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Wind and Solar Power Projects in North Dakota and Michigan
Solar and wind power projects are the focus in North Dakota and Michigan. The North Dakota Public Service Commission plans a public hearing on a proposed $153 million wind farm and associated electric transmission line in Oliver and Morton counties. The 48-turbine wind farm is proposed by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. Should it …
Independent Petroleum Association of America Attacks Reuters Over Oklahoma Oil Piece
Push back is underway against Reuters for a recent story that blamed Oklahoma’s oil industry for its $1.3 billion dollar budget gap and resulting large cuts in funding for education. It comes from the Independent Petroleum Association of America and its public outreach campaign, EnergyIndepth.org based in Dallas, Texas and accuses Reuters of ignoring some important …
Cheapest Gasoline in Oklahoma is in Panhandle
While gasoline prices in Oklahoma now average $2.13 a gallon, according to AAA Oklahoma, some cities have much higher prices. Highest in the state is the $2.195 average in Altus where prices increased an average of 8 cents a gallon over the past week. Stillwater’s average is only a penny cheaper, about the same …
May Didn’t Live up to Reputation for Most Severe Weather in Oklahoma
May is typically the month with the most severe thunderstorms of the year but it didn’t work out that way this year, according to Gary McManus, State Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet. But he reports that there was severe weather somewhere in the state on 16 out of the 31 days in the month. …
Chesapeake Energy Shareholders Re-elect Directors
All eight sitting members of the Chesapeake Energy Board of Directors were re-elected at a recent annual shareholders meeting held in Oklahoma City. R. Brad Martin was re-chosen as chairman of the board while Archie W. Dunham continued as Chairman Emeritus. Others re-chosen by shareholders were Vincent J. Intrieri, Robert d. Lawler who is also …
Seventy Seven Energy on Path to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Two weeks after choosing not to make an interest pay of $21.5 million, Oklahoma City-based Seventy Seven Energy Inc. is apparently still on path toward filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The company announced May 13 it had entered into a second amended and restated restructuring support agreement with some of its lenders. It was a move …
Whirlpool Corporation adds Wind Power at Two More Plants
Appliance maker Whirlpool says it is spending millions of dollars to install wind turbines at two of its plants in Ohio. The Michigan-based corporation plans to spend $13.5 million to bring wind energy to plants in Ottawa and Marion, Ohio. The company said it expects the turbines to offer electricity consumption by 34 percent at …
Out-of-Work Coal Miners in Kentucky to be Retrained by Federal Government
With the Obama administration carrying out a war on the coal industry, now the government is granting more than $3 million to help retrain unemployed coal miners in Kentucky. The U.S. Department of Labor announced it funded the $3.4 million grant to help thousands of Kentucky coal miners. But the National Dislocated worker Grant will …
Record Horizontal Well Drilled by Halliburton
The longest horizontal onshore lateral ever drilled in the U.S. has been announced by Halliburton. The company said it worked with Eclipse Resources Corporation to complete hydraulic fracturing on the lateral test well known as “Purple Hayes” in the Utica Shale. It had a lateral length of more than 18,500 feet and was completed with …
Gasoline Prices Reach $2.13 a Gallon Average in Oklahoma
The summer driving season is officially underway and AAA Oklahoma says the state’s newest gasoline price average is up to $2.13 a gallon but is still 33 cents below the average one year ago. The national average is $2.32 a gallon and spokesman Chuck Mai says drivers are paying the lowest gas prices for this …