Energy Briefs: Amazon Signs Deal for Oregon Solar Project Amazon has agreed to purchase electricity from Avangrid’s 57 MW solar project in Oregon. The renewable power will help support the company’s growing network of data centers. EPA Emissions Limits Face Repeal Effort Utilities, fossil fuel firms, and aligned groups filed comments backing Trump administration proposals …
September 2025 archive
Devon Energy Q3 2025 Earnings Release Nov. 5
Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy Corp. plans a release of its third-quarter 2025 earnings results in early November. Investors will be eager to see if the firm continues with the success it reported in August when the second quarter financial results were released. The company announced the release will be made on Wednesday, Nov. …
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** Politico reports President Donald Trump used the world stage this week to sell American oil and gas. But U.S. oil and gas producers are increasingly feeling sour about the president. A quarterly survey of oil and gas companies released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas quotes industry executives who blast Trump on everything from tariffs and policy …
Devon Energy’s oil and gas payments to states topped $1.4 billion
While Devon Energy made a lot of money in the past year in its oil and gas exploration throughout the U.S., it also paid nearly $1.5 billion in royalties, fees and lease payments to the states where it operates. A Special Disclosure Report filing with the Securities Exchange Commission showed the Oklahoma City …
Supreme Court upholds Corporation Commission decision in service provided outside its territory
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled this week in support of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company in a legal dispute the utility faced with the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives and Oklkahoma Electric Cooperative. The court upheld the commissioners decion to allow OGE to continue providing service to a customer outside of its service …
Oklahoma regulators face business duties in Thursday session
Oklahoma regulators plan a meeting Thursday afternoon in Oklahoma City and one of their items at hand will be an update on the agency’s judicial and legal counsel divisions. There will be reports from the Administrative Law Judge division as well as the General Counsel services. Commissioners are asked to vote on a …
Traders shocked by nation’s fall in crude oil storage
Traders were caught by surprise Wednesday when the government reported a drop in the nation’s crude oil supplies. But the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma recorded a slight gain. A decline of 600,000 barrels was reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration as the nation’s supplies fell form 415.4 million barrels the weekend of …
Seven week high hit by crude oil prices as OK energy stocks soared too
Crude oil prices hit a seven-week high in Wednesday’s trading, thanks largely to a surprise drop in U.S. weekly crude inventories. At the same time, Oklahoma energy stocks had another strong day in trading with one firm seeing a 24% gain for the day. The drop of inventories only added to a sense …
Dallas Fed reports drop in 3Q in oil and gas sector
Activity in the oil and gas sector declined slightly in the third quarter of 2025, according to oil and gas executives responding to the Dallas Fed Energy Survey. The business activity index, the survey’s broadest measure of the conditions energy firms face in the Eleventh District, remained negative but edged up from -8.1 in …
Alphabet reveals First Amendment pressure under Biden
Alphabet Reveals Biden Pressure on Free Speech Policies Letter outlines government influence Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, sent a striking letter to the House Judiciary Committee this week. The company said the Biden administration pressured it during the COVID-19 pandemic to moderate content that did not break its own rules. Committee Chairman …