October 2022 archive

600 possible new jobs coming to Oklahoma’s Air and Space Port

  Governor Kevin Stitt and local leaders announced Monday that Premium Aerospace Center (PAC) will locate its international headquarters at the Oklahoma Air & Space Port complex in Burns Flat, Okla. PAC will invest several million dollars to renovate and expand two existing hangars and build a third hangar at the facility. “Seeing this project …

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Third quarter income gains reported by ONE Gas

      The third quarter proved to be a successful one for Tulsa-based ONE Gas as it reported net income of $23.7 million or 44 cents a diluted share. It compared with the $20.3 million or 38 cents a share in the third quarter of last year. “Our third quarter results demonstrate consistency and …

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A 15% 3rd quarter growth reported by Williams Companies

  Tulsa’s Williams Companies reported third quarter adjusted earnings of $1.6 billion, an increase of $217 million or 15% more than the third quarter of 2021. Cash flow from its operations was $1.490 billion—79% higher than a year ago and up $656 million. Williams reported available funds from its operations totaled $1.241 billion, another financial …

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Oklahoma becomes latest to target financial groups that boycott oil and gas

  Oklahoma on Tuesday will be the latest state to join the list of those going after financial institutions that target oil and gas companies with a boycott of their funds. The law was in response to such financial firms as Blackrock Investments which announced last year it would not finance oil and gas operations …

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Oklahoma energy stocks rose as crude oil prices fell on Monday

  Monday’s trading brought a drop in crude oil prices and the decline was blamed on expectations of increased U.S. production saddled with weaker economic data in China. But Oklahoma energy stocks ended with a strong trading day. U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate crude for December delivery, dropped $1.37 or 1.6% to $86.53 a barrel …

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Another utility wants storm cost help from Oklahoma regulators

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners plan a public hearing Tuesday on still another utility wanting help in recovery of its costs from the February 2021 winter storm. Empire District Electric Company, headquartered in Joplin, Missouri but with customers in Oklahoma as well as Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas applied for approval of a Regulatory Asset and Special …

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Canoo inks another major contract

  At one point, the electric vehicle maker Canoo appeared close to financial failure. Then it agreed, with the help of Oklahoma, to build a manufacturing plant in Pryor along with moving its headquarters to Arkansas. Now the company has received its second large order, one for 9,300 vehicles from Kingbee, a national work-ready van …

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Chevron to build New Mexico solar farm

  Chevron joined Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp in launching a 133-acre solar farm in southeast New Mexico to provide electrical power to the Permian Basin. Chevron’s Hayhurst Solar Power Facility is in Eddy County, New Mexico, a site on state trust land managed by the New Mexico State Land Office. Work is underway to …

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Judge blames Corps of Engineers for “liability mess” in North Dakota

  A North Dakota U.S. District Court judge lowered the boom last week on the Army Corps of Engineers, saying it created a “mess” over the security costs at the Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor not only denied a motion from the federal government to limit the scope of the lawsuit filed …

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La Nina to bring drought growth in Oklahoma this winter

  It’s the kind of winter forecast Oklahoma farmers and ranchers don’t want to hear—the La Nina means an extreme winter but one with a continuing drought that has hit the state hard. The forecast is from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration which issued its U.S. Winter Outlook. “Drought conditions are now present across approximately …

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