Oklahoma’s Broadband Government Board meets again this week to continue its progress on updating a statewide rural broadband expansion effort financed by the federal government. One of the key issues to be discussed at the Tuesday afternoon meeting will be the America Rescue Plan Act, the Broadband, Equity, Access and Deployment or BEARD program …
Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ says gross receipts to the state treasury for the past 12 months outpaced the prior year’s revenue in September. But he might be looking over his shoulder at what’s happened to oil and gas tax revenue. It fell 16% in the past year and the tumble in September was even …
** General Motors (GM) has agreed to place battery manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs) under its main agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, UAW President Shawn Fain announced on Friday. ** Exxon Mobil is expecting a third-quarter operating profit of between $8.3 billion and $11.4 billion, as increases in oil, gas and fuel …
Oklahoma’s Grand River Dam Authority recently inked a deal to acquire another large advanced class gas turbine from Mitsubishi Power to continue supplying electricity for the region. In doing so, the Authority will replace its last coal-fired unit at its energy center in Choteau. A formal signing ceremony featured representatives from the Authority and …
The Bureau of Land Management is likely to be taken to court over its plans to set aside 3.6 million acres of land in Wyoming. Who might sue? The state of Wyoming. Gov. Mark Gordon is reported to be exploring opitions for legal action against the BLM over its controversial Rock Springs Resource …
An investigation is underway in Arkansas where a natural gas transmission line ruptured and burst into flames, sending flames nearly 300 in the air. It was Wednesday night near the Jessieville area of the state, which is in west central Arkansas. The flames and explosion forced the closure of a nearby state highway and …
A new government report about residential electricity prices in the U.S. ranked Oklahoma 41 for the lowest amount paid during June of this year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration showed Oklahoma’s average retail price for electricity was $12.63, far from the $41.74 in Hawaii and $31.80 in Connecticut. The lowest was Washington State with …
A move by some ConocoPhillips workers to join the United Steelworkers union in Canada drew a round of applause from the union leadership. It happened in Montney, B.C., a small town north of Fort St. John where ConocoPhillips operates an unconventional gas field development. Over 30 workers at the Montney facilities will become members …
The nation’s oil and gas industry is likely to support whoever House Republicans might choose in the coming week to be the replacement for ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That’s what E&E News reports, stating that whoever succeeds McCarthy, will “almost certainly be a friend of fossil fuel interests and a likely skeptic of the …
New Mexico has approved another 10-year operation of the nuclear hazardous waste site near Carlsbad. The New Mexico Environment Department approved a final order approving the Proposed Final Permit for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Hazardous Waste facility. Approval came after 9 months of public comment. “The new permit will benefit New Mexico and …
