The 1,100 employees who work at the ConocoPhillips headquarters in Houston are getting used to the new 546,000 square-foot tower. The Energy Center Three, a 20-story building can actually hold 1,400 employees according to the Houston Business Journal which provided a photographic slide show of the interior of the building. Every floor in the building …
Gasoline prices in Oklahoma have moved upward slightly over the past week, reaching a new state average of $2.07 a gallon, or two cents a gallon more according to GasPrices.AAA.com. “Gas prices have been rising across the nation and here in Oklahoma,” said Chuck Mai, spokesman for AAA Oklahoma. “The good news for motorists is …
The federal government still contends it has the authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and Native American lands. So does the Sierra Club. The two went this week to the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, hoping the judges will overturn a Wyoming federal judge’s ruling that went against the Bureau of …
Actress Shailene Woodley was one of those arrested this week while protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota. The Associated Press reported that the “Divergent” star was arrested for criminal trespass and engaging in a riot during a protest at a construction site that involved nearly 300 people in Morton County. She …
Some of the latest Hillary Clinton emails released by the website WikiLeaks show how she spent months crafting her position on the Keystone XL oil pipeline. She came out against the pipeline 13 months ago but only after spending months refusing to publicly take a stance on the $7 billion project that was eventually killed …
The Sierra Club’s lawsuit accusing Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy, SandRidge Exploration and New Dominion of causing earthquakes in the state through their use of extensive wastewater disposal wells remains active in Oklahoma City Federal Court. The most recent filing in the case (CIV-16-00134) was Oct. 3 in which attorneys for the four companies responded to …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will hold a contempt hearing Wednesday in its pipeline explosion case against Oklahoma Natural Gas company. The hearing stems from the state investigation into the Jan. 2 explosion in a homes in an Oklahoma City residential neighborhood. Numerous other homes were badly damaged and 3 residents injured in the blast. ONG …
The company once co-founded and led by the late Oklahoma energy mogul Aubrey McClendon has now become the latest to file a claim against his estate following his death in a March traffic crash. The company has yet to present its claim in court, according to a report in the Journal Record. But Chesapeake already …
The SCOOP and the STACK, two highly-popular oil plays in Oklahoma will be in the spotlight later this month when Hart Energy presents its annual DUG Midcontinent oil and gas show in Oklahoma City. Among the speakers at the show on Oct. 26-28 is Jack Stark, President and COO of Continental Resources based in Oklahoma …
In Houston, a Fortune 500 company has been hit by someone who’s physically swiping things from the company and the FBI has joined the hunt. The FBI won’t name the company but agents are concerned because of growing reports nationwide of hacking, software theft and other crimes, according to a report by Boing Boing …