The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board is out with its 2016 annual report, a report emphasizing Restore, Education and Innovate. Mindy Stitt, Executive Director of OERB reports the group has education programs underway in 98 percent of the school districts in the state. In addition, the OERB’s main function, that of restoring old and abandoned wells …
For several years, XTO Energy Inc. of Texas has been fighting class-action lawsuits in which it stands accused of underpayments on gas royalties. In the latest case, an Arkansas Federal judge on Wednesday declined class certification to several royalty owners who sued XTO, a company with offices in Oklahoma City and Fort Worth. The suit …
More of the state is coming under drier conditions and the latest U.S. Drought monitor has 31 percent listed in a severe drought. The Oklahoma Mesonet also indicated that 4.03 percent is under an extreme drought while there are no areas under the worst conditions….those listed as exceptional drought. Nonetheless, the dry conditions are growing. …
The city of Seattle, Washington has sided with protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline, voting this week to cut financial ties with Wells Fargo Bank which is a lender to the controversial $3.8 billion project. The vote prompted the crowd in the city hall to break into cheers with chants of “water is life”. …
A North Dakota federal judge has told protesters of the Dakota Access Pipeline they probably won’t win their lawsuit filed after a violent clash with police last November. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland made the statement after law enforcement agencies filed a motion this week to dismiss the suit filed by opponents of the …
Driven by increased oil and gas production and prices, Oklahoma’s finally ended 20 months of shrinking state revenue. State Treasurer Ken Miller announced Wednesday that gross receipts grew in January and largely because of increased gross production tax revenue. “Low prices and curtailed production in the oil field led us into the latest downturn, and …
Governor Mary Fallin isn’t the only state leader in the U.S. to target energy as a means to solve a state’s revenue crisis. In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a natural gas production tax. It’s part of a plan to streamline state government and also balance the budget. But some suggest he might only …
Months after Oklahomans joined thousands in protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted approval for construction to resume. Work by the Texas developer, Energy Transfer Partners, will allow the completion of the 1,700-mile pipeline. The only work remaining is to construct the final …
Tired of waiting two years in an open records request, a Wisconsin based advocacy group has filed suit in Oklahoma City against Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. The Center for Media and Democracy is accusing Pruitt’s office of violating Oklahoma’s Open Records law. The suit was filed in Oklahoma County District court. “Scott Pruitt has …
Reports indicate that President Trump is expected to hire an energy lobbyist who once worked as an aide to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and lobbied for Oklahoma City based Devon Energy. He is Mike Catanzaro, a lobbyist at CGCN Group who was considered a top staffer for Inhofe on the Senate Environment and Public …