The Department of the Interior has updated its guidelines for states applying to federal programs aimed at cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells. The revised guidance updates two federal grant programs, the $780 million Orphaned Wells State Matching Grant Program and the $1.93 billion Orphaned Wells State Formula Grant Program. The changes are meant …
July 2025 archive
$11 billion Amarillo energy project part of Trump’s big energy plans
President Trump’s recent announcement at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, of nearly $90 billion in new energy investments emphasized not only the importance of the state’s natural gas production, but also included the recently announced $11 billion nuclear and data center near Amarillo, Texas. We’ve highlighted what Fermi America, co-founded by former …
Tulsa law firm to represent Wagoner County Commissioners in solar farm battle
Wagoner County Commissioners have hired a Tulsa law firm to represent them in a fight over NextEra Energy’s plan to build a 5,000-acre solar farm near Porter. Court filings in Wagoner County indicate the commissioners hired Adam C. Doverspike and Whitney N. Humphrey of GableGotwals, to represent them in the fight with Persica Solar …
Energy briefs
** Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) following the satisfaction of all necessary closing conditions, including a favorable arbitration outcome regarding Hess’ offshore Guyana asset. ** The US energy industry’s long nuclear winter may finally be giving way to spring. None other than Westinghouse, the …
Tribe’s newly created Environmental Protection Commission sparked response from Corporation Commissioners
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners and staff are busy looking into what prompted the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe’s attempt to enforce its own environmental regulations on oil and gas operations within its tribal boundaries. Commissioners, as OK Energy Today reported last week, quickly responded with assurances to the oil and gas operators that they were …
Crude oil prices increased following suspected Iranian drone attacks on Iraqi oilfields
An attack by drones on Iraqi Kurdistan oil fields Thursday sent crude oil prices up $1 a barrel, a clear sign there is continued risk in the volatile region. Officials believe Iran-backed militias were responsible, although no group has claimed they were behind the attacks. Oil output in the region has been cut …
DOGE urged “rubber stamp” approval of Amarillo nuclear project
The proposed new nuclear reactor that developers want to locate at Amarillo, Texas is also at the center of a report indicating an official from President Trump’s DOGE told the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to “rubber stamp” the project along with others. Fermi America, a firm co-founded by former Texas Gov. and …
Aluminum smeltering operator planning Oklahoma plant just expanded its Minnesota operations
Emorates Global Aluminium, the world’s largest premium aluminium producer which announced plans for a $4 billion plant in Oklahoma, recently put its recycling plant in Minnesota into operation. The United Arab Emirates-based firm expanded its EGA Spectro Alloys aluminium plant, a move that added 55,000 tons of secondary billet production capacity in the first …
Oklahoma saw increased gross production tax revenues in June
State Treasurer Todd Russ reported the gross production tax revenues in Oklahoma increased by more than 7% in the month of June. The increase was $6 million or 7.3% compared to a year ago and totaled $89.1 million in revenues for April. “Gross Production Tax held steady, this continued strength may reflect stable …
Williams prepares to release 2Q earnings report
Just a few months after Williams President Alan Armstrong discussed first quarter earnings and declared, “”Our business is firing on all cylinders,” the Tulsa company prepares to release its second quarter earnings report August 4. The release will be made after the market closes on that Monday and the company leadership willhold a …