November 7, 2022 archive

Increased earnings reported by Cheniere Energy Partners

  Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. reported increased earnings in the third quarter of this year with adjusted EBITDA of $1.5 billion for the quarter and $3.5 billion for the first nine months of the year. It compared to $1.0 billion at the end of the second quarter and $2 billion for the first six months …

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Rep. Lucas worries about skill gap with China

  Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas wants to make sure the U.S. takes more steps to closing the engineering and math skills gap between the U.S. and China. As the Ranking Republican on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Rep. Lucas fired off a letter to White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director …

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Regulators postpone meeting on Universal Service Fund rules

  Oklahoma regulators have called off a meeting planned for Wednesday to discuss some rulemaking changes to the administration of the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund. The Corporation Commission announced that the presentation to the Commission scheduled for Nov. 8 at 1:30 p.m. will not take place. The announcement stated that it was determined that additional …

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Rep. Mullin pressures Biden administration on “looming” diesel shortage

  Congressman Markwayne Mullin calls it the Biden energy crisis and wants to know what the Biden administration is doing to avoid the growing diesel fuel shortage in this country. “I write with grave concern regarding the looming diesel shortage as reported by the Energy Information Administration,” wrote Rep. Mullin in a recent letter to Energy …

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Oklahoma tax revenue hits record high

October brought yet another record in Oklahoma’s tax collections to the state treasury. State Treasurer randy McDaniel reported the receipts for the past 12 months topped the previous record high of $17 billion by more than $200 million. Part of it came from oil and gas gross production taxes which saw revenue increase 92%. Just …

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