While six oilfield workers have died in accidents already in 2018, the count of fatal oilfield deaths in Oklahoma in 2017 was two. However, a review of federal records shows there are far more dangerous occupations in Oklahoma including the classroom. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is probing the gas well explosion that …
Months after a Keystone Pipeline oil spill was cleaned up in South dakota, the company admits the spill was nearly twice as large as initially reported. The spill happened in November 2017 near Amherst in Marshall County and Transcanada, the owner of the line that carries oil to Oklahoma and Texas reported the spill involved …
Oil and gas rig counts soared in the past week in Oklahoma and the U.S. Oklahoma’s count grew by 5 to reach 126 active rigs. The national count, according to Baker Hughes Co. grew by 10 to hit 1,003 rigs. The growth included 11 more oil rigs to make a total of 808 while the …
Already in the middle of a legal battle over Oklahoma’s failure to release public documents about the Tar Creek Superfund site, the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign for Accountability has gone to federal court against the EPA to force it to release the records. The suit stems from the state’s refusal, first by former Attorney General Scott …
Count U.S. Sen. James Lankford as a supporter of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt who faces a barrage of criticism and calls for firing or resignation in the midst of growing scandals about travel expenses, pay raises for aides and who he rented a condo from in Washington, D.C. As OK Energy Today reported earlier, Sen. …
Oklahoma’s latest earthquakes rumbled early Saturday morning as snow fell in the state. A 4.6 magnitude quake with an epicenter just west of Perry hit at 7:16 a.m. and was strong enough to be felt in Wichita, Kansas and even up to Hutchinson, Kansas and as far south as Norman. The U.S. Geological Survey indicated …
News accounts now suggest Scott Pruitt didn’t know what he was talking about in claiming there was no conflict of interest when he rented a room from Washington D.C. lobbyist J. Steven Hart. As the Daily Beast reported, Pruitt got it wrong in recently telling Fox News, “Mr. Hart has no clients who have business …
Tulsa’s WPX Energy plans to release its first-quarter 2018 earnings report on May 3. The company will hold a webcast beginning at 9 a.m. Oklahoma time on that Thursday as Chief Executive Officer Rick Muncrief, Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Vann discuss the company’s performance. Active in the Williston and …
First quarter 2018 results for ConocoPhillips will be released April 26. The company will make known its revenue earnings to shareholders at 11 a.m. central time with a conference call. The actual financial and operating results will be released before the opening of the market on April 26. The company, with its big operations in …
The man known nationwide as a “corporate raider,” Carl Icahn makes it clear, he wants control of Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc. After putting pressure on the company’s board late last year convincing it to pull out of a $746 million merger with Denver-based Bonanza Creek Energy, Icahn made it clear he intended to nominate …