His efforts over the years in energy measures before the U.S. Senate earned Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe in those controversial. Hillary Clinton emails released this month by WikiLeaks. A search of the Clinton emails on the WikiLeaks website showed Sen. Inhofe was mentioned 98 separate times. Some involved his stance in support of a South …
Those opponents of the Apex Clean Energy wind farm near Kingfisher certainly had a different reaction from supporters after an Oklahoma City federal judge ruled against a lawsuit that wanted the operation shutdown. “We received the Court’s ruling and are pleased with the judgment being entered in favor of Kingfisher Wind,” said the company following …
Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy, the company that just emerged from bankruptcy is blamed in part for causing the largest recorded earthquake in Kansas history according to a report in the Wichita Eagle. The paper cites the U.S. Geological Survey which recently completed a study into the 2014 earthquake that registered 4.9 magnitude and had …
It’s an issue that could affect energy aspects in Oklahoma—State Question 777, Right to Farm. Some contend that if passed into law, the measure would give too much protection to the farming industry. Supporters say that’s a great exaggeration. Either way, a News 9/News on poll shows 49 percent of likely voters supporter the measure …
After 22 years with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Julie Cunningham was named this week as interim executive director, succeeding J.D. Strong who left to become the new Director of the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. Cunningham had been the Water Board’s Chief of Planning and Management since 2008. She agency in 1994 as an …
Tulsa-based Samson Resources has encountered some opposition from the U.S. Trustee in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case filed last year in the District of Delaware. At the same time, the Department of Interior is objecting too. The Interior Department told the judge in the case that Samson Resources corp. must pay $136.9 million and get the department’s …
A total of $3.5 million in fines for criminal clean air violations will be paid by four companies in eastern Texas. The violations occurred from 2008 until 2012 at two Southeast Texas oil and chemical processing facilities and involved one tank explosion that killed a worker. The companies entered guilty pleas in federal court. KTX …
Thursday has been proclaimed an “Oilfield Prayer Day” by Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, but Democratic critic Rep. Richard Morrissette says it should be a day to pray for no more earthquakes. “I think we should all pray on the 14th to have one day in Oklahoma when we have no earthquakes,” said the legislator who …
The Oklahoma Natural Gas Company will avoid $8.5 million in fines over a January natural gas pipeline explosion as part of a $1,010,000 agreement announced Wednesday before a Corporation Commission Administrative Law Judge. Just as Judge Michael Porter opened the contempt hearing to receive evidence on three citations issued by the Corporation Commission, attorney Mark …
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe lost its attempt this week to convince a federal appeals court to block construction on part of the Dakota Access pipeline that runs through North Dakota. The D.C. Circuit court of Appeals had listened to tribal arguments last month but the judges said they would not permanently stop construction of …