A move to phase out the federal production tax credit for renewables was launched this week by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and three other Republicans in the Senate. Together with North Dakota’s Kevin Cramer and John Hoeven and West Virginia’s Shelley Moore Capito, they introduced the Production Tax Credit (PTC) Elimination Act, a bill …
The annual stockholders meeting of Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy, Inc. will be held May 25. The company, in which investor Carl Icahn has a non-controlling interest of 4,818,832 shares or 13.1%, announced the meeting will be held at the Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City beginning at 10 a.m. The agenda includes the election of six …
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation announced the naming of Justin Hernandez as the new Bridge Division Engineer. As a result, Hernandez, who went to work for ODOT in 2002 as an Engineer in training, will oversee bridge-related disciplines including project design for replacements, repairs, maintenance and inspection of …
Janet McCabe was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to be President Biden’s deputy EPA administrator, but it came without the support of Oklahoma U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford. The final vote was 52-42 as the two Senators voted against McCabe’s nomination. Inhofe had previously voted against McCabe during the March …
** The US Energy Information Administration released preliminary estimates for January 2020 showing U.S. natural gas production totaled 3.0 quadrillion Btu which represented 36% of total U.S. energy production and natural gas accounted for 16% of country’s primary energy imports. ** EPA Administrator Michael Regan is appearing in both chambers this week, first before Senate EPW on Wednesday, then House …
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about a lifestyle change in the U.S. and with it came a boom in trucks. Lots of them are needed to carry goods from manufacturing sites to warehouses where in turn the products are delivered in the home-delivery industry. As Bloomberg reported this week, whether it’s champagne, Harley-Davidson motorcycles or …
The West Texas Panther Creek III wind farm is being repowered under a deal partnered by GE Renewable Energy and RWE Renewables. The project includes replacing a large number of the 133 wind turbine components including longer blades and the upgrading of existing gearboxes according to a report by Energy Global. The erection …
Native American tribes protesting the continued operation of the Dakota Access oil pipeline near the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in North Dakota were disappointed as a federal judge gave the Army Corps of Engineers a second chance to determine if the line should be closed during an environmental review. The Associated Press reported …
