May 2, 2022 archive

National Drinking Water Week

  The City of Oklahoma City is joining municipal water utilities across the country to recognize May 1-7 as this year’s National Drinking Water Week. With a theme of #ThereWhenYouNeedIt, Drinking Water Week highlights the many ways water utilities deliver clean, treated drinking water to help ensure public health and the environment, support public safety …

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Coal, oil and gas gains boost revenue for Alliance Resources

  With the help of higher coal sales nationwide, Tulsa’s Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., one of the country’s major coal-mining operators reported increased financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31 of this year. The company announced that total revenues increased nearly 45% to $460.9 million compared to $318.6 million for the quarter …

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Tulsa coal company invests in EV charging network

  Francis Energy, LLC, the Tulsa-based owner and operator of the nation’s first comprehensive statewide network of electric vehicle  fast charging infrastructure, announced  an equity investment in the company by Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the coal and energy firm also headquartered in Tulsa. The investment brings together two Tulsa-based American success stories to help change …

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Energy issues this week for Sens. Lankford and Inhofe

  Oklahoma U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe are on committees that will deal with energy issues this week. Lankford, a member of the Senate Energy Committee will have a chance on Thursday to question Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm about her defense of President Biden’s plan to increase the DOE budget. Granholm will go …

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Energy Secretary to take over Hamm Energy Institute

  Nearly six months after Oklahoma oilman Harold Hamm’s contribution led to the creation of Oklahoma State University’s Hamm Institute for American Energy, Oklahoma Secretary of Energy Kenneth Wagner has been named as the inaugural executive director.   “Ken’s experience and deep knowledge of the energy industry will serve the Institute well as it lives …

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