Environmental activist Ken Ward in Washington State has been convicted of second degree burglary after he shut off an emergency pipeline valve in a climate change protest. He faces up to ten years in prison and $20,000 in fines, according to a report in The Seattle Weekly. The incident occurred last October at a tar …
Despite the drop in oil prices, things are going well enough at Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy that the company’s announced a quarterly cash dividend of 6-cents per common stock for the third quarter. The company announced this week the dividend will be payable Sept. 29, 2017.
Executive Vice President and CFO Nelson M. Haight at Midstates Petroleum Company in Tulsa is leaving the company this coming week. The firm announced Haight plans to resign from his position effective June 15 to explore other opportunities in the oil and gas sector. The company said his duties and responsibilities will be assumed by …
In a state with so many pickup truck owners, it’s no surprise that a new survey of electric vehicle use shows Oklahoma with zero growth in the past few years. The survey by IHS Automotive and the Electric Power Research Institute says the Kansas City metro, for the second quarter in a row, experienced …
Two oil companies are among those filing a constitutional challenge to the new cigarette tax that legislators labeled a ‘fee’ to get around the state constitution in the waning days of the legislative session last month. They are Hutchinson Oil Company, LLC of Clinton and Rogers Oil Company headquartered in Blackwell. They joined Philip Morris …
Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine was among those who introduced a bill to beef up what they believe is the outdated space-based remote sensing regulatory system. They call it the American Space Commerce Free enterprise act of 2017, a bill that will improve national security and remove regulatory barriers facing new space companies. Rep. Bridenstine, …
Just weeks after Continental Resources Inc. announced the naming of Tony C. Maranto as the company’s new chief operating officer, he has suddenly resigned. Word of the resignation came in a one-sentence SEC filing made by Continental Resources this week. The resignation by the 57-year old Maranto was effective June 5, just five weeks after …
The drinking water for an estimated 15 million Americans, including some in Oklahoma is contaminated with toxic chemicals according to a new report from The Environmental Working Group. It contends 47 locations exist where toxic chemicals known as PFCs or PFASs have been found in the drinking water. The contaminates are used in Teflon manufacturing …
Friday will be a busy day for Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe as he flies his twin-engine plane across the state. At 11 a.m., he will be in Frederick to host a ribbon-cutting celebrating the completion of the resurfacing of the Frederick Municipal Airport runway. The senator worked with the U.S. Air Force to get …
While wastewater and its links to earthquakes is the news in Oklahoma, in North Dakota, it’s the case of a polluter being caught dumping wastewater into a rancher’s pasture. The North Dakota Industrial Commission voted this week to revoke the permit of Apollo Resources, a company caught intentionally pumping drilling mud and wastewater onto the …