Friday turned out to be something of a sour day for the majority of Oklahoma energy stocks and those of firms with heavy exploration and operations in the state. The biggest percentage loss belonged to Vital Energy with a more than 2% fall for the day. Expand Energy recorded the largest percentage gain …
October 18, 2025 archive
Firm wants to build 1-mile deep nuclear reactor in Kansas
A company with plans to construct small, nuclear reactors 1 mile underground for data centers and other electricity-hungry industries plans to put its first reactors in Kansas, Texas and Utah. Deep Fission, a Berkeley, California company, announced its plans saying its technology will be able to meet the “explosive demand for power from artificial …
Expand Energy’s 3Q release coming
Following a move to cut $100 million in capital expenditures during the second quarter, Oklahoma City’s Expand Energy prepares to release its third quarter earnings report which will give more of an indication industry conditions. Expand energy turned one year old this month following the merger in October 2024 of Chesapeake Energy in Oklahoma City …
Chandler bans wind farms within city limits
The city of Chandler moved this week to adopt a moratoirum on Industrial Wind Turbines within the city limits. A Facebook report indicated the city council voted in support of new regulations targeting the wind industry. The moratorium includes any land within the city limits and surrounding Chandler’s water supply from Bell Cow …
Energy briefs
** A fire ignited at BP’s 440,000 barrel-per-day oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, before it was extinguished on Friday morning, the company said. The blaze at the largest refinery in the U.S. Midwest caused gasoline prices to spike in parts of the region. The fire resulted from an operational incident, and there were no injuries, the company said in …