April 18, 2023 archive

ONEGAS leadership to seek investors at national Financial Forum in May

    ONE Gas, Inc., the Tulsa-based company that provides natural gas to 2.3 million customers in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas, announced it will participate in the American Gas Association Financial Forum on Sunday and Monday, May 21-22, 2023, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Robert S. McAnnally, president and chief executive officer, Caron Lawhorn, senior vice …

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California energy firm reports discovery of SE Oklahoma oil well

A California-based energy company, BNK Petroleum Inc. reported this week completion of a 560-barrel-a-day producing oil well in southeastern Oklahoma. The firm completed the Emery 17-2h in November of 2022 with production out of the Caney formation. Located at 8 4S 4E in Johnston County and a few miles north of the town of Mannsville, the …

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AG not shy about environmental challenges in his first 100 days in office

From filing suit against the EPA over ozone emissions to challenging the government listing of the lesser prairie chicken as endangered, they are among the legal challenges undertaken by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond in his first 100 days in office. Drummond joined a lawsuit against the Fish and Wildlife Service over its listing of …

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Quick review of other energy stories

** The Pentagon is sounding alarms over Biden administration plans to advance offshore wind projects along the central Atlantic US coast, warning that almost all of the new terrain eyed for development conflicts with military operations. ** A federal appeals court on Monday overturned Berkeley, California’s first-in-the-nation ban on natural gas in new construction, agreeing …

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