The efforts of some consumers to force the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to reopen a 1989 bribed vote that granted a rate hike to then-Southwestern Bell could end on Wednesday. It’s when the Commission has scheduled a vote on the case that consumers want to see an estimated $16 billion returned to ratepayers. The issue came …
While the U.S. Geological Survey officially put the Pawnee earthquake at magnitude 5.6, it could actually have been stronger, according to experts. News 9’s Tiffany Liou reports the USGS is still analyzing the data from the Saturday morning event that was felt in several states including Tennessee to the east, Minnesota to the north and …
Officials at the Pawnee Nation headquarters say their buildings were damaged enough from the Saturday morning earthquake that their structural integrity is in question and the headquarters will be closed this week. News 9’s Christy Lewis talked with tribal spokesman Andrew KnifeChief who showed her the damage. “It runs from room to room to room,” …
The Arkansas attorney who filed suits in Lincoln County and Oklahoma City federal courts, blaming energy companies for earthquakes in Oklahoma says the Pawnee earthquake of magnitude 5.6 supports his claims against the firms. “Unless something’s done, there’s going to be more and that’s not just a lawyer talking, it’s what scientists have been saying,” …
So far, so good when it comes to any damages incurred at oil and gas operations in Oklahoma following the magnitude 5.6 earthquake with its epicenter near Pawnee. The Governor’s office indicates oil storage and pipeline operations at Cushing just 25 miles south of Pawnee were found to be undamaged. Operators of some of the …
Officials at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission make it clear that the mandatory shutdown of 37 wastewater injection wells following Saturday’s magnitude 5.6 earthquake might not be the last action they take. “This is not considered a final action,” stated Matt Skinner, spokesman at the OCC in a note to reporters. “Other actions are possible depending …
SandRidge Energy did it and now Oklahoma City-based Chaparral Energy wants the same thing—an extension of its exclusive period for the Chapter 11 plan. Chaparral is asking a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge permission to extend through and including Dec. 5, 2016 and Feb. 3, 2017. “As described in the Fischer Declaration, in the months prior …
“It shook the doors open from the freezer and knocked ice cream on the floor.” Just as Oklahomans were praising the plan of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to cut down on the number of wastewater injection wells and reduce the occurrences of strong earthquakes, the state endured one of its strongest quakes …
Both Oklahoma and the U.S. oil and gas rig counts grew over the past week with Oklahoma adding four more rigs to reach a total of 66 working rigs, according to figures released by Baker Hughes Company. The nation’s count grew by 8 to hit 497 working rigs including one more oil rigs and 7 …
Saying the city has already had to close two of its municipal water wells because of pollution, Bethany officials have gone to Oklahoma City federal court accusing two aerospace companies of pollution at the former Gulfstream manufacturing plant. The suit was filed against Rockwell Automation of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Gulfstream Aerospace based in Savannah, Georgia. …