off the vehicle. But as the Times found out, more than …
A three-judge panel of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has dismissed the appeal of the Rhode Island Employees’ Retirement System in a lawsuit against Tulsa’s Williams Companies, Williams Partners L.P. Williams Partners GP and company executives. The lawsuit was filed in March 2016 over the failed proposed merger of Williams and …
The latest revelation about EPA Chief Scott Pruitt’s demand for round-the-clock security from day one in office could be more fuel for his critics as he testified this week before a U.S. Senate Committee. Pruitt is to testify Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations-Interior-Environment Panel and observers expect it to be another confrontational hearing, much like …
The Oklahoma Oil & Gas Association (OKOGA) celebrated the end of the legislative session with a Sine Die event at the Harn Homestead in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Youth Expo (OYE) and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) each received a $7,500 check from OKOGA to help the organizations fulfill their missions to support children. “OKOGA is passionate about …
Nine Energy Service, a Houston-based oilfield services company with operating facilities in Oklahoma’s SCOOP and STACK reported first quarter revenue of nearly $174 million. In an earnings report released this week, the company also said net income was $1.7 million while adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization came to $24.1 million. The first …
As one of the Oklahoma legislature’s leaders in forming a new state budget, State Senator Kim David, a Republican from Porter maintains a hike in gasoline taxes is necessary to funding good roads. Interviewed for the State Treasurer’s monthly Oklahoma Economic Report, the Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee claimed that much of the coming …
Gasoline prices in Oklahoma and across the nation jumped several cents a gallon, largely due to the President’s decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear arms deal and re-impose sanctions on the country. Oklahoma’s prices jumped from an average $2.54 last week to $2.61 this week. Nationally, the average rose six cents to reach …
OSHA has cited Oklahoma City’s Complete Energy Services Inc. and DCP Midstream L.P. of Denver and proposed more than $79,000 in fines over the deaths of two workers in a fire at a gas pipeline. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Denver announced the $79,004 fine following the deadly incident which happened November …