September 4, 2025 archive

Crude oil prices fall on oil stock buildup

    Crude oil prices slipped 1% to a two-week low in Thursday’s trading, thanks largely to a surprise buildup of U.S cruce oil inventories in the past week, including at the Cushing Hub as reported elsewhere in our OK Energy Today newsite. This week’s meeting of OPEC+ producers also played a role in the …

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US and Cushing crude oil supplies increased

    Crude oil supplies across the U.S. and including at the Cushing Hub in northern Oklahoma increased as of the most recent reporting period. But gasoline supplies saw a decline. A new report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed total oil stocks in the U.S. jumped by 2.4 million barrels. The gain went …

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ConocoPhillips lands contract with Louisiana-based Monkey Island LNG

  ConocoPhillips and Monkey Island? It’s not Monkey Island at Oklahoma’s Grand Lake but rather a Louisiana-based LNG company that announced it picked ConocoPhillips and its specialized liquefaction technology for the firm’s planned 26 MTPA natural gas liquefaction and export facililty n Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The technology at ConocoPhillips is known as Optimized Casdade Process. …

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Dividend announced by Unit Corporation

    A dividend of $1.25 per share was announced by Unit Corporation in Tulsa. The energy company said the dividend for the third quarter of 2025 will be paid on September 26 to sharaeholders of record as of the close of business on September 16. The quarterly cash dividend will be funded by cash …

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Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—exploring Oklahoma’s renewable energy

  Legislators get some advice about public policy plans for Oklahoma’s renewable energy. Don’t mess things up! It’s the main focus of today’s Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen. Plus, the two highlight the growing demand for electricity.

Water concern leads to vote against Buc-ees in Colorado

  Buc-ee’s, the Texas-based travel center company that expanded its operations across the nation,  has been shot down by a Colorado city and the decision came down to water…not politics nor opposition to increased traffic. The Palmer Lake Planning Commission voted this weeek against a flag pole annexation that would put a  Buc-ee’s travel plaza …

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Openness and transparency in government decisions?

    According to an announcement by the Department of the Interior, the public will know the basis for its future decisions and the reasoning won’t include politics. Too many decisions in the past were often based on politics and the public was left wondering what was really behind them. Was it politics? What was …

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House committee to hold hearing into wind tower setbacks

  Wind farm setbacks and funding of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Conservation Division critical mineral strategy will be the focus later this month of an interim hearing to be held by the Oklahoma House Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Scheduled for Monday, September 29 at 9 a.m. , the hearing will also …

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OGE honored with Emergency Response Awards

  The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) recently awarded Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E) two Emergency Response Awards recognizing the electric company’s restoration efforts following the March and May severe weather events. In March, OG&E’s response to severe winds and wildfires in Oklahoma earned them a Recovery Award when a dedicated team of over 700 …

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Energy briefs

** Growing international demand is causing natural gas prices to rise, which will in turn push U.S. electricity prices higher now that about 40% of U.S. generation comes from natural gas, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. ** U.S. imports of biodiesel and renewable diesel significantly decreased in the first half …

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