The Oklahoma Corporation Commission on Tuesday approved an order determining how Oklahoma Natural Gas will return nearly $23 million to customers from the 2017 federal tax cuts. All three commissioners, Dana Murphy, Bob Anthony and Todd Hiett signed the order that will result in lower bills for ONG customers. ONG Customers will receive $22.7 million …
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee, one that directly affects Oklahoma’s energy industry as well as individuals just got a new member this week—Sen. James Lankford. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the announcement this week that Lankford would join the Finance Committee for the 116th Congress. He will also keep his current assignments to the …
Enel Green Power North America, the Italian based wind farm company with major operations in Oklahoma has started construction of what will become the firm’s largest wind farm in the U.S. Located in Upton and Crockett Counties in Texas, the 450-MH High Lonesome wind farm will cost an estimated $600 million. It will be …
Another coal-fired power plant in Texas is shutting down in the summer of this year. At least that’s the intention of the owner and operator of the Gibbons Creek Generating Station near College Station. The Texas Municipal Power Agency, a group comprised of the cities of Bryan, Garland, Denton and Greenville owns the plan. The …
Oklahoma City-s Devon Energy plans to reports its fourth-quarter and full-year 2018 results on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The report will be made available after the close of US financial markets. The release and operations report will be available on the company website at www.devonenergy.com. On Wednesday, Feb. 20, the company will hold a conference call …
Following complaints filed by the environmental group Earthworks, Oklahoma regulators found Houston-based Newfield Exploration had caused illegal air pollution and violated terms of its permits at two well sites in Kingfisher County. The findings were made in the summer of 2018. The group announced the findings this week by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality …
While thousands of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Mike Monroney Center in Oklahoma City have been impacted by the partial shutdown of the federal government, Oklahomans and others across the nation will soon be seeing an effect in terms of weather forecasts. At least those coming from the National Weather Service. Even local …
The man picked by President Trump to head the federal agency controlling Norman’s National Weather Service Center and the Severe Storms Lab recently resigned and sold all of his interest in weather forecaster AccuWeather. Barry Myers apparently did it to gain favor with a Democratic controlled US House and more support as he must be …
The President and CEO of Tulsa’s Alliance Resource Partners, a major coal mining company in the U.S., Joseph W. Craft III was named this week Chairman of the general partner’s Board of Directors. Craft replaces John P. Neafsey who retired effective Jan. 1, 2019 after serving as Board Chairman since 1999. “Jack Neafsey has been …
Baker Hughes, a GE company announced that the Baker Hughes international rig count for December 2018 was 1,025, up 34 from the 991 counted in November 2018, and up 71 from the 954 counted in December 2017. The international offshore rig count for December 2018 was 234, up 28 from the 206 counted in November …
