A bank in Norway is now demanding that Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners, developer of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, do more to resolve the issue. If not, DNB might yank its loans to Kelcey Warren and Energy Transfer Partners. The bank loaned ETP $342.36 million or about 10 percent of the total …
Oklahoma’s Cherokee Nation is building on one of its technologies projects—helping Hurricane Hunters through the use of unmanned aircraft. The Cherokee Nation Technologies created a partnership with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and NASA to support hurricane forecasting and damage assessment. The Nation uses an unmanned aircraft Global Hawk to fly above recent hurricanes Gaston, …
“We will be taking further action in the area,” said Matt Skinner with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission following the Sunday night earthquake at Cushing. The Commission’s Oil and Gas Division responded immediately after the 7:44 p.m. earthquake that measured 5.0 magnitude according to the U.S. Geological Survey or 4.6 magnitude according to the Oklahoma Geological …
Cushing city leaders say it could be another day or two before they’re able to make a total assessment of damage from the 5.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Sunday night. An estimated 40 to 50 buildings were damaged, some extensively and at least one, according to aerial footage indicated it had collapsed and was destroyed. …
A lawsuit filed by an oil and gas industry group against the Bureau of Land Management for failing to hold oil and gas lease auctions has taken another turn in New Mexico. The Western Energy Alliance has asked a federal judge to keep nine environmental groups out of the lawsuit, contending groups such as the …
The latest lawsuit filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency comes from a coalition of environmental, animal rights and citizen action groups who contend the federal government has failed to address air pollution from large-scale livestock farms. Seven environmental groups field suit in the District of Columbia, demanding the EPA respond within 90 days. The …
Those protesters fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota took their aim recently at the chief executive of the company. They demonstrated outside a meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission where Kelcy Warren, CEO of Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners is a commissioner. Nearly 100 people protested, demanding he resign as commissioner. …
Cushing was rattled with a large earthquake on Sunday evening, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The USGS preliminary report was a 5.3 magnitude but it has been downgraded to a 5.0 magnitude earthquake. The temblor struck Payne County at approximately 7:44 p.m. Its epicenter was located one mile west of Cushing. It …
The White House announced new actions to accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure on Friday. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration is designating 48 EV charging corridors along 25,000 miles of interstate highways to make it easier for drivers to switch to electric vehicles and cut greenhouse gas emissions in …
Oklahoma’s Incentive Evaluation Commission will resume consideration this week of recommendations to cut tax credits to the wind industry sooner than planned. The Commission received recommendations from consultant, Public Financial Management which urged an end to wind tax credits by 2018, rather than Jan. 1, 2021 as the state originally intended. The recommendation is part …