July 7, 2025 archive

Oklahoma’s most recent loss in rigs is around the state

  Three separate oil plays in Oklahoma lost some drilling activity over the past week, according to the most recent Rig Report from Baker Hughes. The largest play, the Cana Woodford, experienced the decline of one rig, leaving 20 others still in the search for more oil. The Ardmore Wood count fell one to two …

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Kansas gas utility wants approval for 9% bill hike

(Robert Daniel, director of regulatory affairs for Kansas and Arkansas at Black Hills Energy, testifies June 30, 2025, before the Kansas Corporation Commission. (Morgan Chilson/Kansas Reflector)   More than 120,000 customers of a Kansas natural gas supplier are facing a nearly 9% hike in their monthly gas bills. Black Hills Energy wants to increase the …

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Proposed giant AI center in Amarillo wastes no time and secures big natural gas source for power

    The people behind a massive artificial intelligence campus proposed at Amarillo, Texas wasted no time. Days after announcing plans for the 5,800 acre project, officials with Fermi America, co-founded by former Texas Governor and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, said it had already secured more than 600 megawatts of natural gas generation capacity. The …

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