TransCanada Corp. is reassessing whether oil producers in North Dakota and Montana are still interested in shipping crude through its long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline now that they have other new options to ship their product, including the Dakota Access pipeline.
The Calgary-based company's announcement this month comes with the Keystone XL still needing approval of its proposed route through Nebraska. The Dakota Access, which was designed to transport about half of North Dakota's oil production to a shipping point in Illinois, is expected to be fully operational by June.
spokesman Matthew John says the company plans to re-engage with prospective shippers "because of a lot of changes in the oil market."TransCanada Corp. is reassessing whether oil producers in North Dakota and Montana are still interested in shipping crude through its long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline now that they have other new options to ship their product, including the Dakota Access pipeline.
The Calgary-based company's announcement this month comes with the Keystone XL still needing approval of its proposed route through Nebraska. The Dakota Access, which was designed to transport about half of North Dakota's oil production to a shipping point in Illinois, is expected to be fully operational by June.
TransCanada spokesman Matthew John says the company plans to re-engage with prospective shippers "because of a lot of changes in the oil market."
Latest Oklahoma news, sports, business and entertainment at 3:20 a.m. CDT
KILLINGS BY POLICE-TULSA
Oklahoma officer says she recalled training as she shot man
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white Oklahoma police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man has testified that a training video ran through her mind as she pulled the trigger.
Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby is accused of killing 40-year-old Terence Crutcher last September.
Shelby testified Monday that she shot Crutcher when she saw him reach into his stalled SUV through a partially open window. She said her training taught her not to let suspects pull their arm back out of a vehicle because they might have a gun. She recalled a training video in which an officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop.
Crutcher didn't have a gun on him or in his vehicle. His family says the window was closed.
CIGARETTE TAX-OKLAHOMA
Bipartisan opposition sinks proposed Oklahoma cigarette tax
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A proposed tax increase on cigarettes that was a key piece of a budget deal between House Republicans and Democrats has been rejected with bipartisan opposition, a vote that will likely send budget writers back to the negotiating table with less than two weeks before the end of the legislative session.
House members voted 63-34 on Monday in favor of the $1.50-per-pack tax increase, 13 votes short of the 76 needed for a tax increase to pass the House.
Fourteen Democrats joined 20 Republicans in voting against the bill. House Democratic leader Rep. Scott Inman and some of his Democratic colleagues have insisted they wouldn't support a cigarette tax increase without a plan to raise the gross production tax on oil and natural gas.
OKLAHOMA DROWNING
Body of drowning victim recovered in eastern Oklahoma lake
EUFAULA, Okla. (AP) — The body of a California man has been recovered after he apparently drowned in an eastern Oklahoma lake.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the body of 24-year-old Casey Reilly of Temecula, California, was pulled from about 7 feet of water in Lake Eufaula on Monday morning.
The OHP says Reilly disappeared Sunday afternoon while swimming about 150 feet from shore.
An OHP report says Reilly was not wearing a personal flotation device when he went under the water and never resurfaced.
FBI DIRECTOR-COLE
Oklahoma's Cole urges Trump to avoid political pick for FBI
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma is joining with Republican leaders who are urging President Donald Trump to avoid appointing a politician to replace fired FBI Director James Comey.
Cole said in an editorial released Monday that the next leader of the agency should be "completely divorced from partisan politics."
Some other GOP leaders have urged Trump to do the same, including South Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Among the 14 candidates under consideration for the top FBI post are former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.
Cole wrote that while Trump had the authority and justification to fire Comey, he said Trump and his team failed to handle the dismissal "in the most professional manner."
OKLAHOMA CITY SLAYING
Oklahoma police investigating after man found dead in street
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Oklahoma City are investigating after a man was found unresponsive in a street early Monday morning.
Police say 46-year-old Jerry Timothy Hudson was found early Monday on 38th Street in southwest Oklahoma City by officers investigating reports of a man lying in the road.
Police said Hudson had been shot and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead later Monday.
No arrests have been made. Police say the death is Oklahoma City's 23rd homicide of the year.
KEYSTONE PIPELINE-BAKKEN
Keystone XL operator reassessing interest of US producers
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — TransCanada Corp. is reassessing whether oil producers in North Dakota and Montana are still interested in shipping crude through its long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline now that they have other new options to ship their product, including the Dakota Access pipeline.
The Calgary-based company's announcement this month comes with the Keystone XL still needing approval of its proposed route through Nebraska. The Dakota Access, which was designed to transport about half of North Dakota's oil production to a shipping point in Illinois, is expected to be fully operational by June.
TransCanada spokesman Matthew John says the company plans to re-engage with prospective shippers "because of a lot of changes in the oil market."
Latest Oklahoma news, sports, business and entertainment at 3:20 a.m. CDT
KILLINGS BY POLICE-TULSA
Oklahoma officer says she recalled training as she shot man
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A white Oklahoma police officer charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man has testified that a training video ran through her mind as she pulled the trigger.
Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby is accused of killing 40-year-old Terence Crutcher last September.
Shelby testified Monday that she shot Crutcher when she saw him reach into his stalled SUV through a partially open window. She said her training taught her not to let suspects pull their arm back out of a vehicle because they might have a gun. She recalled a training video in which an officer was fatally shot during a traffic stop.
Crutcher didn't have a gun on him or in his vehicle. His family says the window was closed.
CIGARETTE TAX-OKLAHOMA
Bipartisan opposition sinks proposed Oklahoma cigarette tax
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A proposed tax increase on cigarettes that was a key piece of a budget deal between House Republicans and Democrats has been rejected with bipartisan opposition, a vote that will likely send budget writers back to the negotiating table with less than two weeks before the end of the legislative session.
House members voted 63-34 on Monday in favor of the $1.50-per-pack tax increase, 13 votes short of the 76 needed for a tax increase to pass the House.
Fourteen Democrats joined 20 Republicans in voting against the bill. House Democratic leader Rep. Scott Inman and some of his Democratic colleagues have insisted they wouldn't support a cigarette tax increase without a plan to raise the gross production tax on oil and natural gas.
OKLAHOMA DROWNING
Body of drowning victim recovered in eastern Oklahoma lake
EUFAULA, Okla. (AP) — The body of a California man has been recovered after he apparently drowned in an eastern Oklahoma lake.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the body of 24-year-old Casey Reilly of Temecula, California, was pulled from about 7 feet of water in Lake Eufaula on Monday morning.
The OHP says Reilly disappeared Sunday afternoon while swimming about 150 feet from shore.
An OHP report says Reilly was not wearing a personal flotation device when he went under the water and never resurfaced.
FBI DIRECTOR-COLE
Oklahoma's Cole urges Trump to avoid political pick for FBI
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma is joining with Republican leaders who are urging President Donald Trump to avoid appointing a politician to replace fired FBI Director James Comey.
Cole said in an editorial released Monday that the next leader of the agency should be "completely divorced from partisan politics."
Some other GOP leaders have urged Trump to do the same, including South Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham.
Among the 14 candidates under consideration for the top FBI post are former Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan and Sen. John Cornyn of Texas.
Cole wrote that while Trump had the authority and justification to fire Comey, he said Trump and his team failed to handle the dismissal "in the most professional manner."
OKLAHOMA CITY SLAYING
Oklahoma police investigating after man found dead in street
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Oklahoma City are investigating after a man was found unresponsive in a street early Monday morning.
Police say 46-year-old Jerry Timothy Hudson was found early Monday on 38th Street in southwest Oklahoma City by officers investigating reports of a man lying in the road.
Police said Hudson had been shot and was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead later Monday.
No arrests have been made. Police say the death is Oklahoma City's 23rd homicide of the year.
KEYSTONE PIPELINE-BAKKEN
Keystone XL operator reassessing interest of US producers
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — TransCanada Corp. is reassessing whether oil producers in North Dakota and Montana are still interested in shipping crude through its long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline now that they have other new options to ship their product, including the Dakota Access pipeline.
The Calgary-based company's announcement this month comes with the Keystone XL still needing approval of its proposed route through Nebraska. The Dakota Access, which was designed to transport about half of North Dakota's oil production to a shipping point in Illinois, is expected to be fully operational by June.
TransCanada spokesman Matthew John says the company plans to re-engage with prospective shippers "because of a lot of changes in the oil market."