The U.S. House Natural Resources Committee plans a hearing Tuesday into exploration of wider development of offshore wind power. Tulsa Rep. Kevin Hern sits on the subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and will be a part of the hearing entitled: Building a 21st Century American Offshore Wind Workforce.” The subcommittee will take up Massachusetts …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others on a subcommittee of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce committee will hear Tuesday from former administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency. The Oversight and Investigations subcommittee plans the hearing entitled “Critical Mission: Former Administrators Address the Direction of the EPA.” The hearing will focus on how Democratic leadership …
Gasoline prices dropped in the past week with Oklahoma’s new average price going from $2.55 last week to $2.46 a gallon this week. National prices dropped as well, slipping 6 cents a gallon to reach an average of $2.75. Tulsa prices went from $2.53 a gallon last week to $2.37 this week. Drivers in Oklahoma …
Kiowa Power Partners, LLC, owner of Tenaska Kiamichi Generating Station near Kiowa, and the facility’s electricity customer, Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. (Shell Energy), have awarded $10,500 in college scholarships to seven Kiowa High School seniors. Since 2004, the companies have presented 132 scholarships totaling $134,500 to local students. Scholarships were awarded to Kiowa …
Bloomberg News reports how a handful of drillers in Texas are experimenting with pumping highly-pressurized natural gas back down into their wells as a way to deal with the gas glut and increase oil production. The news agency says EOG Resources Inc. is leading the movement, pumping the pressurized gas into wells that are no …
Governor Kevin Stitt announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved the state’s request for disaster assistance for seven Oklahoma counties hit hard by flooding, tornadoes, severe storms and straight-line winds. The disaster assistance benefits individuals and business owners affected by severe storms that have occurred since May 7 in Canadian, Creek, Logan, …
News that Oklahoma City’s Mammoth Energy Services had come under federal investigation over the nearly $1 billion in electrical power restoration contracts in Puerto Rico left company stock reeling. While opening prices last week hit a high of $11.20 on Wednesday, they dropped when news surfaced of the probe by the Federal Bureau of …
A ban on wind farms is in the works for Sedgwick County in Wichita, Kansas. The city’s Metropolitan Area Planning Commission voted last week to recommend the wind farm ban to the Sedgwick County Commission and the City Council in Wichita. Individual wind towers would be allowed along with solar energy development, but not wind …
Plains All American Pipeline and Plains GP Holdings will hold an Investor Day meeting on June 11. During the meeting, management will review the company’s strategic and financial positioning and also give an overview of operational capabilities. The meeting will be webcast at 12:30 p.m. central time at the company’s website, www.plainsallamerican.com. Plains all American, …
Tulsa’s nearly 100-year old company Helmerich and Payne plans to seek new investors at this week’s 2019 Wells Fargo West Coast Energy Conference. Company President and CEO John Lindsay will make a presentation on Wednesday, June 12 at the conference in San Francisco, California. The conference will begin June 11. Lindsay will be joined by …
