Most U.S. Senators from oil and gas producing states voted Wednesday in support of a Congressional Review Act move to scrap the Obama-era rule to control methane waste on public lands. But in the end, the vote failed 49-51 leaving other options to either repeal or change the regulation. Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and …
Some Canadian County families who are fighting a neighbor’s plan to create saltwater disposal wells on his property will have to await a decision from a Corporation Commission Administrative law judge. That’s where Harold Poage has gone after neighbors complained for the past two years about his other activities of hauling dirt off the 120 …
President Trump’s two choices to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission draw support from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. One was Neil Chatterjee, an aide to senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and a long time energy advisor of his. The other was Robert Powelson, a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. “Neil Chatterjee …
Republicans in the Colorado legislature used a late-night filibuster this week to block an attempt by Democrats to require that all oil and gas producers provide the locations of all their gas lines. The attempt by Democrats to pass the bill before midnight came as a result of an April house explosion that killed …
While state revenue collections are continuing to fall in Oklahoma, tax revenue from oil production is going up according to figures released this week by State Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger. General Revenue Fund collections for April missed the official monthly estimate by 12.9 percent and were 4.4 percent below the estimate for the fiscal …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin will be getting a letter in mail from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, if she hasn’t already, asking her advice on how to define which wetlands and small waterways should be covered by the Clean Water Act. Pruitt sent letters this week to governors asking for their “input and wisdom” on how …
The U.S. Senate could vote Wednesday whether to trash the Obama administration created rule that targeted methane emissions from oil and gas operations on public lands. It’s what Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others have told Politico’s Morning Energy Report. Here is how ME reported it on Tuesday: INCHING TOWARD METHANE VOTE: The Senate …
The effort by James Adams of Pawnee to sue oil and gas companies he blames for last fall’s 5.8 magnitude earthquake is back in Pawnee county District Court. It was April 12 when a Tulsa federal judge ruled the case should be remanded back to district court and late last month, that’s where Adams and …
A week after Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy announced plans for a $1 billion divestiture of some of its holdings so it could devote more exploration in Oklahoma’s STACK and the Permian Basin in Texas, its sale of 115 miles of natural gas gathering pipeline in Wyoming has been announced. Meritage Midstream Services LLC and its …
The Texas Public Utility Commission is being asked by NextEra Energy to reconsider its rejection of the company’s nearly $18 billion deal to buy bankrupt Energy Future Holding Corp, majority owner of Oncor, the state’s largest power network. NextEra, a company fighting lawsuits against its windfarm developments in western Oklahoma made the request in a …