School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation says there is significant growth in the number of school districts purchasing its electric buses. . Since their introduction in 2018, the company reports it has seen a surge in demand for their 100% electric school buses. While a majority of these buses have been sold in California, the interest …
Chevron U.S.A. Inc. is getting into the renewable natural gas business with dairy farmers. Together with Brightmark LLC in a joint venture, the two will own projects to produce and market dairy biomethane, a renewable natural gas. Equity investments by each company in the new venture will fund construction of infrastructure and commercial …
An estimated 175 workers will lose their jobs as Wichita, Kansas-based Spirit Aerosystems plans to close its plant in McAlester, Oklahoma. The company blames the aviation market downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX. The closing affects 177 employees, according to a source familiar with the …
The South Kansas and Oklahoma short line railroad is among several in Kansas to receive $5 million in grants from the Kansas Department of Transportation. Thirteen small rail road related projects received funding awards according to an announcement by Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Transportation Secretary Julie Lorenz. The 13 were recipients of KDOT’s …
Permits to drill issued for October 6, 2020. Canadian County KEVIN COM #1-29H, March 03 2020 29 11N 8W SWSESESE API: 01725610 Lat: 35.39250408653499, Long: -98.05372724214185 CIMAREX ENERGY CO HH, AM, 17538 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(11800), WOODFORD(12200) Carter County SW WILDCAT JIM DEESE UNIT #14-5, October 06 2020 07 2S 2W NWSWSWNW API: 01926408 Lat: 34.399534995528064, Long: -97.45637837339838 MACK …
Completion reports filed on October 6, 2020. GARVIN COUNTY Casillas Operating Llc Sycamore: Oil 1080 Gas 2346 Water 837 Flow 27 4N 4W Whitney 1-27-22mxh, October 21, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 17671 ft Lat: 34.79114, Long: -97.60074 API: 35049251550000 Casillas Operating Llc Sycamore: Oil 1080 Gas 2346 Water 837 Flow 27 4N 4W Whitney 1-27-22mxh, October 21, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 17671 ft Lat: 34.79119, Long: …
Monday’s gains made for Oklahoma energy firms turned to losses for the most part in Tuesday’s trading. Alliance Resource Partners dropped 4% or 11 cents to finish at $2.83 per share. Blueknight Energy Partners LP slipped 3 cents or 2% to $1.42. Chesapeake Energy finished the day ahead 3 cents for a 1% gain …
Oil futures notched back-to-back gains Tuesday, building on the previous session’s sharp climb as investors focused on a strike that’s curtailed Norwegian output and Hurricane Delta, which has led to production disruptions in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta is “rapidly intensifying as it enters the Gulf and oil companies are already beginning offshore evacuations …
Houston-based NRG Energy announced the appointment of Elisabeth (Lisa) Donohue as a new Independent Director to its Board of Directors effective October 5, 2020, according to a company press release issued Monday. “The Board is pleased to welcome Ms. Donohue as our newest Independent Director; Lisa’s distinguished consumer- and digital-focused career will bring valuable diversity of thought and expertise …
Fifteen years after Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe’s so-called EPA “midnight rider” won approval on a highway funding bill, it paid off for Oklahoma. And environmentalists don’t like it. We’ve learned more details about the EPA’s decision to let Oklahoma enforce environmental rules and regulations in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that …
