The EPA now says it found some contaminated soil that is inaccessible at the site of a gasoline tanker crash outside the city of Lyons, Colorado. To dig up the contaminated soil would mean rebuilding of highway U.S. 36 where the semi tanker carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed last week. Click here for …
The microchip shortage is hitting the auto industry hard. Witness what has happened at auto manufacturing plants across the country and it might explain if there’s a shortage of new pickup trucks at Oklahoma auto dealers. Thousands of pickup trucks sit idle in massive parking lots awaiting modules before they can be shipped to …
The National Helium Reserve located near Amarillo, Texas along with the natural gas fields in the Oklahoma Panhandle and near Hugoton, Kansas could become critical in a growing squeeze on the supply of helium. The squeeze brings in the country’s big tech companies that rely heavily on helium. It could come to a …
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers repeated its stand this week that the Dakota Access oil pipeline should remain open while it carries out an extensive environmental review. The Corps’ stance is in direct opposition to the arguments of the Standing Rock Sioux and other Native American tribes that filed for an injunction …
ONE Gas, Inc. reported an increase in net income for the first quarter 2021 totaling $95.6 million or $1.79 per diluted share. The income compared to $91.7 million or $1.72 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2020. The company cited colder weather in the first quarter of 2021 when actual heating degree …
Two Texas energy companies swapped holdings of assets in the Bakken in a nearly $745 million deal. Diamondback Energy Corp. agreed Monday to sell some of the Bakken assets it acquired earlier in the year through a nearly $2.2 billion all-stock acquisition of QEP Resources. The buyer is Oasis Petroleum, a Houston-based firm that …
Crude oil prices bounced back in Monday’s trading and finished the day at nearly $65 a barrel in the US but European prices took a tumble. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery went up 91 cents to wrap up at $64.49 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent …
Texas lawmakers want to make sure Electric Vehicle owners pay their fair share of highway improvements in the state. A bill is working its way through the legislature to create a special fee on EVs. A bill by House Transportation Committee chairman Terry Canales would impose a $100 yearly fee on EVs according to …
Montana is about to become the latest state to follow Oklahoma after it adopted tough criminal penalties in 2017 against environmental protesters who trespass on oil and gas properties in their protests of pipelines. The measure won approval in Montana’s House of Representatives and Senate where Republicans are in the majority. Sent to GOP …
More than a month after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission heard the complaints of Oklahoma landowners about Cheniere Energy’s failure to complete land restoration following construction of its 200-mile Midship pipeline in Oklahoma, Congress wants to take a look at the controversy. The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil …
