Some teenagers in Colorado have pulled off a victory over the State when it comes to oil and gas development. The Colorado Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, ruled the state regulators wrongly denied a 2013 rulemaking petition from Earth Guardians. The group of teens, based in Boulder had asked the state to halt …
Oklahoma City-based Seventy Seven Energy Inc. is moving ahead with plans to possibly merge with Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. based in Houston, Texas. A special meeting of Seventy-Seven stockholders will be held April 20 at 9 a.m. at SSE’s offices, 777 NW 63rd in Oklahoma City. Stockholders will consider and vote on the proposed merger and …
From Fox News The Trump administration has issued a presidential permit to pipeline builder TransCanada to build the Keystone XL pipeline. White House press secretary Sean Spicer tweeted that President Donald Trump would discuss the pipeline later Friday morning. The State Department says that it determined that building Keystone serves the U.S. national interest. …
The Washington D.C.-based Environmental Council of the States is out with a list of nearly $15 billion dollar waster and wastewater projects it describes as “ready to go.” Oklahoma has 20 of the projects with a total of $642,185,000 in funding this year. Eleven are for drinking water projects and 9 are for wastewater improvements. …
What the Obama administration refused to do, the Trump administration will do—approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline and do it by Monday, according to a report by Politico. “Undersecretary for political affairs Tom Shannon plans to sign the pipeline’s cross-border permit on or before Monday, the last day for the 60-day timeline that President Donald …
The Texas developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline is taking its sabotage claims against the line seriously enough it’s asking a court against releasing spill response plans for fear it could be used by activists and terrorists. Energy Transfer Partners made the revalation of “recent coordinate physical attacks” in the court filing in North Dakota. …
A bill creating another new energy-related state task force has won approval in the State House but it would also be exempt from the Oklahoma Public Meeting law. House Bill 2151 by Tulsa Rep. Weldon Watson was approved on a 68-20 vote despite opposition from Stillwater Rep. Cory Williams. He argued if state funds …
Keeping you up to date on what the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is doing, it has passed a Nuclear Energy Innovation and Modernization Act. Called NEIMA, it improves the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s fee structure and lets it regulate and approve advanced reactor designs. The EPW committee, with the support of Oklahoma U.S. …
It wasn’t that we intentionally omitted Rep. Jim Bridenstine from a story this week about a White House signing ceremony for funding of NASA programs. We just weren’t aware of it until his office released an announcement indicating the Tulsa Republican Congressman watched as President trump signed S.442, a measure that included some of …
Spring’s here and that means the first severe weather of the season is developing in Oklahoma. David Payne, News 9’s Chief Meteorologist says at least four storms could occur in the next 9 days, bringing rain and of course, the threat of maybe a tornado. “Powerful storm systems are lined up about every three …