December 18, 2020 archive

Brent crude settles above $52 level

  Crude oil futures overseas and in the US rose again on Friday with West Texas Intermediate settling above $49 a barrel. WTI managed a gain of 1.53% on a 74 cent increase as shares finished the day at $49.10 a barrel for January delivery in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark …

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Quad-Graphics closing OKC operations—400 workers affected

  Not a good Christmas present. After much ballyhoo nearly 18 years ago over the opening of a Quad/Graphics plant in Oklahoma City, the Wisconsin-based company announced it is closing the plant in a move that will affect an estimated 400 workers. Ground was broken 18 years ago on the 1 million-square-foot printing facility and …

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5 new Democrats join Mullin on E and C Committee—AOC isn’t one of them

  Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin will have five new Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee of which he is a member. But he won’t have to deal with the congresswoman known as AOC who wanted to be named to the committee. The House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee has recommended five Democrats be …

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Xcel Energy brings New Mexico’s largest wind farm online

    New Mexico’s largest wind project is now on line. Xcel Energy’s Sagamore Wind Farm covers 156 square miles and is located 17 miles south of Portales in the eastern part of the state. An online event with Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich was held this week in celebration of …

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Enid gets $205 million state loan for Kaw Lake water line

The Enid Municipal Authority  received approval this week for $205,000,000 in funding from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, through its contract with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, to improve the Authority’s water infrastructure. The loan approval is  considered historic to OWRB as the broadest scope of project in geographic size and as the single …

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