Coming soon—another earthquake and wastewater disposal well plan from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Weeks after announcing a plan that covered at least 5,200 square miles and 245 disposal wells in northwestern Oklahoma, the commission no…
New Study of I-35 from Moore to Norman Under ODOT Consideration
The Oklahoma Transportation Department is preparing to begin a nearly year-long engineering study to improve the flow of traffic on and off a 6-mile stretch of Interstate 35 in the cities of Moore and Norman.
The issue is to be voted on Monday when th…
Who’s Hauling the Nation’s Freight? How Much will It Grow in the Next 30 Years?
A new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics projects freight tons moving on the nation’s transportation network will grow 40 percent in the next three decades while the value of the freight will nearly …
Rep. Russell Targets More Government Waste
Oklahoma congressman Steve Russell isn’t giving up on efforts to get the federal government to stop wasting taxpayers’ dollars. He’s now introduced the End Subsidies for Tobacco Act which would eliminate tens of millions of dollars a year in federal cr…
Royalty Owners Sue Chesapeake, SandRidge and former SandRidge CEO Tom Ward
Even though federal prosecutors dropped their bid-rigging case following the death of Oklahoma oilman Aubrey McClendon, private landowners are stepping in and seeking their own justice.
A group of oil and gas royalty owners, led by the Dallas,Texas la…
Royalty Owners Sue Chesapeake, SandRidge and former SandRiddge CEO Tom Ward
Even though federal prosecutors dropped their bid-rigging case following the death of Oklahoma oilman Aubrey McClendon, private landowners are stepping in and seeking their own justice.
A group of oil and gas royalty owners, led by the Dallas,Texas la…
Feds to Drop Charges Against Oilman Killed in Crash—–Probe Not Ending
The Justice Department is dropping the case against the late Oklahoma oilman Aubrey McClendon in the wake of his death Wednesday morning in a traffic crash in Oklahoma City. However, it does not mean the government is ending its probe of bid-rigging al…
State Treasury Suffers Another Tax Collections Hit in February
If it’s March, then the monthly gross receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury in February were down again. State Treasurer Ken Miller said they were for the 10th consecutive month. The February receipts of $758.5 million are down by nearly $90 million or mo…
Bid-Rigging Conspiracy Involved Many Employees
The indictment filed against Aubrey McClendon in Oklahoma City’s western district of the U.S. District Court indicates that many more than just McClendon were involved in the alleged scheme to rig bids on oil and gas leases in northwest Oklahoma.
As l…
SandRidge Other Company in McClendon Indictment?
Bloomberg News and the New York Times report the second unnamed company in the federal indictment that was handed down the day before oilman Aubrey McClendon’s death in the crash of his SUV was SandRidge Energy Inc.
The business wire and newspaper als…
