Joe Biden’s debate comments last week that he would phase out oil and gas production are still resonating in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico—oil and gas producing states. So much so, they even caught the attention of the Washington Post which featured Oklahoma Democrat congresswoman Kendra Horn, who’s been targeted by Republicans for her …
A water fight is underway at Colorado Springs, one involving Nestle’ Waters North America, a firm that wants to pump up to 65 million gallons of groundwater out of the Upper Arkansas River Valley and sent it to Denver for bottling. “We don’t need Nestlé to bottle our water and sell it back to …
The nation’s two largest coal-producing states, Wyoming and West Virginia, have emerged as leaders in renewable energy and energy storage, respectively, according to a new report. Kansas, Iowa and North Dakota generate enough renewable energy to meet more than half their electricity demand, according to the report. Oklahoma is not far behind at 45 …
** Coal magnate Robert Murray died at his home in Ohio less than a week after announcing his retirement as board chairman of a major U.S. coal operator. He was 80. Murray had announced his retirement Monday, Oct. 19, from American Consolidated Natural Resource Holdings Inc., the largest privately owned coal operator in the U.S. ** BP evacuates …
There’s nothing like a billionaire throwing in millions of dollars to a political campaign to influence the outcome. Take the case of Michael Bloomberg. The Texas Tribune reports he has made a late donation of $2.6 million to the Democratic nominee for railroad commissioner, Chrysta Castañeda, providing a massive fundraising boost in a race …
CEOs at some of the country’s largest utilities have spent hundreds of thousands of their own dollars this cycle to help Republicans maintain control of the U.S. Senate and to buoy Republicans’ electoral prospects in the House, according to an Energy and Policy Institute analysis of federal campaign contributions. Some of those utilities have …
American Electric Power Co. Inc., parent company to Public Service Company of Oklahoma, plans to continue investing in clean energy resources to build on its planned acquisition of wind projects in Oklahoma, despite lingering uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic and the upcoming U.S. elections. “The way I see it is we are just on …
Tulsa-based Laredo Petroleum, Inc. expanded its Permian Basin holdings in West Texas with a more than $11 million acquisition of nearly 2,800 acres in Howard County. The company said its acquisition of the 2,758 net acres included production of 210 barrels of oil equivalent a day of which 80% is oil. The price was …
“The sooner the merger is closed, the sooner we can integrate the organizations and become one Devon.” (SEC filing) Devon Energy and WPX energy made it clear in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission—the faster their merger can be completed the better. In Friday’s filing with the SEC, Devon stated, “Both the Devon …
For the first time, the State of Oklahoma has developed a statewide plan for public transportation that unites urban and rural transit services by laying out mobility priorities for the next 20 years. On Friday, Oct. 23, the draft Oklahoma Public Transit Policy Plan was released to the public by the Oklahoma Department of …
