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What Others Say about U.S. Supreme Court Delay of Clean Power Plan
What others are saying about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to stay the controversial Clean Power Plan of the Environmental and Protection Agency.
Isaac Orr, a research fellow of Energy and Environment Policy at the Heartland Institute, a fr…
Sierra Club Prepares to Fight OGE’s Latest Power Plant Request
The Oklahoma Sierra Club is fighting a new effort by Oklahoma Gas and Electric to win Corporation Commission approval for the installation of scrubbers on its aging Sooner coal-fired power plant at Red Rock. It was only a few months ago when the Commi…
State to Release Massive Injection Well Plan Targeting Earthquakes
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced over the weekend it finalized a plan to reduce more wastewater injection well operations and started notifiying disposal well operators in an effort to bring about a reduction of earthquakes in the re…
Earnings Reports Coming this Week from Three Oklahoma Energy Companies
A big week for three Oklahoma based energy companies as we learn more about their financial status during this prolonged oil and gas downturn. Devon Energy, Seventy Seven Energy Inc. and Williams Cos. will release their fourth quarter and full-ye…
Big Jump for Crude on Friday
Another signal from an OPEC producer sends crude prices skyrocketing on Friday. March West Texas Intermediate crude jumped $3.23 to end trade at $29.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. April Brent crude added $3.30 a barrel to settle at $3…
Oklahoma Corporation Commission Unveils Wide Area Disposal Well Plan After 5.1 Quake
In response to the 5.1 magnitude earthquake striking Oklahoma on Saturday, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission released a statement over the weekend signaling the agency was implementing a wide area response. According to the release, the Commission’s …
Devon Leaders Sell Off Thousands in Shares while Values Drop
With what some analysts described as a “deteriorating net income” at Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy, several of the firm’s top executives, including President and CEO David Hager sold off shares this week, according to filings with the Securiti…
Dollar Gasoline Close at Hand in OKC
Closer and closer to $1 a gallon for gasoline in Oklahoma. Will it happen? The cheapest gasoline in the state, according to Gas Buddy is $1.06 in south Oklahoma City. And more than a dozen stations and convenience stores are pumping gasoline in…
Congress Sends Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act to White House
Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford were among those who helped make the first Internet Tax Freedom Act a permanent measure, foregoing the need to renew the ban. Thursday’s vote was 75 to 20 and the measure was sent immediately to Pres…
Jones Energy Freezes New Drilling in Western Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle
Optimism still abounds at Jones Energy, the Austin, Texas based independent energy company that is active in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The company reported 2015 year-end reserves grew despite a nearly 60 percent cut in the company…