Whoever is elected Governor of Oklahoma later this year will have a lot to say about the impact of state government on the energy industry, whether it is oil and gas or wind. As those in the energy industry decide who to support, SoonerPoll’s latest survey of voters shows Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett is …
A new report from the Oklahoma Department of Commerce says the state had more than $6 billion in new investment by companies in 2017. More than 3,500 jobs are eventually expected from the announcements. At least 22 companies were new to the state. The largest investment was Invenergy’s $4.5 billion wind farm in the Oklahoma …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is trying to assure Oklahomans that a false warning about any missile attack on the U.S., whether it is from North Korea or not, is not likely. In a statement this week, the governor said “Procedures are in place to prevent a false warning being sent by the Oklahoma Department of …
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee votes Thursday on the re-nomination of Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine to be the next Administrator of NASA. The hearing will start at 10 a.m. Oklahoma time as the committee plans an executive session to discuss Bridenstine’s nomination as well as others. He previously earned committee confirmation by one vote as …
Two of Oklahoma’s largest oil and gas industry groups have come out in support of Step Up Oklahoma, the newly-formed group of business and civic leaders seeking reforms in state government and an end to the state budget crisis. Both the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association and the Oklahoma Oil and Gas Association announced they are …
A longtime critic of the wind industry in the state, Rep. Mark McBride (R-Moore) was targeted by someone using a remote tracking device found under the legislator’s pickup truck. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has opened a probe into the discovery, according to the political website, NonDoc. McBride indicated he found the tracking device …
A woman is now chairman, president and CEO of Noble Corporation PLC, the company that got its start in Oklahoma. with U.S. offices in Houston but headquartered in London. David Williams retired last week and the company appointed Julie Robertson as his successor in all three positions. Williams will stay with the company through February …
The Wind Coalition is joining Step Up Oklahoma in working to fix Oklahoma’s budget crisis. But it’s also hesitant in supporting new taxes on the wind industry as a way of solving the problem. Jeffrey Clark, executive director of the Coalition was asked this week by the newly-formed group of business and civic leaders who …
While the EPA deals with a superfund site in Midwest City, its efforts at cleaning up the rest of the nation’s most polluted tracts will be under review Thursday in a House subcommittee hearing. The Energy and Commerce’s Environment Subcommittee, led by Illinois Republican Rep. John Shimkus is curious about how the agency came up …
In the midst of spending billions on construction of a 700-mile transmission line from the Panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas to Tennessee, a Houston company has been told one of the biggest customers it was planning on won’t be part of the deal. The Tennessee Valley Authority recently decided not to buy wind-powered electricity from …
