The city of Cushing, rocked by a 5.0 magnitude earthquake will have to make repairs without any federal help. City leaders were recently informed the city did not meet qualifications for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Administration. “We did not meet the threshold to receive any FEMA funds nor any state emergency funds from …
An upcoming 2017 Oklahoma Economic Outlook Conference to be held in Oklahoma City by Oklahoma State University will focus on Oklahoma’s energy industry. The Dec. 6 conference will be held at the Metro Technology Centers Springlake Campus in Oklahoma City by OSU’s Center for Applied Economic Research and Spears School of Business. Dan Rickman, Regents …
In a move that will likely affect drivers in the oil and gas industry, coal haulers and others in the transportation business, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has announced cutbacks in patrol hours on state highways due to the state budget shortfall. The move not only puts troopers on a 100-mile-a-day restriction but applies to OHP …
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s not happy about the actions of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and its move to try and list the lesser prairie chicken species as an Endangered Species. “I am disappointed the FWS is moving ahead to relist the lesser prairie-chicken,” said Inhofe. “Just last year the Western District of Texas …
When it comes to political news in Washington, D.C. the website Politico is considered to be pretty much the Bible. And it’s reporting that Gov. Mary Fallin is the “leading candidate for Interior secretary” in the Donald Trump administration. The website quotes “three people close to Trump’s transition team.” It was last week when the …
Oklahoma’s Incentive Evaluation Commission met on Tuesday afternoon to take action on the 2016 Industrial Access Road Program and finalize the advisory group’s report. During the November 23 meeting, Deby Snodgrass, Oklahoma’s Secretary of Commerce, asked for the removal of the Industrial Access Road Program from the 2016 incentives list. Snodgrass explained that the program …
Those Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters in North Dakota who have the support of some Oklahoma Native American leaders, have until Monday to clear out from the federal land where they have made an encampment since last Spring. North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple has ordered them to immediately leave the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …
The chairmanship of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is expected to be determined by week’s end. It is considered a highly-sought-after position and the steering committee will meet Wednesday, following by presentations on Thursday by the interested candidates. Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin is a member of the committee and will no doubt …
Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens and his Mesa Petroleum Partners LP have won a $146 million dollar judgment in a lawsuit against three West Texas oil and gas companies they accused of cutting Mesa out of its share of a Permian Basin deal. It was a recent unanimous verdict by a Reeves County, Texas jury …
In case you missed it—–what two European countries are doing in regards to their energy production. Voters in Switzerland have turned down a plan to speed up the country’s move to dump nuclear energy. In a referendum on Sunday, they voted 54.2 percent to 45.8 percent against the plan promoted by the Green party to …