An explosion at an ethanol plant in Wisconsin late Wednesday left one worker dead and nearly a dozen others injured. It happened at the Didion Milling plant near the town of Cambria which is located northeast of Madison. The blast left the main building in ruins. Sixteen workers were in the structure at the time, …
Despite the rebound from the oil and gas downturn of a few years ago, some counties in Oklahoma that were once strong areas of energy employment are still hurting. The latest figures from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission show Stephens County in southern Oklahoma, where Duncan is the county seat and home to big Halliburton …
Like the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality finds itself wondering how the latest budget cut will affect its operations. “It will take some time to determine the best way to address these cuts in funding,” said Erin E. Hatfield, Communications Director at DEQ. “What I can say, at this point, is …
“I’m elated.” It’s the response from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe on Wednesday to word that President Trump would soon announce the nation’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord. Inhofe’s response came just a week after he took to the Senate floor and said, “If we remain in the agreement, we are putting ourselves at …
A day after EPA chief Scott Pruitt met with President Trump at the White House, reports indicated the administration had pulled the trigger and decided to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement. White House press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed their meeting on Tuesday. “Ultimately he wants a fair deal for the American people and he …
It’s apparently too soon for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to determine the impact of the latest cut by the legislature in the 2018 budget. “Still assessing,” was the email response from Matt Skinner, a spokesman for the agency when asked by OK Energy Today about the impact of the loss of nearly $500,000. When the State …
The State of Pennsylvania has fined a company $1.1 million in what one headline claimed was a “fracking fine.” The State’s Environmental Hearing Board fined EQT Drilling $1,137,295.76 for the pollution caused after a leak from a 6-million gallon wastewater impoundment five years ago in Duncan Township of Tioga county. It’s not quite the same …
Oklahoma’s SCOOP continues being a sweet spot for Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources as the company hit yet another 1,000-barrel-a-day-plus well in Grady County. Completion reports shown by OK Energy Today reveal the Cash well located at 26 7N 6W or about 6 miles east of Chickasha is producing 1,417 barrels of oil equivalent a day. It …
Details of the deadly June 28, 2016 collision of two freight trains that killed three people near the town of Panhandle, Texas are coming out as the incident remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board. Only one man survived the crash of the two Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains. One of the trains …
Two small earthquakes were recorded in southern Kansas over the Memorial Day weekend. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 2.5 magnitude quake was recorded Sunday about 10 miles west of the town of Belle Plaine. The town is located a few miles east of I-35 so the epicenter would be located north of the larger …