Oklahoma’s Rig Count Remains at 42 Oklahoma’s rig count held steady at 42 active rigs, while the U.S. saw a modest gain in oil and gas rigs last week. According to the Baker Hughes Rig Count released Friday, the total number of rigs operating nationwide increased by three, reaching 542. The gain came from …
While pondering your latest electricity bill from your Oklahoma utility, you might be interested in knowing that electricity rates jumped 6.6% over last year on average as of June. But some states saw increases nearly 4 times that average. consider the average in Maine where rates soared 25.5% or the District of …
On Sunday, September 21, In the shade of an impressive solar panel array, with the classic neon Sunshine Laundry marquee in the background, Sierra Club and partners will host a community gathering as part of Sun Day, the first-ever nationwide day of action calling for the large-scale deployment of clean energy that is …
** Oil and gas industry insiders say they didn’t ask for the U.S. EPA to pause greenhouse gas emissions reporting, saying they would prefer modifications to the program instead. ** The Interior Department cites a failure to reach an agreement on mitigating electromagnetic impacts in its first explanation for why it halted work on Revolution …
Large supplies and falling demand sent crude oil prices falling by more than 1% on Friday. Plus, Oklahoma energy stocks suffered too. The worries of supplies proved to be more than expectations the year’sfirst interest-rate cut by the Fed might boost more consumption. As a result, Brent crude fell 76 cents or 1.1% …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is investigating a possible oil leak that has already contaminated a house near Fort Gibson and forced a family to evacuate. The Commission is attempting to determine the source of the oily mess that is leaking into the home of Mitch and Kara Meredith. Plumbers were called but so far, no …
Oklahomans who are still complaining about the 2021 Winter Storm costs passed along to them by state utilities hit with historic high natural gas prices might have some advice to more than 2 million customers of an Oregon-based utility. That’s because PacifiCorp, a utility with 2.1 million customers across half a dozen Western states …
Voters Want Grid Expansion but Cheaper Electricity A new poll shows most Americans want a bigger grid to handle surging energy demand. At the same time, voters are frustrated with constant utility rate hikes and want cheaper monthly bills. The survey covered likely voters in Ohio and Pennsylvania, two states in the backlogged …
Senate Confirms Leslie Beyer to Key Interior Department Role The new head of the Bureau of Land Management and three other agencies under the Interior Department is Leslie Beyer, the former CEO of the Houston-based Energy Workforce & Technology Council. She served as CEO of the council from 2014 to 2023 but just won U.S. …
As Scott Mitchell put it, it’s another “all electric” show on his Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen podcast. Maybe “electrifying” could be used to describe their talk about the booming energy demands not just in Oklahoma but across the U.S. How is the state’s electric grid responding? Plus, there’s an update on the …
