With no letup in the bombing and missiles between Israel and Iran, crude oil prices shot up nearly as fast as the exchange of warfare is taking place between the two Middle East countries. Prices rose about 3% Thursday as the fighting kept investors on edge about the prospects of how the war …
June 2025 archive
Cushing wind blade recycling center denied permit
Opponents of a storage of outdated wind turbine blades that appeared in Cushing are proclaiming victory after the Cushing City Planning Commission recommended Thursday the operation be denied a request for a conditional use permit. “WE GOT IT SHUT DOWN!!!,” they proclaimed on social media following the 5-0 vote by planning commissioners. Reports indicated …
Utilities made quick work of storm outages
Nearly all of the thousands of PSO and OGE customers who lost electrical power in this week’s severe weather have the lights back on in their homes and businesses. The storms produced at least six tornadoes across the state and the damage included downed power lines and poles and damage to cross arms …
Crude oil supplies fall across US including Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub
The nation’s crude oil supplies took a big tumble of more than 11 million barrels in the most recent reporting period issued by the federal government. Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub was among those areas where there was a drop in the amount of crude oil in storage. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the Cushing …
Sen. Lankford and Rep. Brecheen want EPA to probe whether abortion drug is contaminating water supplies
US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Congressman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the environmental and public health risks of the abortion drug mifepristone, warning that its chemical byproducts may be contaminating the nation’s water supply. “The American people deserve to know what contaminants might be present in their …
Energy briefs
** Hunters are up in arms over potential federal public land sales included in a U.S. Senate budget bill. Prominent groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming’s Muley Fanatic Foundation, and The Boone And Crockett Club all blasted the proposal. ** Europe will need to step up its role in space as NASA’s budget …
NGL Energy Partners LP announces quarterly cash distribution
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP announced a quarterly cash distribution this week to shareholders of some of its preferred shares. The company’s Board of Directors of its general partners declared a distribution for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 to be paid to the holders of two of the Partnership’s shares. One involves …
Judge—Illinois River is still polluted by poultry waste
A federal district judge ruled late Tuesday that the State of Oklahoma has sufficiently proven there has not been any substantive change in poultry litter pollution of the Illinois River Watershed (IRW) following trial. The ruling by Oklahoma Northern District Judge Gregory Frizzell included the finding that phosphorus from poultry waste continues to be …
Supreme Court overturns lower court ruling in Wynnewood Refinery fight with EPA
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a second ruling this week regarding the EPA but this one involved a case on appeal by an Oklahoma oil refining company and others that challenged a small refinery decision of the EPA. The Court ruled the Fifth U.S Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to have not referred …
Kansas ratepayers complain about proposed rate hike
If this sounds like a re-run of an Oklahoma story, it is not, but customers of a major electric provider in Kansas are complaining about a proposed $196 million rate hike. Sound familiar? It’s the development this week regarding the plans of Evergy which are being considered by the Kansas Corporation Commission. The …
