January 2025 archive

Ovintiv prepares for 4Q earnings report release

  The fourth quarter and year-end results for Ovintiv Inc. will be released late next month. The oil and gas company, with active exploration in Oklahoma plans a release on Wednesday, February 26 after the close of markets. A conference call will be held the next day, Thursday, February 27 at 8 a.m. central time. …

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Landowners in Wyoming get possible push back ability in eminent domain for energy

  Oklahoma landowners who have joined forces to fight eminent domain used by renewable energy developers and utilities behind large transmission line projects are not alone in their efforts. Take for instance what has happened in Wyoming where legislators got the message and approved an eminent domain bill to stop companies that are not public …

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Wobbly is typical says State Treasurer of December revenue trend

  Oklahoma State Treasurer Todd Russ says the state saw a boost in revenue from the gross production tax on gas and oil but he still suggested it was in the process of making adjustments. “While the state’s revenue trends may seem wobbly, this is typical for the current economic conditions caused by Fed adjustments,” …

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New Mexico receives millions more for plugging abandoned wells

  The State of New Mexico just received another $5.5 million from the Department of Interior to help plug abandoned wells. The funding, announced through the Biden administration’s Interior Department also awarded $9 million to the state of California before Donald Trump was sworn into office. “These investments to address hazardous sites will create good-paying …

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Federal judge rules in Kansas lawsuit filed over 2021 Winter Storm

  Three years after Kansas felt the brunt of the 2021 Winter Storm Uri, a lawsuit filed against some of the natural gas providers is still alive and the subject of a federal judge’s recent ruling against the gas companies. U.S. Magistrate Judge Angel D. Mitchell in Kansas City ruled against the move by Concord …

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Energy briefs

** Just a few weeks after the Department of Energy’s Inspector General  issued a report urging the agency to halt all loans and loan guarantees from the Loans Program Office until it could ensure that it is complying with “conflicts of interest regulations and enforcing conflict of interest contractual obligations,” the LPO last week gave loan …

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Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen as they discuss Canoo’s bankruptcy

      Canoo sinks and we discuss the Trump 47 energy people and policy we’ll soon become familiar with and their impact on Oklahomans.

Energy Secretary’s one goal—affordable electricity in Oklahoma

  “I’ve come into this position with really one goal in mind, is that is, and that is to ensure affordable and reliable generate electricity, affordable and reliable electricity for Oklahomans for today and tomorrow.” It’s the declaration of Oklahoma’s new Energy and Environment Secretary Jeff Starling in a sit-down interview with Scott Mitchell on News …

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Turnpike toll bills filed by Norman legislator

House Rep. Annie Menz, D-Norman, introduced two bills pertaining to Oklahoma toll roads and both target the Oklahoma turnpike. “As Oklahomans, we have a Legislature of Representatives and Senators designed to best express and meet our concerns and needs. We work hard to maintain close relationships with our constituents and my constituents have been abundantly …

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Invenergy claims 4-state transmission line will benefit Kansas

  Kansas Corporation Commissioners are being told the controversial Grain Belt Express transmission line that will carry southwest Kansas wind-generated electricity all the way to Indiana will bring savings to Kansas utility ratepayers. At least, it’s the claim of Invenergy, whose officials went before Kansas House and Senate legislative committees. “This project will unleash the …

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