Crude oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks recorded moderate gains on Thursday as investors are still wondering about the impact of a possible OPEC+ output increase, a weaker U.S.dollar and conflicting U.S. tariff signals. Most Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude had a 52 cent or 0.8% boost to …
(Photograph of Corporation Commissioner Hamp Baker, Chairman, 1974-1985.) Former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Hamp Baker, who served in the statewide-elected office for 12 years, died this week. He was 91 and after losing a re-election bid for a third term on the commission, he returned to his home in Ringling. Baker was defeated in 1984 by …
A wind turbine bill calling for setbacks from homes and property lines failed to make it out of the Senate Energy Committee on Thursday as opponents raised issues of property rights. HB2751 authored by Rep. Trey Caldwell in the House and Sen. Ally Seifried in the Senate failed on a 4-6 vote. It …
Lightning during an early-morning thunderstorm hit a large oil tank battery, setting it afire near Purcell. No injuries were reported. KOCO TV News reported firefighters responded and the fire was extinguished in about an hour.
Supreme Court justices gave a strong indication this week they might allow fuel producers to move forward with suing California over its strict vehicle emission rules. Conservative and liberal justices suggested the companies should have legal standing to sue the state. Some even went so far as to suggest a federal appeals court in Washington, …
A recent disclosure of a non-public meeting held by Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners shows they attempted to reach out to Rep. Trey Caldwell before voting this week against his proposed energy bills, HB2747 and SB998. Both are similar in nature and focus on an attempt to force the regulators to approve electric-generating projects that rely …
A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says its April Manufacturing survey of the district that includes Oklahoma showed a modest decline. The Tenth District includes Oklahoma, western third of Missouri; all of Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming; and the northern half of New Mexico. “Regional factory activity continued to …
Nine years after the Dakota Access Pipeline protests were staged in North Dakota, a federal judge has ruled the U.S. government should pay $28 million to North Dakota. The ruling came in a lawsuit filed by North Dakota in 2019 in which it sought $38 million in damages for policingand cleanup following the demonstrations …
** The U.S. Interior Department plans to dramatically speed up permitting for oil and gas, uranium, coal, biofuel, geothermal, hydropower, and critical mineral projects on federal lands, accelerating environmental reviews to 14 days and impact statements to 28. ** An Interior Department document suggests the Trump administration is considering shrinking national monuments in Arizona, California, …
Sen. James Lankford joined the City of Tulsa and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation to break ground on the next phase of the I-44/US-75 interchange improvement project on Wednesday, April 23. The long-anticipated project will complete the interchange dubbed “Traffic Henge” or “Tulsa Stonehenge” by area residents. “The I-44/US-75 interchange in Tulsa is …
