The amount of crude oil in storage at Oklahoma’s Cushing hub increased in the past week, while nationally figures saw a slight decline. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Cushing held 40.6 million barrels of oil as of June 2 of this year, up 1.7 million from the 38.9 million reported on May 26. …
June 2023 archive
Workers attempt to clean up 1,000 barrels oil spill in northern Oklahoma
A 3-mile stretch of the Nine Mile Creek near Kremlin in northern Oklahoma was contaminated when nearly 1,000 barrels of oil spilled from a drilling mud disposal site. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission indicated there is no timeline on how long it will take for the cleanup. Nemaha Environmental, based in the Garfield County town …
Conservative GOP House members delay gas-stove bills
Conservative Republicans in the House who didn’t like the debt deal Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached with the President exacted some revenge this week when they stalled on two bills aimed against the administration’s targeting of gas stoves. Two bills that were to be voted on Tuesday were stalled when 11 Republicans — most of whom are …
Gasoline prices steady for now in Oklahoma—but it could change come July
Gasoline prices are holding steady in Oklahoma while the experts are warning we can expect higher prices in the weeks to come because of the production cut decision by OPEC+ nations. The production cut by another million barrels of oil a day won’t take effect until July 1, so drivers might not see any …
Casey’s President and CEO gets another title in his leadership role
Casey’s General Stores, Inc., the firm headquartered in Ankeny, Iowa and with growing operations across Oklahoma, is under the direction of a new Chairman of the Board of Directors. The company announced the board unanimously elected Darren M. Rebelez, the firm’s President, CEO and current director to the additional role of Board Chair. He …
Tenaska Power reaches contract over battery storage systems
Tenaska Power Services, the company that operates the Tenaska Power plant in southeastern Oklahoma, announced a deal this week with Kraken Technologies which will focus on battery storage operations in Texas. The announcement stated this strategic collaboration will give TPS greater operational flexibility, enhance grid stability, and optimize its customers’ revenue streams in an …
San Juan Basin gas operators see bright days ahead
Ever since some of the major energy companies, BP, ConocoPhillips, WPX and others bailed out of northwest New Mexico’s San Juan Basin, drilling for natural gas hasn’t been profitable. But the New Mexico Political Report indicated this week things have taken a road for the better, thanks to a recent uptick in natural gas …
Wind industry faces challenges across the country
The wind industry is also facing some tough winds as it attempts to widen its hold in the renewable energy growth across the country. But the people who run the Renewable Energy program at Central Community College in Hastings, Nebraska admit their program is on shaky ground. They can’t find enough students interested in …
OKC residents fight planned medical waste transfer site
A proposed medical waste transfer operation in northeast Oklahoma City faces opposition from residents in the Forest Park area of the city. Fox 25 news reported Terracon Consultants proposed the project near NE 23rd St. and Interstate 35 and it is now in the hands of the City Council. Click here for Fox 25 …
GOP AGs challenge Biden administration’s trucking decision
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond was one of 19 Republican state attorneys generals and truck driver groups that filed a legal challenge this week to the Biden administration’s approval of California’s clampdown on diesel and gasoline powered trucks. Drummond and the others, led by Iowa, filed a petition in the U.S. Court of Appeals …
