Tuesday brought another dip in crude oil prices and a drop for natural gas prices while Oklahoma energy stocks saw yet another mixed day of trading with no outstanding gains or losses. The crude oil drop came after a higher-than-expected forecast for U.S. crude oil production. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 37 cents to finish …
The Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Transportation Department announced another person has pleaded guilty in Oklahoma in a $100 million bid rigging scandal. The announcement is as follows: On February 27, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, Stanley Mark Smith, an erosion control company owner, pleaded …
Lower global oil production, higher gasoline costs, lower natural gas prices and increased solar power. It’s what the U.S. Energy Information Administration expects for the remainder of the year. The EIA released its short-term energy outlook this week. Global oil markets. As a result of OPEC+ extending crude oil production cuts, we have reduced …
The same week Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond was praised and honored with the annual Sunshine Award from Freedom of Information Oklahoma over his efforts to promote open government in the state, his office revealed Drummond supports a bill in the legislature that some believe would be closer to “sunset”on openness at the Oklahoma …
A changing of the guard took place at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) Wednesday, March 6, 2024, when Transportation Enforcement Major Scott Baze formally became Chief Scott Baze. Numerous Transportation Enforcement officers were on hand or online to view outgoing Chief Mike Henley officially pin Baze with his new badge and rank insignia. “There …
While the Oklahoma legislature handles a bill that started out as a Right of First Refusal Act to eliminate competitive bidding in the construction of major transmission lines by utilities, a national organization remains critical of efforts to eliminate mandated competition bidding. The Electricity Transmission Competition Coalition charged that the latest inflation data release confirms …
The Defense Department says there should be no harmful environmental impact as the National Guard proposes to replace the existing mission of planes at the Will Rogers Air National Guard base in Oklahoma City and replace the planes with new close air support aircraft. The Guard will replace its current fleet of 13 MC-12 …
Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole says the state of the union is not strong, at least in the way President Biden described it in last week’s State of the Union address to congress. Under Biden’s state of the union, America’s energy industry has been harmed. The Republican Representative called Biden’s remarks “misleading, partisan and unworthy …
Feeling sleep-deprived after Sunday’s bi-annual time change pushed clocks forward an hour? Don’t blame Rep. Kevin West, R-Moore. West authored House Bill 2217, which would send to a vote of the people a question on whether to adopt permanent standard time in Oklahoma. The measure was filed last year and assigned to the House Rules …
OSHA fined a southwest Kansas truck washing company nearly $172,000 over the death of one worker and injuries to two others. Operators of the Red Barn Truck Wash in Liberal were found guilty of safety violations following an incident last fall where two workers were hospitalized and another died from hydrogen sulfide …
