With more than 91% of Oklahoma’s precincts reporting late Tuesday night, Republican Brian Bingman had a strong lead in winning the Oklahoma Corporation Commission seat. The former state Senate President pro tempore will replace long time commissioner Bob Anthony in January of 2025. Bingman had amassed 885,801 votes out of the total of …
Judy Love, who along with her late husband, Tom Love, founded Love’s Travel Stops died Tuesday. She was 87. The company announced her death on its website. Alongside her late husband, Tom Love, Judy was instrumental in building their family-owned business, Love’s Travel Stops, which they founded in 1964 with a $5,000 loan. Judy’s …
The latest Gulf of Mexico storm sent crude oil prices up nearly 1% on Tuesday. Tropical Storm Rafael has already forced oil companies to begin evacuations of operations in the Gulf and could result in some 4.9 million barrels of oil production a day being taken offline. It might do the same with natural …
Stronger requirements for utility poles? It’s a question being explored by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as it considers utility pole requirements across the state. Commissioners will meet Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.and one of the items on the agenda is a state request to further explore the matter. The item refers to “Inquiry of the …
Housekeeping, in a manner of speaking, has taken place in the lawsuit that resulted in a suspension of the enforcement of Oklahoma’s anti-ESG Act and a recent court ruling against the two-year old law. Shortly after Oklahoma County District Judge Sheila Stinson granted summary judgment in retiree Don Keenan’s lawsuit against the Oklahoma Energy …
Most of the Oklahoma City residents who suffered tornado damage and lost electrical power on Sunday had it restored by mid-day Tuesday. Oklahoma Gas and Electric, in a storm update released Tuesday indicated 98% of the estimated 80,000 customers who lost power had their lights back on. The total included those who lost power …
The nation is set to lose another refinery. It’s the LyondellBassell Industries oil refinery in Houston, Texas. The chemical maker made the announcement on Friday that it would be shutting down operations at its 263,776 barrel-per-day refinery sometime in the first quarter of 2025. Investing.com quoted Lyondell refining chief Kim Foley that one of …
Another sign of falling oil and gas revenue in the state….it came in the latest tax revenue release from Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ. At the same time, overall gross receipts also reflected a decline. In his October 2024 gross receipts report, the Treasurer showed a more than 14% drop in gros production tax …
Construction isn’t expected for a few more years, but the Muscogee (Creek) Nation is fighting a planned wind farm by a Canadian firm in eastern Oklahoma near Eufaula. The wind farm consisting of 100 wind turbines will be built by TransAlta Corps., a Canadian firm already operating a wind farm in western Oklahoma. The …
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s concession partner Maverik plans a rebrand project at its convenience stores in Vinita off I-44/Will Rogers Turnpike and at Lone Chimney off US-412/Cimarron Turnpike in November. This will necessitate store and fuel closures; however, food service and restrooms will remain available to the public at the Vinita locations. The store …
