Devon Energy plans an early May release of its first-quarter 2025 financial reports and investors hope to make additional gains on its huge success in 2024. The Oklahoma City energy firm said the reports will be released on Tuesday, May 6 after the close of U.S. financial markets. The earnings release and presentation for …
Lincoln County landowners who formed the anti-wind farm group “Wind Warriors in Lincoln County” say very few landowners support the controversial Apex Energy wind farm proposed in their county. They also say of the handful of landowners who signed leases, none actually live in Lincoln County. The group released a press release on Wednesday …
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released a second update on its ongoing investigation into the fatal hydrogen sulfide release that occurred on October 10, 2024, at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. Two contract workers died during the incident, and over 27,000 pounds of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas …
A storm chasing bill proposed by Okmulgee Rep. Scott Fetgatter won approval this week in the Oklahoma House, but not before questions were raised whether the measure really required a storm chasers license in the state. Passed on a 53-45 vote, Fetgatter’s HB2426, formally called the Emergency Response and Tracking Regulatory, won approval Tuesday …
Cracking down on undocumented truck drivers. It’s what both the Arkansas House of Representatives and the Arkansas Senate are debating as they consider two bills to get tougher on truckers who are in the U.S. illegally. FreightWaves reported one bill is known as the “Secure Roads and Safe Trucking Act of 2025,” and would …
A telecommunications fund directly regulated by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission is at risk as a legal challenge to the nationwide system known as the Universal Service Fund is headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Oklahoma is like many other states whose public utility commissions and other regulators control the fund aimed at increasing phone …
** The U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear Oregon youth’s climate lawsuit accusing the federal government’s fossil fuel-friendly policies of violating their constitutional rights, ending the decade-long case. ** Pilot Company (Pilot), General Motors and EVgo Inc. announced their collaborative network has reached more than 130 electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging locations in over 25 states. …
A move by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to agree to a truce with Russia about the Black Sea and energy infrastructure sent crude oil prices falling on Tuesday. The decline came despite oil price support following the announced sanctions by President Trump against countries that buy Venezuelan oil. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 23 …
A new government study shows that energy consumption by the U.S. manufacturing sector not only continues to increase but its largest fuel use is natural gas. The study by the U.S. Energy Information administration, the Manufacturing Energy Consumption Surveys shows the third consecutive increase in energy consumed in the manufacturing sector since a low point …
A couple of legislators in West Texas say it’s time the oil and gas industry help pay for the damage to roads and bridges in the oil-producing counties. Their plan is to divert 10% of the nearly $8 billion that oil and gas companies pay in severance taxes to benefit the same counties that …
