Another executive change at Continental Resources in Oklahoma City but it’s a move to keep it all in the family for founder Harold Hamm. As Hamm is stepping into the role of chairman emeritus, his daughter, Shelly Lambertz has taken over as executive board chair at the energy company. Lambertz has been with …
Crude oil stocks across the U.S. dropped higher than analysts predicted and it led to a more than 1% jump in crude oil prices on Wednesday. At the same time, the drop in U.S. crude inventories came as investors considered the potential impact from new U.S. tariffs on India because of its purchases of …
Crude oil supplies held at Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub fell 900,000 barrels this month, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The decline was from 420.7 million for the week ending August 15 to 418.3 million barrels the week ending August 22. The drop was even greater when compared to a year ago when the …
A company with Canadian connections is in the process of attempting to build three solar farms in eastern Oklahoma’s Mayes County near the town of Pryor Creek and their goal is to be supportive power sources of Google’s data center at Pryor. It was in January when Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) formally announced over …
A report by Reuters says American and Russian officials got together in August and discussed several energy deals. The talks came during a visit by US Special Envoy Steve Wtikoff to Moscow where he met with Russianleader Vladimir Putin and his representative Kirill Dmitriev. There were also discussions at the White House involving …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric wants to raise rates—again. And it’s because of growing demand for electrical power. Customers recently received a notification, along with their monthly bills. In it, they were informed of the utility’s request of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners for approval to build two additional nautural gas combustion power generation units at its …
(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) The Trump administration’s recently announced campaign to recruit more air traffic controllers also raised another issue….a reported shortage of the people who instruct the recruits. The instruction takes place at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Mike Monroney training academy in Oklahoma City. Looking into the issue, Bloomberg found out some instructors work …
Sen. Grant Green, R-Wellston has celebrated a $2 million state appropriation that will provide clean water for a residential area in his district with dozens of homes plagued by contaminated water wells. After more than six months of working closely with families in the area, Senator Green partnered with legislative budget leaders to …
In a rare move, ever heard of a state actually returning hundreds of millions of dollars it didn’t spend on a government-funded project? It’s in Oklahoma where Oklahoma Broadband Office director Mike Sanders says that with the state soon to have 95% connectivity with broadband, his office will be $225 million under budget. “We …
** The U.S. Commerce Department has seized control of a $7.4 billion semiconductor research fund from the National Center for the Advancement of Semiconductor Technology (NATCAST), a private non-profit set up during the Biden administration, as per Reuters. Describing it as a “slushfund,” for ex-Biden admin officials, the Commerce Department promised greater oversight and accountability for …
