New attacks on crude oil tankers trying to slip through the Strait of Hormuz heightened the world’s growing energy crisis as Iran refused to an unconditional surrender called by President Donald Trump. It resulted in a nearly 5% gain of crude oil prices. The attacks on three more ships only increased fears of worsened …
Oil prices aren’t the only commodity being felt because of the military strikes on Iran by the U.S., Israel and Middle Eastern allies. Oil prices soared this week to $119 a barrel and by late Wednesday had settled into the upper $80s for West Texas Intermediate and lower $90 for Brent crude. But ask …
State Treasurer Todd Russ released the February 2026 State Tax Revenue Report, showing total monthly revenue of $1.2 billion, a 0.5% increase from February 2025 month to month. But it also reflected a nearly 10% drop in revenue from the gross production tax on oil and gas production in the state. Revenues were 22.5% lower …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric is looking into reports one of its contractors mistakenly cut the wrong electrical wire at an El Reno home late last year, causing a power surge that left a neighboring home with unusable appliances. KFOR TV reports OGE responded to its inquiries as it looked into what happened last December at …
Oklahoma’s legislative consideration of temporarily banning construction of data centers is noted in one report that indicated 12 states are thinking of such a move. Oklahoma joins Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin where legislation was filed to carry out such a temporary ban …
(Local residents gather for a community meeting in Inola on Mar. 7, 2026 to discuss the aluminum smelter planned for their community. Thomas Harrington explains to the crowd gathered the air pollution levels, chemical make up and distance that can be expected from the plant. (Rip Stell/Oklahoma Watch) A year after Oklahoma entered into …
Nearly 6 years after announcing efforts to build a 50,000-acre wind farm in central Michigan, Apex Clean Energy, a renewable energy firm with nearly half a dozen projects in Oklahoma, is giving up. The Virginia company said it was no longer pursuing approval and support for what was labeled the Montcalm Wind Project. While Apex …
The President of USA Rare Earth, Inc. based in Stillwater says the company’s recent $73 million acquisition of Texas Mineral Resources Corp. will “secure our defense industry and our, frankly, the technology industry as well.” It’s what Barbara Humpton, CEO of USAR, explained Wednesday in an interview on Fox Business Channel’s Mornings with Maria. …
** U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday the opening of an oil refinery in Brownsville, Texas and thanked Indian energy company Reliance for its investment. Trump made the announcement on Truth Social, saying the America First Refining project would “fuel U.S. Markets, strengthen our National Security, boost American Energy production, deliver Billions of Dollars in …
(U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Congressman Gabe Evans R-CD 8, meet with the press at the Ft. St. Vrain Generating Station near Platteville, Colo., to talk about how Colorado energy policies are threatening the state’s economy on March 9, 2026 (Scott Weiser, The Denver Gazette) Colorado was warned this week that its state …
