President Trump has been left with finding someone else to run the Bureau of Land Management after his pick, Kathleen Sgamma withdrew her name last week, apparently over her previous criticism of the President during the Jan. 6 attack on the capitol. The announcement came during what was supposed to be a Senate Energy …
April 2025 archive
Colorado’s new gas emission rules challenged by oil and gas operators
New state greenhouse gas emission rules in Colorado are being challenged by oil and gas operators in the western part of the state. The lawsuit by the West Slope Colorado Oil and Gas Association is considered something of a “hand in hand” action along with an April 8 executive order by President Trump urging his …
Konawa site of next Broadband expansion project
Oklahoma’s next launching of a broadband service project funded through the federal government will take place Friday in an area serving five east central counties. The State Broadband Office announced that expansion projects with internet service provider CVEC Fiber will mean improved access to high-speed service in Hughes, Lincoln, McIntosh, Okfuskee and Seminole counties. The …
Environmentalists threaten to sue over new BLM regulations
Environmental activists are threatening to go to court after the Interior Department Secretary Doug Burgum announced recently it would no longer require the Bureau of Land Management to create an environmental impact statement for more than 3,200 oil and gas leases across seven states in the West. The states include Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, …
ONEGas 1Q results to be revealed in May
Oklahoma-based ONE Gas, Inc. plans to release its first quarter 2025 financial results after the market closes on Monday, May 5. A day later, the company’s executive management team will take part in a conference call at 10 a.m. Central daylight time. The call will be carried live on the ONE Gas website. The …
Hot weather followed by storms in Oklahoma
Even before the promise of stormy weather this Easter weekend, Oklahoma experienced hot weather in recent days and came within a degree of hitting its first 100-degree day of the year. ” We were so close to starting the summer (English to Okie translation: spring) off right with a triple-digit or two, but we’ll have to …
FERC dismisses proposed Kiamichi River hydro-electric power plant
Attorney General Gentner Drummond praised the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for dismissing a proposed hydroelectric power plant on the Kiamichi River in Pushmataha County. The Commission halted the plan last month after finding the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation’s (SEOPC) Proposed Study Plan (PSP) was insufficient to proceed with planning. SEOPC submitted an updated PSP …
Energy briefs
** A U.S. EPA document shows the Trump administration intends to exempt 47 coal power plants from updated mercury and toxic emissions rules, including the Colstrip and Apache facilities in Montana and Arizona. ** Tri-State Generation and Transmission proposes a 307 MW natural gas plant and a 200 MW battery storage system in northwestern Colorado …
Nasdaq threatens to delist Stardust Power
Stardust Power, the startup lithium mining company that broke ground earlier in the year on a site in Muskogee, has been notified it no longer meets standards and rules to be listed for trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market and if it doesn’t take corrective action, it will be delisted. Notification came April 3 …
State energy stocks mostly back into positive trading territory
For a second day of trading, Oklahoma energy stocks saw performances into positive territory as they started the week with more gains than losses. Last Friday, they also rebounded from the large 20% losses inflicted during the tariff war. PHX Minerals had the largest percentage gain at more than 4% but one exception was …
