Oklahoma congressmen who were aboard an Amtrak train when it crashed into a garbage truck near Charlottesville, Virginia on Wednesday escaped serious injury. The driver of the truck died later from his injuries despite the efforts of congressmen who are also medical professionals. Sen. James Lankford and Representatives Tom Cole, Steve Russell and Frank Lucas …
What’s there not to like about jet-powered drone-maker Kratos Defense moving operations to Oklahoma? In an editorial on Jan. 31, the Oklahoman writers said they “look forward to a day when the state’s workforce is such that the arrival of high-tech companies becomes the norm.” The writers noted that Congressman Steve Russell, who had early …
ExxonMobil says it will triple total daily production in the coming years from its Permian Basin operations in West Texas and New Mexico. The Irving, Texas-based company says production will rise to more than 600,000 oil-equivalent barrels by 2025 while tight oil production from the Delaware and Midland basins will increase five-fold in the same …
One of the subsidiaries of Williams Partners L.P. in Tulsa has announced it’s starting an offer to exchange $250 million in outstanding notes. Northwest Pipeline LLC is offering to exchange any and all of its $250 million in outstanding 4.000% Senior Notes due 2027 for an equal amount of its registered 4.000% Senior Notes due …
As officials at the Port of Catoosa wonder what 2018 will bring in terms of cargo traffic on the McClellan Kerr Navigation System, one port is already reporting record numbers. Port Houston in Texas is reporting that 2017 was a record year. It reached the highest total tonnage in Port history of 38.3 million tons, …
Leaders at the Oklahoma Department of Transportation are no doubt anxious as the 2018 session of the Oklahoma Legislature begins in a few days. That’s because they wonder if funding will be approved to allow the DOT to continue its rate of replacing unsafe bridges. In a release this week, the DOT indicated it has …
The workforce at Chesapeake Energy just took a 13 percent hit. The Oklahoma City-based energy company announced Tuesday morning it had laid off nearly 400 workers, most located on the Chesapeake campus. Doug Lawler, Chief Executive Officer for the company explained in a statement the layoffs were part of the firm’s strategy in recent years …
The Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club is revving up its supporters about the coming legislative session by referring to the Fallin administration as the “ruling oligarchy.” In an email letter to supporters and Sierra Club members, Johnson Bridgwater told them,” The fun begins February 5 and your lobbyist has already been hitting the pavement …
With the Oklahoma drilling rig explosion that claimed the lives of five men last week near Quinton fresh in the minds of the oil and gas industry, the federal government has cited four oil and gas industry employers over a deadly 2017 blast in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
One federal agency has turned a near-tragic chemical release in northeast Kansas into a “teachable moment.” The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has made a safety video out of what happened Oct. 21, 2016 when more than 11,000 people were evacuated and 140 others were hurt in the toxic chemical release at the MGPI Processing facility …