The body of an oilfield worker killed in an explosion on an oil and gas platform in Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain was recovered over the weekend. A helicopter pilot spotted the body of Timothy Morrison, 44 on the lake’s shoreline about 3 miles from the platform. He was from Katy, Texas and was a contract worker …
The convictions of two protest riders in southern Utah’s Recapture Canyon were upheld this week by the Denver Federal Appeals Court. The court refused to overturn the misdemeanor convictions of Phil Lyman and blogger Monte Wells who rode their ATVs in protest after the government closed the canyon to motor vehicles to protect nearly 2,000 …
The Pawnee Nation hasn’t given up its fight with the Bureau of Indian Affairs over oil and gas drilling leases approved by the BIA four years ago. It is urging the Tenth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver to revive a lawsuit filed in a challenge to the BIA’s approval of 17 leases in …
All in the name of protecting greater sage grouse habitat, the Bureau of Land Management plans to hold a series of public meetings in Idaho, Colorado, California and Oregon next month on potential changes to plans. The BLM said that given a finding by a Nevada federal judge that the BLM’s designation of Sagebrush Focal …
While gasoline prices have dropped slightly across the nation, they have risen in the past week in Oklahoma reaching a new statewide average of $2.25 a gallon, according to AAA. A week ago, Oklahoma’s average was $2.23 a gallon for regular unleaded. However, some service stations in Lawton, Norman and Oklahoma City were pumping gasoline …
An apparent deal has been reached by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and leaders of the legislature to fix the state’s $215 million budget hole. It reportedly does not include any hike in the gross production taxes on oil and gas, based on the initial announcement from the governor’s office. “It’s time now to bring our …
Oklahoma City-based Mammoth Energy Services announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Cobra Acquisitions LLC has won a nearly $200 million contract to restore power to Puerto Rico following the hurricane. Cobra is a utility infrastructure business that focuses on the repair and construction of transmission and distribution networks. “After witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Maria first …
Oklahoma is receiving $1.6 million as the result of a multistate settlement with General Motors Co. It is a settlement stemming from lawsuits filed by Oklahoma and other states over faulty ignition switches in vehicles. The receipt of the settlement was announced Friday by Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter who explained the overall judgment totaled …
Two major oil and gas groups obviously don’t like talk at the capitol of increasing the gross production tax and their letter to Governor Mary Fallin in recent days prompted a scolding from her chief of staff. As the Oklahoman and Non-DOC, a political news website reported, the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association and the …
Oklahoma’s rig count remained the same in the past week while the nationwide count slipped by 15 as oil prices slipped in the past few days. The Baker Hughes Co. reported the U.S. rig count fell to 913. The number of oil rigs fell by 7to reach 736 while the gas rig count dropped by …