A report by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas shows wind energy surpassed nuclear power in 2015 to become the third biggest source of electricity in the Council’s region. It says wind power provided 11.7 percent or about 40.8 million mwh of the…
Wind turbines worldwide are being blamed for an increase in the deaths of bats, according to an analysis led by the U.S. Geological Survey and published in Mammal Review. Collisions with wind turbines worldwide and the disease white-nose syndrome in No…
It seems odd at first blush why Oklahoma State University would send four geology students to Malawi in Africa to study earthquakes when Oklahoma is now home of the largest number of earthquakes in the U.S.
Nonetheless, the students spent last summer …
Grady County is the site of construction of one of the latest wind farm projects in Oklahoma, one begun by Enel Green Power North America Inc. Enel is building a 108-megawatt farm called the Drift Sand and work is expected to be completed by the end of…
Not quite a week after the Oklahoma Corporation Commission took steps to reduce operations of several wastewater injection wells around Fairview and Alva, northern Oklahoma was rattled Tuesday by six more earthquakes.
The total reduction by 18 percent…
It was West Texas Intermediate crude’s turn to absorb the news that Iran will be re-joining the global oil markets soon. February contracts on the New York Mercantile Exchange lost 96 cents to settle at $28.46 a barrel. It was the first day of trading …
In light of Oklahoma struggling with lower oil and gas prices once again, Oklahoma City State Senator David Holt proposes a way to increase the way the state government saves for troubled times like these. Holt introduced Senate Joint Resolution 44 whi…
Despite lower energy prices, plans are being made to further develop a stretch of the STACK play in Kingfisher County. Bayou City Energy affiliate BCE-STACK Development LLC (DrillCo) has entered into a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) with Alta Mesa H…
ONE Gas Inc. issued its financial guidance for 2016 on Tuesday hinting at the type of year the company is expecting. The gas utility believes it will have a 2016 net income in the range of $127 million to $137 million, or approximately $2.40 to $2.60 p…
Enable Midstream Partners will reveal how it weathered through 2015 with its financial results on February 17, 2016. The Oklahoma City company will release its fully year and fourth-quarter results before the market opens.
On average, Wall Street anal…
