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Gasoline Prices Remain Under $2 a gallon in Oklahoma
Oklahoma’s new statewide average price for gasoline rose slightly in the past week but remains under $2 a gallon with a price of $1.97, according to AAA Oklahoma and GasPrices.AAA.com. The new average is 12 cents higher over the past two weeks. “The boost in pump prices reflects the increase in crude oil prices,” explained …
State Agencies Finish Illinois River Work to Protect State Highway near Tahlequah
Two state agencies in Oklahoma recently teamed up to stop erosion of a state highway near Tahlequah and at the same time made improvements to the Illinois River. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation funded the $900,000 project and worked closely with the Oklahoma Conservation Commission in protecting State Highway 10 just north of Tahlequah in …
Kansas Westar Customers to See Drop in Electric Bills Beginning in January
An adjustment of rates will mean a slight drop in part of the electric bills of Westar Energy customers in Kansas in the coming year, according to an announcement by the utility. Westar says rates will be adjusted to reflect lower-than-estimated property taxes. The property tax bill is a direct pass-through cost to consumers …
Houston Firm Reports Success in Kingfisher County
Houston-based Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP is reporting success in Oklahoma’s STACK, hitting a well that produced more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day. The firm operates as a subsidiary of Alta Mesa Holdings, LP. The Clark well, in the Mississippian play is located about 5 miles northwest of Crescent in Kingfisher County. It had …
OKC Mayor Cornett Awaits Meeting With Trump to Talk Infrastructure Improvements
One of the issues stressed by Donald Trump in his campaign to become President was doing something about the nation’s highways and its infrastructure. And that’s just what Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett is hoping to discuss with the President-elect before he takes his oath of office in January. Cornett is President of the U.S. …
First Real Blast of Winter coming Wednesday to the State
Oklahoma is bracing for its first real arctic blast of the approaching winter with temperatures dropping to the single digits in the Panhandle and teens elsewhere. The blast is to arrive Tuesday night and early Wednesday, resulting in day-time highs on Thursday only in the 20s across northern Oklahoma and 30s in the south. …
North Dakota Pipeline Builders Call Government’s Halt of work “purely political”
While Hollywood celebrities and Native Americans are celebrating the Obama administration’s decision to stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota, the pipeline owners are denouncing the decision. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco Logistics Partners L..P. called it a “purely political action” by the Army Corps of Engineers not to grant …
Two More Earthquakes Rattle Pawnee and Cushing
Days after a U.S. Geological Survey report indicated state regulatory actions on wastewater injection wells appeared to be working in reducing large earthquakes in northern Oklahoma, Pawnee and Payne Counties were rattled by quakes Sunday night and Monday morning. The 3.9 magnitude quake, with an epicenter east of Pawnee was recorded at 9:22 p.m. and resulted …
Chesapeake Dumps More Holdings to Ease Debt Load
Chesapeake Energy’s announced another $450 million dollar sale of its natural gas assets. It involves nearly 78,000 net acres in the Haynesville Shale area of northern Louisiana. A private company has made the purchase but Chesapeake did not disclose the identity in making the announcement early Monday. The sale includes 250 wells with a current …
Inhofe says Iran Can’t be Trusted
With the Iran Sanctions Act set to expire at the end of the year, the U.S. Senate and the House recently approved an extension of the act and had the support of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. “In failing to adhere to United Nations Security Council Resolutions, Iran has repeatedly demonstrated it cannot be trusted,” …