For a second straight session this week, crude oil prices finished lower in trading. Plus, Oklahoma energy stocks finished deep in negative territory. Analysts explained it was a sign the market is ignoring President Trump’s threats of more sanctions against Russia and countries that buy oil from it. West Texas Intermediate crude fell …
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2Q earnings to be released by LSB Industries
Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries, developer of fertilizer and carbon capture efforts, plans a release of its second quarter financial report toward the end of July. The firm announced its intentions to release the financial results after the close of the stock market on Tuesday, July 29. LSB’s management will host a conference call on …
Arkansas firm develops method to fight “forever” chemicals
An Arkansas company has created a method of combatting the existence of those “forever” chemicals. Montrose Environmental Group, through a subsidiary called ECT2 in Little Rock has developed advance PFAS treatment technologies. Its creation involves the use of a foam fractionation process that can capture and concentrates PFAS from water using air injection reported …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—increasing solar farms and EV sales
In the latest podcast of Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen, they focus on solar farms and EV futures and much more. What? Even Lawrence Welk?
Commissioners to discuss state’s proration formula for gas wells
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is preparing to take up the agency’s statewide proration formula for unallocated gas wells. The Commissioners will hold a special meeting at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23 to to discuss the forumula as it applies for the period of Oct. 1, 2025 through Sept. 30, 2026. The three …
Corporation Commissioners to meet Wednesday
Oklahoma regulators plan a Wednesday meeting to handle some routine business matters. One of them is the setting of a date for a public hearing on purchased power adjustment clauses and fuel procurement processes for 2024 of Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative, Canadian Valley Electric Cooperative, Northeast Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Rich Mountain Electric Cooperative …
Electric rates soar across U.S. along with inflation
Oklahomans who have complained about the soaring rates of electricity are supported by news that electricity price inflation is also going up dramatically. So much so, it is outpacing the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI), according to the latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On an annualized basis, electricity price inflation rose …
Energy briefs
** U.S. efforts to break China’s dominance of the rare earths market and to drive investment in its own industry have moved up a gear with a Washington-backed plan to create a separate, higher pricing system. ** In a sign that range anxiety in electric cars could soon be a thing of the past, US …
Trump’s threats of sanctions on Russia oil sent crude prices down more than $1
Monday’s trading resulted in a more than a dollar-a-barrel drop for crude oil prices. New threats from President Trump for sanctions on countries buying Russian oil led to much of the decline as investors worry the sanctions will affect global supplies. He also announced new weapons for Ukraine while threatening the new sanctions unless …








