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 …
A new report commissioned by Community Energy, Inc. finds that replacing Colorado’s aging coal plants with a mix of wind and solar backed by battery storage and natural gas would save Colorado electric customers almost $250 million per year, roughly $2.5 billion in net present value through 2040. The modeling study, prepared by Vibrant …
After pulling the plug on its massive and controversial Wind Catcher wind project in the Oklahoma Panhandle, Public Service Company of Oklahoma is returning with another effort to create for wind energy resources. In an announcement this week, PSO said it was requesting proposals for additional wind energy resources to be in commercial operation by …
A New Mexico federal magistrate is giving more time to a Texas company in a lawsuit filed by Elk City-based Big Chief Plant Services Inc. Panhandle Maintenance LLC, headquartered in Borger, Texas is fighting the move of a lawsuit from state to U.S. District court in New Mexico. U.S. Magistrate Stephan M. Vidmar, in a …
During cold weather in Oklahoma City, police often urge motorists not to leave their car engine running while they return to the house or apartment on an early-morning. Too many thieves are willing to take advantage of idling cars and pickup trucks. But in North Dakota, it was such an issue that the legislature made …
With nationwide gasoline prices at their lowest levels in two years, Oklahoma prices are down as well and among some of the cheapest prices in the country. The nationwide average on Monday was $2.37 per gallon. AAA Oklahoma reports the statewide average is $1.90, down two cents from a week ago and 18 cents from …
A new version of the Oklahoma Wildlife Management Area Atlas is now available through the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation. The new atlas offers a page-by-page guide to the state’s public hunting lands and Department public fishing lakes. It also features topographical maps of nearly every Department-managed public use area in the state. The …
A political and environmental fight over an anticipated jump in the number of oil and gas wells in New Mexico’s San Juan Basin is coming to a head as the incoming administration of the state’s new Democratic governor is attempting to reverse the situation. Shortly after Gov. Michelle Lujuan Grisham, a Democrat, was sworn …
State environmental regulators have issued a Boil Order for a southeast Oklahoma water district because of a water line break. Word came from the State Department of Environmental Quality and applies to the Sardis Lake Water Authority. It is located in Pushmataha County and the DEQ informed residents and users of the drinking water to use …
ONEOK’s Chairman of the Board John Gibson just made a tidy $4 million off the sale of some of the shares he has in the Tulsa-based company. The sale was revealed in a filing by ONEOK with the Securities Exchange Commission. Gibson disposed of 75,000 shares, each valued at $54.89 giving him a total of …
