The city of Oklahoma City is offering some advice to its water customers as the temperature prepares to drop to single digits bringing with it wind chills below zero. They also apply to anyone across the state. With temperatures expected to drop below freezing for several consecutive days this week, the OKC Utilities Department …
The big question for Oklahoma weather watchers on Tuesday is….what kind of winter weather will we actually get? Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus took this view of things. “What you’re actually feeling is that of impending frozen doom, killing all hopes of sunshine, flip-flops, and non-chapped lips. Some folks call it “winter,” but this is actually winter …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond wants voters to know he’s paying close attention to natural gas supply and marketing activity as the state braces for a week of what he calls dangerously cold temperatures. In a press release issued Monday, Drummond said his agency is committed to making sure Oklahomans are not exploited as they …
The funding of the broadband expansion efforts of the Biden administration is under consideration for cuts, but it’s not stopping the Oklahoma Broadband Office with moving ahead with the launching of another of its projects. The Oklahoma Broadband Office will officially launch broadband expansion projects with internet service provider CVEC Fiber to improve access …
Don’t look now, but natural gas prices are slowly growing across the U.S. and the winter weather is the obvious culprit. We’re just four years away from the historic 2021 winter storm Uri where natural gas prices in Oklahoma soared to more than $1,200 per MMBtu, the highest price ever recorded in the U.S. …
Due to the anticipated inclement weather, the Regular Commission Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 18, 2025, at 1:30 p.m., in the Concourse Theater, Suite C50 of the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, has been cancelled.
Another leader of a Colorado-based oil and gas industry group has been chosen by President Donald Trump to head the Bureau of Land Management. Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, was appointed BLM director, an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land. She has been president of the Energy Alliance …
Oklahoma saw a gain of one rig in the past week, according to the latest oil and gas rig count provided by Baker Hughes Co. Despite frigid winter weather in the state, the number moved up to a total of 44 oil and gas drilling rigs in the various energy plays. A year ago, …
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved legislation to ensure greater oversight of high-voltage electric transmission projects in Oklahoma. Senate Bill 352, authored by Sen. Todd Gollihare, would require electric transmission facilities to obtain a certificate of authority from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission before exercising eminent domain to construct or expand a transmission facility rated …
The annual legislative reception held by the Oklahoma Petroleum Alliance will be this week, giving legislators a chance to mingle and learn more about the state’s oil and gas industry from leaders and members of the organization. As announced by the Alliance, the event will be Feb. 19, Wednesday evening from 5 o’clock to …
