Another slight dip in Oklahoma’s unemployment rate has been reported by the state, showing the November rate dropped to 4.2 percent. All the while, the number of jobs in oil and gas in the state grew by 900 from October to November. The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell 0.2 …
WPX Energy based in Tulsa announced it has completed the $169 million divestiture of its legacy natural gas position in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Colorado. The sale includes the company’s operated and non-operated properties but it does not include WPX’s oil operations in the basin’s Gallup play. The Tulsa company …
Workers will be busy in the coming year at the Fort Worth operations of GE Transportation where railroad locomotives are made. That’s because CN Railway announced it plans to buy 200 new locomotives over the next three years to handle future growth opportunities. The locomotives will be produced at the GE Manufacturing Solutions plant in …
Apache Corporation, the Houston-based company with operations in Tulsa, Elk City and Chickasha, Oklahoma announced it’s secured 500 million cubic feet a day of natural gas transport capacity on the new Gulf Coast Express Pipeline Project in west Texas. As part of the deal, Apache also secured an option for up to 15 percent equity …
A warning about the need to make improvements to the nation’s transportation network was recently issued by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe during a Senate subcommittee hearing. “The economy will only continue to grow if our infrastructure is maintained and expanded to meet our future needs,” he warned to the Environment and Public Works Subcommittee …
The dangers of laying pipeline were brought home on Thursday when a 29-year old man was killed when an estimated 20 tons of dirt buried him alive while he worked on laying pipe in Wichita, Kansas. Three others with him escaped unhurt. Crews dug desperately for 5 hours before finding the man who worked for …
The controversy over a proposed chemical test in northern Oklahoma has been suspended by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security following organized opposition by residents. The DHS made the announcement Thursday saying it suspended its plans to release chemicals on the Chilocco Indian School campus as part of a test for a biological attack. The …
The STACK continues delivering big wells for oil and gas explorers. The latest completion reports from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission show Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources recently finishing a well that produced more than 1,600 barrels of oil daily. The Bailey 1-34-3XH well is located approximately 4 miles west of the Blaine county community of Greenfield …
Some two dozen environmental groups, including those who are well known in Oklahoma have written members of Congress asking them to make sure there is adequate funding for the nation’s environmental programs. Some of them include the Sierra Club which has a state chapter in Oklahoma. Earthjustice and the Center for Biological Diversity are also …
The federal government recently approved Oklahoma’s Department of Transportation Freight Plan for 2018-2022. It’s a plan that will have a major impact on the movement of energy products in the state. The plan details freight trends and traffic forecasts and helps identify significant freight transportation projects needed in the state according to Dawn Sullivan, the …