Williams Cos. wants to begin work as quickly as possible on its FERC-approved Southeast Supply Enhancement project, an effort to expand the company’s existing Transco natural gas transmission system along the east coast. The Tulsa-company recently applied for permission from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin work and hopes to have bulldozers and other …
Category: Oil & Gas
ONE Gas announces annual shareholders meeting date
ONE Gas, one of the largest natural gas utilities in the United States and parent to natural gas operations in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, plans its 2026 annual meeting of shareholders in a few months. The Tulsa-based company said the virtual meeting will be held Thursday, May 21 at 9 a.m. central daylight time. …
Record increase in construction of battery storage systems in US
Electrical grid batteries, such as those planned by Oklahoma Gas and Electric near Enid and Ponca City, are breaking records nationwide….their development that is. Canary Media reported that more than 13 gigawatts of energy storage was installed last year across the nation. It cited the information in a new report from the Business Council for Sustainable …
AG warns of price gouging in four counties hit hard by wildfires
Attorney General Gentner Drummond is warning businesses that the Emergency Price Stabilization Act is in effect in the four counties where a State of Emergency has been declared due to the past week’s wildfires. The law, also referred to as the price gouging statute, prohibits an increase of more than 10 percent for the price …
Energy briefs
** The Pentagon and the Energy Department for the first time airlifted a small nuclear reactor from California to Utah, demonstrating what they say is the U.S. potential to quickly deploy nuclear power for military and civilian use. ** The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that voided Donald Trump’s day one memorandum …
Crude oil offered weak response in Friday’s trading—Iran remains an issue
Crude oil prices split their results on Friday as the clock is ticking on President Trump’s deadline for Iran to come to a decision about ending its nuclear weapon development. One recorded a slight gain while another ended with a slight loss. The gain was recorded late in the trading day as Brent and WTI …
US and Oklahoma rig counts unchanged from prior week
Unchanged…..rig counts in Oklahoma and the U.S. according to the latest rig count from Baker Hughes Co. While Oklahoma held at 45 compared to last week, the U.S. total remained at 551. The U.S. count saw no change in the 409 oil drilling rigs active across the country. The number of gas drilling rigs remained …
Keating proposes Trump National Energy Security Lab in OKC
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Chip Keating says “energy security is national security” and to make his point, he is launching an effort to build a Trump National Laboratory for Energy and National Security in Oklahoma. In announcing his plan, he said the national laboratory would be designed to anchor innovation and keep companies started in …
Expand Energy’s outlook for 2026
A week after announcing plans to move headquarters from Oklahoma City to Houston, Texas, Expand Energy revealed more facts about its natural gas exploration efforts. But the filing of a 10-K form with the Securities and Exchange Commission did not make any more detailed revelations about any behind-the-scene reasons for the decision. “We own offices in Oklahoma …
Devon Energy prepares merger completion with Coterra Energy
In what could be the last quarterly financial report from Devon Energy as we know it, the Oklahoma City energy company that is about to move headquarters to Houston following a merger with Coterra Energy called its fourth quarter and 2025 results “outstanding.” FINANCIAL RESULTS Devon reported net earnings of $562 million, or $0.90 per …