For the fourth consecutive year, ONE Gas has received an American Gas Association Safety Achievement Award for its outstanding commitment to employee and vehicular safety. The award was presented at the AGA 2021 Operations Conference General Session Oct. 5 and received by Kent Shortridge, managing vice president of Operations, and Todd Hohn, vice president, Environmental, Health, Safety and …
Minneapolis-based Northern Oil and Gas announced it just made a $154 million cash bolt-on acquisition of proved producing properties in North Dakota’s Williston Basin where Oklahoma energy firms have had operations. The acquisition involves non-operated interests across over 400 producing wellbores located primarily in Williams, McKenzie, Mountrail and Dunn Counties in the basin …
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held this week on the Oklahoma City Community College campus marking the official opening of the college’s electric car charging station. OCCC’s mission is ‘Student success, community enrichment,’” said OCCC Interim President Dr. Jeremy Thomas. “An Electric Vehicle charging station right here on our main campus – right next …
A nearly $18 million federal grant has been awarded the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville to fabricate silicon carbide components used in electric vehicles. The National Science Foundation grant establishes UA as the site of a first-of-its-kind facility for the U.S. in that it will be accessible to many researchers reported the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. …
** U.S. Coast Guard investigators have boarded a massive cargo ship as they probe what caused the rupture of an offshore oil pipeline that sent crude washing up on Southern California beaches. ** The Board of Directors of Murphy Oil Corporation declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Common Stock of Murphy Oil Corporation of $0.125 …
Elk Range Royalties, LP, a Dallas company with interests in wells throughout Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin announced it acquired nearly 2,600 acres of Permian Basin royalty interests from an undisclosed seller. The company stated that the cash flow over the last 12 months was $10.8 million and included “top operator exposure to Devon, Pioneer and …
Marathon Petroleum Corp. is attempting to empty a leaking oil storage tank at its oil refinery on the Texas Gulf Coast. The leak was discovered earlier this week and workers contained much of the crude in a containment dike reported Bloomberg. Click here for Bloomberg.
The Oklahoma Transportation Department’s Eight-Year Construction Work plan for highway improvements and work on nearly 700 bridges was approved at this week’s meeting of the State Transportation Commission. The approval covers work for Federal Fiscal Years 2022-2029 and covers $8 billion in state and federal investments in highway improvements in the state. The plan …
Congressman Markwayne Mullin highlighted the need for the Federal Communications Commission to study the impact edge providers have on rural broadband networks, consumer costs, and other general consumer impacts during a House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing on Wednesday. Earlier this year, Mullin introduced H.R. 1650, which would create this …
After hitting nearly $79 a barrel in the U.S. on Tuesday, crude oil prices on Wednesday fell nearly 2% following news of an unexpected rise in U.S. crude inventories. West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery dropped $1.50 to $77.43 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent crude for December delivery fell$1.48 to finish the day …
