A day after a decline of more than 1%, crude oil prices rebounded by nearly 3% after a large draw in U.S. crude stockpiles and new U.S. sanctions on Russia. The US benchmark hit its highest point since last summer. It also translated into a strong day for Oklahoma energy stocks. Reuters reported U.S. …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners followed through Wednesday with formal approval of a more than $12 a month rate hike temporarily implemented last October for customers of Public Service Company. But the AARP didn’t like it and chastized the commission for its vote. PSO’s original request of $218 million, filed in 2023, was eventually negotiated down …
When Donald Trump’s pick to head the U.S. Energy Department, Chris Wright, went before the Senate Energy committee in his confirmation hearing, he made it clear his top priority and first priority will be to expand domestic energy production and it will include liquefied natural gas and nuclear power. The 60-year old Wright, head …
A new federal government report showed the amount of crude oil in storage across the U.S. shrunk by nearly 2 million barrels as of the week of Jan. 10 of this year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the U.S. total was 412.7 million barrels as of the most recent reporting week, a decline …
The Federal Railway Administration has awarded nearly $27 million in grants for safer railroad crossings and the elimination of congestion on railroads in Oklahoma. U.S. Sen. James Lankford played a role in securing funding for these grants by sending the US Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose letters of support outlining the need for each …
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has closed the file on California’s request for a waiver for its Advanced Clean Fleets regulation, Attorney General Gentner Drummond announced Wednesday just a few months after filing a formal comment letter opposing the request. In September, Drummond and 23 other state attorneys general filed a letter with the …
When the U.S. Department of Agriculture under the Biden administration on Friday handed out more than $6 billion in clean energy grants to rural electric cooperatives, none involved any such projects or cooperatives in Oklahoma. The grants and loans, according to the announcement were “awarded to help rural communities build renewable energy projects that will …
Just because Oklahoma oiland gas billionaire Harold Hamm was quiet during the most recent Donald Trump presidential campaign doesn’t mean he’s not going to celebrate hardy in the upcoming inauguration. Hamm, once a vocal and vociferous supporter of Trump in his 2016 campaign, plans to host what is described as an “exclusive” inauguration watch …
The state of Wyoming has won approval from the Biden administration to use old wind turbine blades as filler for coal mine reclamation. Wyoming first sought approval from the federal government in 2021. Click here for Cowboy State Daily
Highlights of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s January 6, meeting include presentation of two industry awards for construction, reports on the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s notable accomplishments in 2024 and updates on major projects starting in the new year. ODOT and the Commission were presented with two national awards from the American Concrete Pavement Association …
