Concerns about slower economic growth in both the U.S. and China were blamed for bringing down crude oil prices Tuesday. They fell 2% as investors were said to be worried the slow economies will reduce demand for energy. Some analysts were overly concerned about the more than 2% slide in prices, explaining it was within …
Customers of Oklahoma Natural Gas are bracing for a $31 million rate hike approved Tuesday by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The approval raises a question whether one of the Commissioners should have taken part in the procedure. Approved on a 2-1 vote, the $31,423,612 rate increase will mean a hike of $1.33 a …
Halliburton has confirmed it was a victim of a cyberattack late last week and it was forced to remove some of its systems offline. The company revealed the attack in a filing and explained it discovered the intrusion on Wednesday that an ” “unauthorized third party gained access to certain of its systems.” Reuters reported the …
A dump truck driver who was unaware his trailer was being raised while traveling down Interstate 35 near Ardmore got quite a jolt Tuesday morning when the trailer hit an overhead sign. The northbound driver escaped injury but the trailer was ripped from the truck and left upright against the I-35 sign. It was …
The City Council of Oklahoma City made it official Tuesday morning in changing the name of the Will Rogers World Airport to OKC Will Rogers International Airport. Afterward, the Airport Trust released a video about the new name, explaining the change was the result of research on nearly 100 airports, 14 peer airport site …
Oklahomans aren’t the only ones complaining of never-ending rate hikes for electric utilities. Having listened to stories of $700 electric bills, Missouri regulators now have to decide whether to grant a 14% rate hike increase to Evergy, the utility headquartered in Kansas City. The utility wants authority from the Public Service Commission of …
Colorado Springs won’t be the site after all of a solar panel manufacturing plant by the Swiss firm, Meyer Burger. The decision was made after shares in the company plunged more than 50% this week, forciming Meyer Burger to delay financial results and draw up a restructuring plant. “Meyer Burger Technology AG announced today …
Green energy groups that once held protests over the energy policies of President Biden are so intent on making sure Donald Trump isn’t re-elected President, they are backing away harming the chances of Vice President Kamala Harris. In other words, elect Harris to see what her policies will be. Driving their intent is Trump’s …
The first phase of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s cashless conversion of the SH-375/Indian Nation Turnpike in Southeastern Oklahoma is scheduled for mid-day Wednesday. Motorists can expect to keep rolling with cashless tolling at Eufaula and Antlers, including the SH-9 and US-270 on- and off-ramps. The McAlester mainline tolling collection point is expected to convert to …
** Extreme heat killed more Americans in 2023 than any other year over nearly a quarter century of records, according to research published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. At least 2,325 people died from the heat last year, according to the study, which included deaths with heat as both an underlying and contributing …
