The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a State Civil Appeals Court and upheld a District Court ruling in a legal fight involving surface damages caused by the drilling of a well in Canadian County. The Supreme court issued its ruling in the 2017 lawsuit filed by Talen Paul Hobson …
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Blackstone Energy Partners, the private equity firm with 202 million shares in Houston’s Cheniere Energy Inc. is suggesting it might be willing to sell its 41% stake in the company. Cheniere Energy is finishing a $1 billion pipeline in Oklahoma. Blackstone’s 41% share of the company is valued at $9.7 …
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Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corporation revealed this week it entered into a total of $145 million in privately-negotiated securities exchange agreements. In a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said the agreements were executed between Sept. 13 through Sept. 18, 2019. The agreements showed …
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The Oklahoma Corporation Commission agreed on Thursday to an order allowing Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. to recover an estimated $600 million in environmental improvements to some of its coal-fired electric generating plants. The order also means no change in electrical rates for OGE customers. Commissioners Dana Murphy and Bob …
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Tweeted by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe on Wednesday: “In Oklahoma, as one of the top producers of beef, we appreciate our cheeseburgers. But they-& our economy-are under attack. The liberal Green New Deal calls for eliminating beef production, taking away our cheeseburgers. That’s just wrong & un-American. #NationalCheeseburgerDay”
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The elected members who make up the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission find themselves under fire over what might be called “slow walking” the state’s plan to switch from coal to renewable power. A report by Searchlight New Mexico, an independent investigative journalism group explored the politics of the issue …
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Flaring in North Dakota continues to exceed the state’s goals, but was still less than posted in last month’s oil and gas production report — despite the fact crude oil and natural gas production reached new heights. The monthly oil production report released Monday, Sept. 16, shows a 1.2 percent …
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Uncertainty from the Trump administration about the future of ethanol production has resulted in a second Iowa ethanol plant shutting down production. The Siouxland Energy, a farmer-owned cooperative in Sioux Center. Its board of directors “decided to halt production” and a written statement blamed the Trump Administration’s waivers so ethanol …
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Organizers of an event to bring more attention to what they call the “Climate Crisis” are hoping hundreds or more students walk out of their classes in Tulsa on Friday. “If everyone pulls their weight, Friday’s strikes will be the biggest day of climate action yet on our home planet!” …
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The 23rd annual Oklahoma Oil and Gas Expo sponsored by SOER, Sustaining Oklahoma’s Energy Resources, is only a few weeks away in Oklahoma City. More than 250 exhibitors have signed up to take part. “We still have three weeks and normally, we get a pretty good push in the final …
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