He was Donald Trump’s key energy adviser during the presidential campaign and many thought Harold Hamm would be in line to be named Energy Secretary. But the day after Trump pulled off an upset win for the White House, Hamm said he would remain at the company he founded, Continental Resources Inc. “As excited as …
A Texas woman gets a 22-year prison sentence for selling interests in phantom oil and gas exploration projects and admitting she took $225,000 from investors. Susan Gay Pruitt, 45 was set to go to trial this week but stopped the proceedings by pleading guilty to money laundering and theft charge. Just last month, another Texas …
While hundreds still protest the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, the parent company says most of the work is nearly finished on the $3.8 billion project. And Dakota Access LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners based in Dallas, is about to move ahead with plans to tunnel beneath a lake that’s at the …
The amount of $15,000 isn’t much when compared to the $3.8 billion cost of building what has become the controversial Dakota Access pipeline. But it’s the amount the North Dakota Public Service Commission is proposing to fine Dallas based Energy Transfer Partners, the company building the line from North Dakota to South Dakota, Iowa and …
President Obama’s climate legacy has been solidified with Tuesday’s election results and will be remembered for being built on hollow commitments.” Sen. Jim Inhofe Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says American voters showed this week with the election of Donald Trump as President that they do not support the President’s climate commitments as part of …
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After coming out of bankruptcy and unloading $3.7 billion in debt, SandRidge Energy reported third quarter earnings and activities this week, James Bennett, SandRidge President and CEO said the company had only one drilling rig active in Oklahoma during the quarter and one for part of the quarter in the North Park Basin of Colorado. …
The Cushing earthquake has prompted State Insurance Commissioner John Doak to offer earthquake insurance help beginning Monday. He and his aides will be in Cushing at the Chamber of Commerce office, 1301 E. Main on Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. “There is significant damage in Cushing,” said Doak …
This week’s actions targeting wastewater injection wells following the Cushing earthquake have the support of Gov. Mary Fallin. “I support the quick action taken by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which regulates the oil and gas industry in our state, as it worked closely with state researchers at the Oklahoma Geological Survey to put in place …
It’s not just agriculture that is an important subject to Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas who was re-elected this week to a 12th term in the House. So is energy and he made that clear in a post-election interview with Radio Oklahoma’s Carson Horn, telling him energy and agriculture are the two most important …