Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has reappointed Dr. David Conway of Durant to the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission. His new term will extend to Dec. 31 of 2022. Conway, a retired Air Force command pilot has been on the Commission since 2009. He’s been flying since 1973 and holds commercial, instrument, CFI and multi-engine ratings. In the …
Colorado’s oil and gas regulators are under more pressure from environmentalists who are calling for a crackdown on drilling in urban areas. Their call has escalated following the early-May natural gas pipeline that killed two men in a residential area 35 miles north of Denver. On Monday, approximately 30 people gathered at a meeting of …
As Oklahoma’s jobless rate held steady at 4.3% for the month of June, employment grew in the state’s oil and gas industry. Lynn Gray, Director of Economic Research and Analysis at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported an increase of 800 jobs in the Mining sector which includes the oil and gas industry. “So far this …
A correction to our recent story about the State Bar Association’s investigation of Scott Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General who is now the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The probe was initiated based on an original complaint filed by Kristen van de Biezenbos and The Center for Biological Diversity in March of this …
Crude oil ended higher on Monday as news that Saudi Arabia pledged to lower crude exports and Nigeria plans to limit its production sent prices higher for the first time in three sessions, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. September West Texas Intermediate crude rose by 57 cents, or 1.3%, to settle at $46.34 a barrel on the …
Responses to a Freedom of Information Act request landed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt in hot water with critics, according to a report by News9.com. Records revealed that the EPA director traveled back to Oklahoma on ten occasions at taxpayer expense for weekends during his first three months in office. The travel expense …
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe addressed the Senate floor on Wednesday regarding the assault on the fossil fuel industry and risks toward American energy, according to a press release issued by the Senator’s office. “With the election of a Republican-led Congress and with a Republican in the White House, we should be working together to address …
A recently circulated video on the fracking process has been a big hit and miss for the media organization TED. The six-minute animated video titled “How Does Fracking Work?” was released on July 13 via social media. It has quickly amassed nearly five million views. While the educational video demonstrates the step-by-step process of fracking, …
After suffering a series of several mini-strokes last year, Oklahoma native and legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens was briefly hospitalized following a sudden fall early in the morning on July 11. “Last week, I had a Texas-sized fall — one that required hospitalization,” wrote Pickens, in a post on Linked In. “I am still …
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the federal government should bear some liability for a New Mexico Superfund site located on national forest lands. In a unanimous 3-0 decision on Wednesday, the appeals court in Denver agreed with Chevron, the last operator of the now-closed Questa Mine in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of …