Chesapeake Energy announced its new leadership team once its merger is completed later this year with Southwestern Energy of Houston. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Chesapeake President and CEO Nick Dell’Osso Jr. revealed who the New Company’s executive officers will be along with the Board of Directors. “As previously announced, I …
The woman who founded a citizen’s group that led the fight against allowing the Keystone XL pipeline in Nebraska will be a speaker this weekend during the Switchyard at Mayfest event in Tulsa. Jane Kleeb founded Bold Nebraska in 2010 and the organization remains active today, under a new name, BOLD Alliance, one that …
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects electricity generation will grow by about 3% in 2024 and 1% in 2025. Renewable energy sources—chiefly solar—will supply most of that growth. EIA expects electricity from solar, wind, and hydropower combined to account for 22% of total U.S. generation in 2024, increasing to 24% …
** The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives in the ongoing cleanup effort. ** The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company shareholders are reminded of approaching deadlines if they want to vote prior to the firm’s virtual annual meeting on May 16. Proxy materials were recently made available to shareholders in the company. The annual meeting will be held virtually over the internet beginning at 10 a.m. central time on …
Heavily criticized by Oklahoma’s congrerssional delegation for using the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve, the Biden administration has restarted plans to refill the depleted emergeny oil cache. Lower crude oil prices are helping the administration take advantage as it seeks more than 3 million barrrels of oil. Higher prices over the past several months prompted …
An Oklahoma County District Court judge on Tuesday issued a temporary injunction against State Treasurer Todd Russ and his enforcement of a state boycott of financial firms because of their discrimination against the oil and gas industry. District Judge Sheila Stinson granted the injunction in the lawsuit filed last November by state retiree Don …
Crude oil stocks declined slightly in Tuesday’s trading after the U.S. Energy Information Administration raised its forecasts for world oil and liquid fuels output for the year and at the same time lowered its demand expectations. We’ll know more on Wednesday when U.S. crude stocks are released by the EIA. West Texas Intermediate crude finished …
As ONE Gas indicated this week, its affiliate Kansas Gas Service wants the approval of regulators in Kansas for a $93.1 million rate hike. If approved, the firm’s 650,000 customers would pay an average of nearly $10 more a month, at least for residential bills. Hearings by the Kansas Corporation Commission will be …
ONE Gas Inc. announced first quarter earnings this week showing its net income totaled only a few million less than one year earlier. The report was released while ONE Gas and its affiliates await action on rate hike requests in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. The company reported $99.3 million or $1.75 per diluted …
