Oklahoma’s Sierra Club has become part of a nationwide campaign called “Boot Pruitt,” an effort that includes a petition drive calling for the former Oklahoma Attorney General to resign. Much of the effort focuses on Pruitt’s travel expenses and use of first-class accommodations. “Previously, as Oklahoma’s Attorney General, Scott Pruitt took numerous first class flights …
Workers’ Compensation Commission Chairman Mark Liotta has been honored with County Courage and Leadership Award from the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma for creation of the County Improvement to Roads and Bridges (CIRB) fund. Prior to taking on his current role as Chairman of the WCC, Liotta served five terms in the Oklahoma House …
The latest Oklahoma Energy Index shows the recovery in the state’s oil and natural gas industry has accelerated in the last year. At the same time, experts are cautioning there could also be a slowdown this year. The index showed an increase in 18 of the 20 months since commodity prices tumbled and sent the …
ConocoPhillips says more than $2 billion in senior notes were tendered in its recently announced tender offer scheduled to expire April 10, 2018. The offer from ConocoPhillips and its wholly-owned subsidiary, ConocoPhillips Company was announced earlier in the month. In the announcement, the company offered to purchase up to $400 million in outstanding debt securities. …
A wind turbine located in a wind farm south of Weatherford caught on fire Wednesday afternoon. In turn, it created a wildfire at its base, according to the State Forestry Department. It also captured the attention of witnesses. The Department later said 8 fire engines responded to the incident which burned about two acres. No …
With crude inventories jumping the most in a year at Cushing, Oklahoma, oil prices fell for a third day. It’s the longest losing streak in nearly a month as West Texas Intermediate fell 87 cents on May contracts before settling at $64.38 per barrel. Brent crude in London on the ICE Exchange Europe dropped 58 …
OG&E announced Wednesday that it will lower its monthly fuel cost recovery effective with the first customer billing cycle in April. On average, residential customers in Oklahoma will see a reduction of $13.34 per month. The company said the fuel cost reduction stems from lower cost for natural gas, which is used to generate electricity, …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission voted this week to increase regulatory fees, something opposed by some oil and gas groups. The staff had recommended an increase that will raise an estimated $5 million a year and the commission voted 2-1 for the recommendation. But commissioner Todd Hiett pushed for higher fees, enough to produce $7.3 million. …
Oklahoma’s Chickasaw Nation decided it would rather expand one of its out-of-state operations in North Carolina rather than move the industry’s headquarters to Oklahoma. The engineering design company Corvid Technologies LLC instead will remain in the Charlotte-area town of Mooresville where about 90 workers are employed. Corvid was acquired by the Chickasaw Nation in 2015 …
So much crude oil is being produced in North America that rail cars meant to carry crude from Canada south to Oklahoma and Texas are sitting idle. Plus, there’s the situation of a shortage of locomotives. Reports indicate some rail terminals are “underutilized” because of the glut. Bloomberg News reported one such terminal near Edmonton, …