Crude oil supplies made a big gain over the past week, according to the latest Petroleum Update from the federal government. Cushing recorded an increase of 2.4 million barrels as it went from 22.7 million barrels the week of March 21 to 25.1 million barrels in the past reporting period at the end of …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is planning a big state capitol event in May. The Board will hold its Water Appreciation Day on May 13 in the 2nd floor rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol. This yearly event, hosted by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, brings together local, state, and federal agencies and many other organizations to …
Another non-public meeting by Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners was revealed this week when the commission filed an Open Meeting Act Exempt Event form. Commissioners revealed in a public posting made April 2 that they met privately with certain staffers for 15 minutes on March 27. Commissioners Kim David, Brian Bingman and Todd Hiett were present …
The Oklahoma State Capitol was packed Wednesday with more than 240 aviation students, representatives from 60 aerospace exhibitors and a strong contingent of active-duty military members and veterans who gathered for AERO Day. Hosted annually, the event highlights Oklahoma’s booming aerospace industry, which stands as the state’s second-largest economic driver. Senator Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma …
** A federal judge on Wednesday pressed an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency about whether the agency broke the law when it swiftly terminated $20 billion worth of grants awarded to nonprofits for a green bank by allegedly bulldozing past proper rules and raising flimsy accusations of waste and fraud. ** CenterPoint Energy has completed the …
Former Continental Resources manager Jeremy Hodges has been named to be the new director of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Conservaton Division. The announcement was made April 2 but indicated Hodges actually had joined the commission on March 31, 2025, bringing decades of oil and gas industry experience to his new …
It wasn’t the increase in U.S. crude stocks that led to higher crude oil prices on Wednesday but probable increased investor uncertainty over President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs he announced late in the day. Investors fear a global trade war and how it might lead to less demand for crude. As a result, …
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the constitutionality of how the federal program called the Universal Service Fund uses more than $8 billion in fees imposed on the phone bills we pay, tens of millions of dollars in such fees weigh in the balance in Oklahoma. The fees are meant to subsidize the cost …
Pushback is growing against a proposed federal electric transmission corridor that would run along the western side of the Oklahoma Panhandle. It is coming largely from counties in southeastern Colorado and some has been led by controversial congresswoman Lauren Boebert. The corridor is similar to one that was killed across northern Oklahoma because …
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ energy plan, which would give in-state utilities first rights to build transmission projects has run head-on into opposition from the Justice Department. The DOJ says Reynolds ROFR proposal would stifle competition, the very claim that has been made by opponents of ROFR bills in the Oklahoma legislature. The federal government …
