Oklahoma regulators will hold a regular meeting on Wednesday and once again, it will likely be a remote meeting for all three commissioners because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The released agenda indicates it will be a routine meeting with the daily signing agenda docket and possible votes on proposed or potential orders in …
2020 archive
OU Energy Institute to Address Innovation in Power Sector in Sept. 30 Webcast
Kevin Fitzgerald, a catalyst and thought leader in the power sector technology investing community, will speak about “Innovation for the New Energy Era” in the University of Oklahoma Energy Institute’s Sept. 30 webcast. Fitzgerald, partner and chief utility officer at Energy Impact Partners, will address the evolution of innovation in the industry in …
Completion reports for September 28, 2020
Completion reports filed on September 28, 2020. CREEK COUNTY Cartledge & Cartledge Oil Company Inc Dutcher(2898): Oil 5 Pump 21 17N 9E Heyburn 11, July 27, 2020 SH, OIL, TD: 3010 ft Lat: 35.93851, Long: -96.35338 API: 35037294550000 Wfd Oil Corporation Skinner(2105): Water 15 4 15N 9E Stevenson 1-4, December 15, 2019 SH, DRY, TD: 3600 ft Lat: 35.80360, Long: -96.36807 …
Permits to drill for September 28, 2020
Permits to drill issued on September 28, 2020. permits: none were processed today
Oil prices finish higher, but rise in coronavirus cases feeds demand concerns
Crude-oil futures ended higher Monday, recouping some of last week’s losses, but concerns that the rise in coronavirus cases throughout the globe will lead to weaker energy demand has grown. West Texas Intermediate crude for November delivery climbed 35 cents, or 0.9%, to settle at $40.60 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. …
Oil leader cautions Oklahoma about following flawed model of becoming dependent on renewable energy
As the new President of the Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma, Brook A. Simmons has some words of caution about renewable energy in the state. “What we have to make certain we do in Oklahoma is that we don’t follow the flawed model,” he told OK Energy Today in referring to the mistakes made by …
Dividend declared by OGE Energy Corp.
OGE Energy Corp. announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in the company’s quarterly dividend to $0.4025 per share from $0.3875 per share, which represents growth of approximately 4 percent and equates to $1.61 per share annually. The increase is effective with the fourth quarter 2020 dividend and will be paid Oct. 30, 2020, to shareholders of …
Energy news in brief
** A federal judge rules William Perry Pendley has been working unlawfully as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management for 424 days without being confirmed by the Senate. ** United States Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette criticizes renewable energy and pushes natural gas and nuclear power to provide “24/7 reliable energy” to California. ** The world’s first shipment of …
Mullin on Democrats energy plan—another step toward socialism
He wasn’t there for the U.S. House approval of the Democrats’ energy plan but Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin said he would have voted no. He missed last week’s House vote because of supporting his son’s ongoing rehabilitation from a wrestling injury but issued a statement calling the Democrat plan a “partisan energy package.” …
Making the leap from working in the oil patch to high above it
When the COVID-19 smashed the oil patch and left tens of thousands of oil and gas workers unemployed, some made the leap to the renewable energy industry. CBS Money Watch has a story about what some North Dakota workers did when they were left on the unemployment lines. Click here to view the story.







