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May 20, 2013

Chesapeake Energy Picks Anadarko Executive for CEO Post

Robert Lawler

Robert Douglas Lawler, senior vice president of international and deepwater operations at Anadarko Petroleum, has been chosen to lead the Oklahoma City natural gas giant, which has been seeking a permanent replacement for co-founder Aubrey McClendon, who was forced out of the company on April 1. Lawler starts on June 17. In choosing him, Chesapeake [...]

May 17, 2013
May 16, 2013

Oklahoma’s Response to Man-made Quakes is More Passive Than Other States

Roger Root stands next to an wastewater holding tank near an injection well on his Newton, Ohio farm. Ohio passed tough

The 5.7-magnitude earthquake that destroyed 14 homes and injured two Oklahomans in November 2011 was the nation’s largest quake linked to injecting wastewater from oil and gas production deep underground. But neither that quake near Prague, nor Oklahoma’s recent spike in seismic activity, has provoked lawmakers or regulators here to write rules to protect public safety.

May 15, 2013
May 9, 2013
May 7, 2013

Tax Credit for CNG Vehicle Conversions Clears House, Heads to Governor

The state House on Monday passed a bill extending a $2 million tax credit for converting cars and pickups to cleaner fuels, like hydrogen and compressed natural gas. The measure was carried by Rep. Skye McNiel, R-Bristow, and now awaits Gov. Mary Fallin’s approval, the Associated Press reports: Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and other technologies [...]

May 2, 2013
April 16, 2013

Updated: Series of Earthquakes Recorded Northeast of Oklahoma City

UPDATED 1:24 p.m. A series of small earthquakes were recorded early this morning northeast of Oklahoma City, data from the U.S. Geological Survey and Oklahoma Geological Survey show. The largest in the series was a 4.7-magnitude quake that rattled about 1:56 a.m. near Luther, preliminary data show.  A 4.6-magnitude quake was also recorded around 5:16 [...]

April 12, 2013

Oklahoma’s Strict Rules Eclipse Renewable Energy Promise, Solar Users Say

Solar Power

The costs of residential wind and solar energy installations are decreasing, and electricity customers around the country are excited about the possibility of pushing power back into the grid. The promise of net metering includes tax incentives and credits that shrink electricity bills. But solar users aren’t getting credit for all the electricity they’re generating [...]

April 9, 2013

Why Ohio is Keeping an Eye on Oklahoma’s Energy Boom

There’s a lot of petroleum promise in Ohio’s Utica Shale. Drilling and development are ramping up, but there’s still uncertainty. And Ohioans don’t quite know what to expect. So, Cleveland Plain Dealer business reporter John Funk traveled to Oklahoma City, “the energy capital of an energy state,” to take home some insight on boom-and-bust: In [...]

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