Judge Amy Coney Barrett told senators Wednesday that her views on climate change weren’t relevant to her potential role on the Supreme Court. “I don’t think my views on global warming or climate change are relevant to the job I would do as a judge, nor do I feel like I have views that …
2020 archive
LSB Industries to release 3Q earnings report in early November
Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries, Inc. announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2020 on Thursday, November 5, 2020, after the close of the stock market. The chemical company reported a net loss of $0.4 million in the second quarter and net sales of $105 million with …
ALLETE to release 3Q earnings report
ALLETE, Inc., the Minnesota-based company with two large wind farm operations in Oklahoma, will announce its financial results for the third quarter before the stock markets open on Monday, November 9, 2020. Following the release, ALLETE President and Chief Executive Officer Bethany M. Owen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Robert J. Adams, …
SandRidge Permian Trust weighs acquisition offer
The SandRidge Permian Trust says it has received an unsolicited offer to acquire part of its shares. The offer is from SRPT Acquisition, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PEDEVCO Corp., a firm that offered to exchange each outstanding unit of the trust for 4/10ths of one share of PEDEVCO common stock. The SandRidge trust, …
3Q earnings to be reported by Cactus Wellhead
Cactus, Inc. announced that it will issue its third quarter 2020 earnings release after market close on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. The Houston-based company is coming off a second quarter where revenue plunged $46.1 million or 53% as sales of wellhead and production-related equipment dropped primarily due to lower drilling and completion activity from …
New Mexico faces billions in well plugging costs as Fed buys millions in oil and gas bonds
Some officials in New Mexico are worried that growing bankruptcies in the oil and gas industry could leave the state with thousands of abandoned or orphaned oil wells and the state with millions, maybe billions of dollars in the cost of plugging them. In New Mexico, oil and gas companies issued nearly $30 billion …
Ground breaking for Native American solar array in New Mexico
New Mexico’s largest electric utility is breaking ground on a 50-megawatt solar field that will provide power to Western New Mexico University, the city of Albuquerque and other large users that have signed on to a new program. Officials gathered Thursday on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico for a ceremony. As …
Energy news in brief
** Pacific Gas & Electric began turning off power to more than 50,000 Northern California customers Wednesday evening as dry, windy conditions renewed the threat of fire in a season already marked by deadly, devastating blazes. The utility announced that it had begun cutting power to up to 33,000 customers, with about another 20,000 to follow in …
Oklahoman named to Water Environment Federation
Shellie Chard, Water Quality Division Director for the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), has been chosen to serve on the Board of Trustees for the Water Environment Federation (WEF). “It is such a great honor to serve on the WEF Board of Trustees. This will allow me to influence national and international water …
Oklahoma announces bond sales to finance 8-year highway plan
The Oklahoma Capitol Improvement Authority (OCIA) announced the offering $171.1 million of State Highways Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Tax-Exempt Series 2020B and $22.3 million of State Highways Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds, Federally Taxable Series 2020C on October 20, 2020. The bonds will be offered via negotiated sale through the OCIA’s underwriting syndicate, led by …









