Oklahoma’s Incentive Evaluation Commission met on Tuesday afternoon to take action on the 2016 Industrial Access Road Program and finalize the advisory group’s report. During the November 23 meeting, Deby Snodgrass, Oklahoma’s Secretary of Commerce, asked for the removal of the Industrial Access Road Program from the 2016 incentives list. Snodgrass explained that the program …
Those Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters in North Dakota who have the support of some Oklahoma Native American leaders, have until Monday to clear out from the federal land where they have made an encampment since last Spring. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has ordered them to immediately leave the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …
The chairmanship of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to be determined by week’s end. It is considered a highly-sought-after position and the steering committee will meet Wednesday, following by presentations on Thursday by the interested candidates. Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin is a member of the committee and will no doubt …
Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens and his Mesa Petroleum Partners LP have won a $146 million dollar judgment in a lawsuit against three West Texas oil and gas companies they accused of cutting Mesa out of its share of a Permian Basin deal. It was a recent unanimous verdict by a Reeves County, Texas jury …
In case you missed it—–what two European countries are doing in regards to their energy production. Voters in Switzerland have turned down a plan to speed up the country’s move to dump nuclear energy. In a referendum on Sunday, they voted 54.2 percent to 45.8 percent against the plan promoted by the Green party to …
Even with a 5-cent a gallon jump in gasoline prices in the past week, Oklahoma ranks 2nd lowest in the nation according to the weekly report from AAA Oklahoma. The car group says Oklahoma’s new weekly average is $1.89 a gallon making it 30 consecutive days when the average is under $2. Lawton has …
It would seem that no federal agency escaped the wrath of U.S. Sen. James Lankford’s latest “Federal Fumbles” report where he cites 100 examples of what he calls wasteful federal government spending. From the USDA to the EPA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the FAA, the DEA and to the Defense Department—–they made his …
One of the latest legal challenges to the Aubrey McClendon estate in Oklahoma City has been made by one of his former partners at American Energy Partners LP. Scott Mueller, chief financial office at AEP filed suit this month challenging the distribution of $136.5 million from the sale of the company’s assets known as SCOOP …
Oklahoma’s Incentive Evaluation Commission will hold a special meeting Tuesday to consider its final recommendations to the legislature on how to handle tax credits of several industries. While wind-farm opponents in the legislature wanted massive cuts in the credits for the wind industry, the Commission, in a meeting last week, recommended no changes from those …
While protesters vow not to leave their encampment at the Dakota Access Pipeline site in North Dakota, one website is pointing out discrepancies in the claims of the Native Americans. “With the help of celebrities and professional activists, protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota have attracted international attention. The shouting and violence …