Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford says he won’t support Democratic U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico in her nomination by President Biden to be his Secretary of Interior. His decision was announced after Haaland underwent a second round of questioning by members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee of which Lankford …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is one of 17 Republican governors asking President Biden to withdraw his order banning new oil and gas development on federal land and offshore waters. “Pause the pause,” they wrote the White House. In their Feb. 22 letter, they argued the order has a negative economic effect upon western states …
A study by a coalition of renewable energy groups claims grid-enhancing technologies in Oklahoma and Kansas could help the two states integrate more than 5,200 megawatts of new renewable generation by 2025. The study entitled “Unlocking the Queue” and done by the Working for Advanced Transmission Technologies Coalition focused on Oklahoma and Kansas and …
** President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Houston on Friday. White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said during a press briefing Tuesday that Biden will meet with local leaders to discuss the storm and relief efforts. ** Harris County officials in Texas are looking into leaving Texas’ power grid after ice storms knocked …
After the winter storm last week forced a delay of ONE Gas Inc.’s release of its earnings report, the company rescheduled the release for Thursday, February 25. The release of the fourth quarter and full-year 2020 financial results will be after the close of markets. A conference call will be held Friday, February …
The winter storm that turned into a debacle in Texas resulted in yet another cold-weather related event this week—the resignation of five members of the board that controls the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. All five live out of state but apparently quit after coming under fire for ERCOT’s failure in the historic cold …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt made another request to the White House this week, asking for still more help to recover from the historic winter storm. He wants the President to expand his federal disaster declaration issued last week reported the McCarville Report. Click here for the McCarville Report story.
Boeing has started test flights of its new Boeing 777-9 jetliner and the tests are being carried out at the Clinton-Sherman Airport near Burns Flat in western Oklahoma. The jetliner is Boeing’s newest commercial wide-body jet and the Oklahoman reported it is the longest aircraft of its kind in the world. Click here for …
The leaders of Tulsa-based Williams say their company is stronger than ever and the potential is as well for the future of natural gas. Here’s why. Demand for natural gas continues to mount and the Oklahoma company is expanding its 30,000 miles of pipelines across the U.S. Click here for more from Natural Gas …
More than a few eyebrows were probably raised this week by a forecast by Goldman Sachs that the oil and gas industry will see $75 oil by summer. Barron’s reported that the forecast was for Brent crude to hit the high level in the third quarter because of increasing demand and a slow rebound …
