The American Petroleum Institute released a new report examining how growth in cross-border petroleum trade between the United States and Canada has led to the further integration of North American energy market including direct benefits for Oklahoma, delivering economic benefits, lowering consumer energy costs and strengthening energy security on both sides of the border. The report …
Category: Oil & Gas
ONE Gas 1Q earnings release on May 3
ONE Gas, Inc. will release its first quarter 2021 earnings after the market closes on Monday, May 3, 2021. The ONE Gas executive management team will participate in a conference call the following day, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10 a.m. Central Daylight Time). The call also will be …
Crude oil finished up again but still less than $60 in US trading
Crude oil prices rose less than $1 both in the U.S. and overseas in Tuesday’s trading. West Texas Intermediate crude for May deliver still finished less than $60 a barrel, going up 68 cents to finish the day at $59.33 in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for June …
Get ready for increased summer highway traffic
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts an increase in demand for petroleum products during the 2021 summer driving season as the impacts of COVID-19 diminish in the United States. EIA’s annual Summer Fuels Outlook, released today with EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), expects a 15% increase in U.S. highway travel this summer but still less highway …
Oklahoma regulators continue handling historic February storm gas bills
The historic winter gas bills and their impact on utilities in Oklahoma remain an issue being handled by Corporation Commissioners. At least two such requests for assistance in delaying any pass through of the costs of natural gas to consumers are on the agenda for the Wednesday meeting of the commission. Public Service Company …
Renewable power jobs at low end of energy salaries
While President Biden proclaimed he could replace Keystone XL pipeline workers with renewable energy jobs, a new study shows those renewable industry jobs do not pay as well as those in the nuclear, electric power transmission, natural gas, coal and oil industries. The report might also throw even more water on White House Climate …
Enviros start fight over deepwater Gulf oil export terminals
Environmental groups are fighting plans for new deepwater oil export terminals in the Gulf of Mexico off the coasts of Louisiana and Texas. Groups such as the Sierra Club have started a letter-writing campaign to convince Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Maritime Administration’s Lucinda Lessley to deny the permits. There are four deepwater oil …
Rising oil and gas production boosts revenue for Oklahoma Treasury
For only the second time in the past year, Gross Receipts to the Oklahoma Treasury in March climbed above collections from the same month of the prior year. Receipts were propelled upward by rising oil and gas revenue, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced Tuesday. Collections from all sources in March total $1.1 billion, up by …
Newspaper praises oil and gas industry in New Mexico
The support from New Mexico’s oil producers for new methane rules drawn up by the state got the attention of editorial writers in the Albuquerque Journal. The paper recently pointed out how the new methane rules are an example of how “government is supposed to work.” Click here for Albuquerque Journal editorial.
Exxon Mobil takes Energy Transfer to court
A fight over pipeline payments led to Energy Transfer LP being sued this week by Exxon Mobil Corp’s XTO Energy shale unit. The disputed payments involve the Dakota Access Pipeline. Reuters reported Energy Transfer hit XTO with deficiency charges and revoked other credits after the oil producer shifted some oil to other outlets last …








