** President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to revert to older standards for light bulbs as well as toilets, showers and other water-using appliances, a day after signing an order promoting plastic straws and rescinding a plan to reduce single-use plastics. ** US oil refiners along the Gulf Coast are snubbing shipments from Mexico and …
February 2025 archive
Cold weather tips from OGE
With the potential for colder weather, snow and ice this week, OG&E is offering customers tips to stay safe and warm. “Each year, OG&E prepares our power plants by the end of October to ensure continued operation throughout winter and protect our customers from extreme cold and winter weather,” said OG&E Manager of Corporate …
Plunge in 3Q earnings for NGL Energy Partners LP
NGL Energy Partners LP suffered a massive drop in third quarter earnings compared to a year earlier. The Tulsa company released quarterly results this week showing net income for the third quarter of Fiscal 2025 was $14.6 million, far below the $45.8 million reported in the third quarter of Fiscal 2024. Adjusted EBITDA …
Energy Transfer to fuel a data center in a company first
In its first commercial arrangement to supply natural gas directly to a data center, Energy Transfer LP announced that it has entered into a long-term agreement with Denver-based CloudBurst Data Centers, Inc. to provide natural gas to CloudBurst’s flagship AI-focused data center development in Central Texas. The agreement calls for Energy Transfer’s Oasis Pipeline, …
Crude oil made gains despite tariff concerns
Despite concerns over what a global tariff war would do to crude oil prices, they rose on Monday. The gain came after President Donald Trump talked of tariffs on steel and aluminum. He’s talking of a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. and prepared to implement them late Monday. West …
Energy sector loses more jobs, including Oklahoma
A new jobs report by the Energy Workforce & Technology Council suggests Oklahoma lost nearly 1,600 jobs in the energy services sector in the past few months. The decline of the jobs also reflected an overall downward adjustment of more than 7,300 positions compared to December 2024 across the nation. Based on preliminary data from …
Oklahoma joins lawsuit against New York’s climate law
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has a message for New York’s Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul….he thinks her state’s climate law targeting oil and gas companies is an ” illogical environmental agenda.” As a result, Drummond joined 21 other attorneys general in suing New York over its Climate Superfund Act and its plan to force …
House Energy Committee to consider tighter rules on solar farm operators
A bill putting restrictions and more requirements on commercial solar energy operators in Oklahoma will be considered this week by members of the Oklahoma House Energy Committee. HB1373 by Rep. Brad Boles, Marlow, and Sen. Grant Green, Wellston, would create theCommercial Solar Facility Decommissioning Act. “A person who is harmed by a violation of the …
Corporation Commission meets Tuesday
Oklahoma regulators are to meet Tuesday in Oklahoma City to hear reviews and reports from their various departments in the Corporation Commission. The agenda includes a briefing from the Transportation Division on motor carrier enforcement, ports of entry and weigh stations. Corporation Commissioners Kim David, Brian Bingman and Todd Hiett are to also get …
Democrat-led states sue over Trump’s freeze of renewable energy funds
Democratic attorneys general of 23 states, including Colorado, filed a lawsuit last week trying to block the Trump administration’s funding freeze for rooftop solar, efficiency and other clean energy programs. They filed a Motion for Preliminary Injunction to require federal agencies to release funds that were withheld based on instructions from the Office of Management …
