** Correction: The David Holt who is head of the Consumer Energy Alliance who wrote about banning efforts of cities and and towns from prohibiting natural gas use is not the mayor of Oklahoma City as we reported earlier this week. Our apologies. ** Ohio regulators prohibit competitive gas and electricity supply companies from selling services door-to-door during …
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Consumer leader writes to support proposed ban on barring natural gas use
Consumer group leader David Holt has come out this week in support of a bill in the legislature to ban any attempts by local governments from banning the use of natural gas in homes and businesses—moves which have been made in California and a few other states. Holt is head of the Consumer Energy …
OK regulators close state office building due to coronavirus
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners made the move to shut down their office building this week after an employee reportedly became ill due to the coronavirus, a move that also affects a handful of other state agencies that use the building. Located at 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard in Oklahoma City, the building was closed late Friday as …
Layoffs in oil and gas grow in response to oil glut and coronavirus
Like dominoes falling on a table, oil and gas industry jobs are tumbling—victims of the oil glut caused by Russia and Saudi Arabia and the government’s clampdown due to the coronavirus. Oilfield pipe manufacturer Tenaris announced it has started laying off 900 workers at plants in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas and Arkansas because the combination of …
Oil and gas employment before the pandemic
Jobless rates for most counties in Oklahoma were down in January according to a state agency. But that was January, This is March when the state and the rest of the U.S. are in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic….meaning jobless rates from two months ago are likely to be thrown out the window as …
Sen. Inhofe says reports are wrong about his stock sales
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe responded to reports that he was one for four Senators who made huge stock sales after a Senate Intelligence Committee briefing about the coronavirus by saying it was not true. “The New York Times allegations are completely baseless and 100 percent false. I was not at the briefing on January …
Williams Cos. to hold annual meeting in April
At last word, Tulsa’s Williams Cos. still planned to hold its 2020 annual meeting of stockholders on April 28 despite the coronavirus pandemic. A proxy statement filed this week with the Securities Exchange Commission stated the meeting will be held at the Williams Resource Center Theater, One Williams Center in Tulsa at 2 p.m. There …
Completion reports for March 20, 2020
Completion reports filed on March 20, 2020. TEXAS COUNTY Merit Energy Company Lansing(4067): Gas 5 Water 5 Kansas City(4223): Gas 6 Water 5 Checkerboard(4439): Gas 7 Water 5 5 4N 12E Bessie 5#1, June 18, 2017 SH, GAS, TD: 6150 ft
Permits to drill for March 20, 2020
Permits to drill issued on March 20, 2020. Canadian County DARROW TRUST #4H-7-18, March 19 2020 07 10N 5W NENENESW API: 01725616 Lat: 35.35463309924444, Long: -97.76996074133301 CITIZEN ENERGY III LLC MU, DR, 16666 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9100) Canadian County DARROW TRUST #3H-7-18, March 19 2020 07 10N 5W NENENESW API: 01725617 Lat: 35.354633092741636, Long: -97.7698601388453 CITIZEN ENERGY III LLC …
Reps. Cole and Horn self-quarantine after coronavirus exposure
News that Florida Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart tested positive for COVID-19 prompted Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Tom Cole to go into self-quarantine until March 27. And Rep. Kendra Horn is doing the same after contact with Utah Congressman Ben McAdams. Cole explained he had been exposed to the coronavirus while visiting with Rep. Diaz-Balart. “On Wednesday …