With a theme of “Energy Pioneers in the New Frontier,” the Southern States Energy Board’s 61st annual meeting will be held this week in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt will host the 3-day conference at the Omni Hotel in the heart of Oklahoma City’s Bricktown entertainment district. Speakers at the event beginning …
September 25, 2021 archive
Mullin says Build Back Better is a blank check for socialism
Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin contends President Biden’s $3.5 trillion “Build Back Better” plan is nothing but a blank check for socialism, one that also is a move to get rid of fossil fuels that are central parts of economies in Oklahoma and other oil and gas producing states. Writing in his latest “Mulllin It …
Church is new owner of former Unit Corporation headquarters bldg
The Transformation Church was the buyer of the Unit Corporate headquarters building in Tulsa. Published reports identified the church as the new owner in a $35 million deal that allowed Unit Corp to remain in the more than 196,000-square-foot building which Unit developed 5 years ago. As OK Energy Today reported earlier, Unit’s chairman …
Oklahoma congressman pushes ahead with lawsuit challenging vaccine mandate
A lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate that could affect numerous small energy companies in Oklahoma is moving ahead in the courts. Representative Kevin Hern (OK-01) recently met with Alfredo Ortiz, President and CEO of the Job Creators Network, to discuss their lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s unconstitutional vaccine mandate on American small …
Legislator pushes for more use of former Burns Flat air base
Rep. Tammy Townley, R-Ardmore, hosted an interim study Friday morning before the House Government Modernization Committee to consider avenues to help Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) reach its full potential as a competitive industrial authority. The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority (OSIDA) is a development authority created in 1999 to operate a 2,700 spaceport …