As the 40th anniversary approaches for the Trans Alaska Pipeline System, the observation is being noticed in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That’s the headquarters for the Pipeliners Local Union 798 whose members were the welders who built the 800 mile-long pipeline. They were the ones who welded the 40-foot sections of 48-inch pipe beginning March 27, 1975. …
A new name for the scientific research wing of the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation has been announced. After 71 years, it’s being changed to the Noble Research Institute. Bill Buckner, president and CEO of the Noble Foundation made the announcement this week in Ardmore. “The Noble Foundation is going to take a big-bold step forward. …
Oklahoma City was one step away from the bottom of a list of cities showing improvements in the 2017 City Energy Efficiency Scorecard released by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. The city was ranked 50th in the list of cities that are working to reduce energy waste. Oklahoma City earned 8 points of …
A new annual report by the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board shows the state’s oil and gas industry continues growing in 2017 with an impact of creating one in every six jobs in Oklahoma. The 2017 Economic Impact and Jobs Report also shows that the industry still supports 21 percent of the state’s economy with …
In a reversal of sorts, New Mexico and three other states filed suit this week against the Trump administration over the President’s decision to restart the sale of coal leases on federal lands. When it comes to environmental issues, it has been Republican Attorneys General who went to court in the past several years against …
The federal government has joined the probe into a natural gas explosion that destroyed a Firestone, Colorado home and killed two men last month. The National Transportation Safety Board has started looking into the matter because pipelines are a method of transporting oil and natural gas. The Denver Post reported this week investigators are probing …
Most U.S. Senators from oil and gas producing states voted Wednesday in support of a Congressional Review Act move to scrap the Obama-era rule to control methane waste on public lands. But in the end, the vote failed 49-51 leaving other options to either repeal or change the regulation. Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and …
Some Canadian County families who are fighting a neighbor’s plan to create saltwater disposal wells on his property will have to await a decision from a Corporation Commission Administrative law judge. That’s where Harold Poage has gone after neighbors complained for the past two years about his other activities of hauling dirt off the 120 …
President Trump’s two choices to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission draw support from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. One was Neil Chatterjee, an aide to senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell and a long time energy advisor of his. The other was Robert Powelson, a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. “Neil Chatterjee …
Republicans in the Colorado legislature used a late-night filibuster this week to block an attempt by Democrats to require that all oil and gas producers provide the locations of all their gas lines. The attempt by Democrats to pass the bill before midnight came as a result of an April house explosion that killed …