The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority formally announced Thursday an agreement of a partnership with the European-based Dawn Aerospace to bring the company’s revolutionary Aurora spaceplane to the Oklahoma Air and Space Port at Burns Flat. The OSIDA stated the deal will make Oklahoma a premier U.S. launch site for microgravity research and suborbital spaceflight …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen and in today’s podcast, it’s a discussion of friction created by restricted supply and increased demand for energy everywhere. What’s the impact on Oklahoma? It’s the thread running through our conversation in this episode.
** General Motors’ $4 billion plan to move vehicle production from Mexico to the U.S. includes making gasoline-powered vehicles at a Michigan plant that was previously retooled to produce electric vehicles. ** The U.S. Justice Department finds the 1906 Antiquities Act authorizes the president to alter or eliminate national monuments designated under the law, opening …
What would appear to be a surge in the past year of opposition to renewable energy expansion projects in Oklahoma might be compared to what is happening across the U.S……falling support for wind and solar projects. Such an assessment is backed by the results of a a survey released last week by the Pew Research Center. …
Just as proposed electric power projects in Oklahoma include the use of natural gas-powered generators, the same development is being recorded at projects all over the U.S. According to a new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, developers plan to add 18.7 gigawatts (GW) of combined-cycle capacity to the grid by 2028, with …
Arkansas and its Smackover Formation have led the news of lithium extraction in the past few years and even involved one Oklahoma City firm. But that’s about to change as the nation moves forward in the use of lithium for electric vehicle battery production. A lithium extraction project is also being announced in North …
Word that the U.S. was evacuating some of its Iraqi embassy over heightened security concerns in the Middle East sent crude oil prices Wednesday up more than 4%, their highest level in more than two months. Both reached nearly $70 a barrel in trading. Reuters reported surprised traders bought crude futures on reports …
While all of the recent record rainfalls across the state are good for filling ponds and lakes and ending much of the drought, it’s not so good for farmers trying to finish their 2025 wheat harvest. Muddy fields are keeping combine operators from doing their jobs. On the other hands, lakes are filled to …
Oklahoma U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin finally got their wish in the fight they started a year ago against the Biden administration and its EPA power plant rules that would have required existing coal-burning power plants and future ones burning natural gas to begin capturing their carbon dioxide in the 2030s. Saying …
A new government report shows crude stocks declined across the U.S. by nearly 4 million barrels in the past week and also took a dip at the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the U.S. crude oil supplies fell 3.7 million barrels, from 436.1 million barrels the week of May …
