With wind farm and oil and gas operators in the western half of the state paying close attention to the possibility of wildfires, Gov. Mary Fallin this week expanded a burn ban. Her order on Monday expanded the ban from 16 counties to 36 counties because of the extreme and extraordinary fire danger. The burn ban will …
While some readers are weary of the growing number of stories about Scott Pruitt and his running of the EPA, the government has taken notice of his operations. This week, the Government Accountability Office of the Environmental Protection Agency was out with a report stating that the EPA violated federal spending laws when it purchased …
Oil prices ended lower on Monday as the market gave back some of the gains made last week in trading. The price for one barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude, as set at the Cushing hub was $66.29 for May contracts. It was a drop of $1.10 per barrel in trading on the New York …
A federal judge in Colorado has cleared a subsidiary of Newfield Exploration, a company with heavy operations in Oklahoma’s STACK play. In a recent ruling, the judge said there was no evidence as claimed by two companies that Newfield Production Company convinced a competitor majority-owned by the Ute Tribe to stay out of bidding for …
Our mistake. There is only one Oklahoma Corporation Commission seat to be determined in the 2018 elections. Commissioner Bob Anthony, the incumbent is seeking re-election. He will face a June 26th primary for the GOP nomination from former State Senate President Pro tempore Brian Bingman of Sapulpa. As we noted earlier, Commissioner Dana Murphy is …
Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy has come away a winner before the Texas Supreme Court in a battle with another energy company over acreage clauses. The Supreme Court, in a ruling on Friday upheld a lower court ruling in favor of Chesapeake Exploration Limited Partnership and Chesapeake Exploration, LLC. Chesapeake was sued by XOG Operating LLC …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin will be delving into FERC and robocalls this week. And out of the two, it’s a good bet that most interest will be in those annoying robocalls. He sits on two subcommittees of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee and will be part of two hearings. One on Tuesday by …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee plan a hearing this week to explore the protection of groundwater and the role of the governments. Entitled, “The Appropriate Rule of States and the Federal Government in Protecting Groundwater, the hearing will be held Wednesday beginning at 9 o’clock …
It’s still unclear as to the extent of wildfire damage possibly to energy operations in northwest Oklahoma. Whether any wind farms or oil and gas operations were damaged or destroyed is not yet known. But the wildfires burned an estimated 300,000 acres and left at least two persons dead—a 61-year old man overcome by smoke …
As part of EarthDay activities, a massive EarthX conference will be held this week in Dallas, texas. It will include discussions on the latest scientific research on oceans and our environment as well as introducing investors to clean-tech companies. The Conference will be held April 19-22. “As the largest gathering of its kind in the …