The organizers of this week’s 22nd annual OERB Expo to be held in Oklahoma City expect to break the attendance record set last year when more than 3,650 people were on hand. “We’re expecting to break the record we set last year,” said OERB board member Tim Munson. He’s one of 21 members on the …
Did a mini-recession two years ago that sent oil and ag prices tumbling play more of a role in the election of Donald Trump as President than some speculators want to consider? Neil Irwin, a senior economics correspondent for the New York Times thinks it did. Writing in the Times this week, he explored how …
Colorado regulators have postponed indefinitely a move by Crestone Peak Resources to drill 140 new wells north of Erie, a city located due east of Boulder. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission had scheduled a hearing on the energy company’s request but delayed matters as a Boulder county lawsuit against the firm was being …
Cities across the U.S. are observing National Public Power Week this week. It’s part of an annual effort sponsored by the American Public Power Association and some Oklahoma towns and cities are taking part. The City of Stillwater will celebrate its promise to provide residents with dependable, efficient and local power during National Public Power Week on …
While northern Oklahoma experienced two small earthquakes Sunday night, West Texas was shaken by a quake earlier in the day. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 2.8 magnitude quake in a region approximately 70 miles west of Odessa, Texas. The quake occurred at 6:14 a.m. and was nearly 3 miles deep. But there were no …
OGE Energy Corp. announced it will release its third quarter 2018 results on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. It will hold a quarterly conference call to discuss the results at 8 a.m. Central Time. The call will also be webcast by NASDAQ and can be accessed at OGE Energy’s website at www.ogeenergy.com. OGE Energy Corp. is …
The U.S. Geological Survey reported the recording of two minor earthquakes in northern Oklahoma Sunday night. The first measured only 2.3 magnitude and was recorded at 10:01 p.m. near the small town of Chester in Major County. Its epicenter was about two miles west of the town where a handful of weak earthquakes were recorded …
The latest GasBuddy report shows gasoline prices have slipped about a penny a gallon over the past week, but they still remain at an average of $2.62 a gallon. The average was determined from GasBuddy’s daily survey of 669 stations in Oklahoma City. This compares with the national average that has increased 2.2 cents per …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is moving ahead this week with steps to make emergency additions to the Oklahoma Wind Energy Development Act so wind farms in light of a new law protecting military air bases from wind farm encroachment. The Commission’s Public Utility Division plans a technical conference on Thursday. It will begin at 10 …
Streetcar tests got underway Monday in downtown Oklahoma City where the city’s installing the new system. The tests come as the MAPS 3 streetcar construction is concluding in the central business district. The tests began with the cars on the downtown loop which is the longer of the routes that wind in and out of …
