A federal appeals court has not indicated when it might issue a ruling after listening to arguments for and against the nearly $4 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline being fought by environmentalists and members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota. Some of the environmentalists and opponents include Oklahomans who traveled to North …
Despite having the state’s highest jobless rate over the loss of oil and gas field workers, the city of Duncan has received a Silver Excellence in Economic Development Award from the International Economic Development Council. The award for the Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation was for its 2015 Annual Newsletter and for communities with …
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump huddled this week in Denver with more than a dozen oil and gas executives, attempting to tighten his influence on the industry in a state where he reportedly trails Hillary Clinton by 11 points in one poll. Oklahoma Energy leader Harold Hamm is one of those executives who is unashamed …
Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources Inc. has announced it is redeeming nearly $600 million in outstanding Senior notes and at the same time expects to reduce its debt to $6.6 billion. The company said it will redeem all of its outstanding 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2020 and 7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2021 on Nov. …
Former Chesapeake Energy executive Marcus Rowland has taken over as chairman of the board of Houston-based Swift Energy Company. Rowland previously had been the Chief Financial Officer at Chesapeake Energy and his term as chairman will expire in 2019. The company said his appointment followed the retirement of CEO Terry Earl Swift and CFO Alton Heckaman Jr. …
Nearly a month after a record 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck Pawnee, the city was rattled early Tuesday morning by a 3.5 magnitude quake. The U.S. Geological Survey says its epicenter was about 10 miles northwest of the city but at last word, there were no reports of damage or injury. It is the latest …
“Networking is priceless. Can’t put a value on it, especially right now. It’s a great show, it really is.” Pat Brown, on SOER’s 20th annual Expo. From small operators to large producers, they will gather Thursday in Oklahoma City for the 20th annual Oklahoma Oil and Gas Expo. And Bristow independent oilman Pat Brown, …
Tulsa-based New Dominion recently won a judge’s decision to move one of its earthquake-related lawsuits from Oklahoma to New York. The energy company, sued for the 2011 earthquake in Prague turned around and filed suit last spring in Tulsa against Lloyd’s of London, trying to force the insurer to pay for property damage. Dominion argued …
From the Associated Press in Little Rock. Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin and Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson agreed when they spoke Monday at the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission‘s annual conference that energy policy needs to be included in the national political debate. But the two governors disagreed on a controversial transmission line project that …
A slight drop in gasoline prices was reflected over the past week in Oklahoma as the statewide price average hit $2.05 a gallon, according to the latest Fuel Gauge Report from AAA Oklahoma. The average is nearly the same as reported on Sept. 22, Aug. 20, July 5 and May 19. “Gas prices are playing …