To help bridge the funding gap left behind by dwindling oil and gas tax revenues, two Oklahoma lawmakers want to close an Internet sales tax loophole. Rep. Chad Caldwell and Rep. Jason Dunnington have filed House Bill 2925, the Oklahoma Retail Protecti…
As Iran readies its oil supplies to join the global markets, Congress is working to keep certain long-held sanctions in place. Congressman Steve Russell has led the effort through his bill, The Iran Terror Finance Transparency Act. In effect, it would …
Blueknight Energy Partners announced it was expanding its asphalt business with the acquisition of two asphalt terminalling facilities in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Dumfries, Virginia. The Oklahoma City company is buying the assets from Axeon Spec…
A Tulsa law firm has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Williams and Energy Transfer Equity for allegedly misrepresenting aspects of their proposed merger. Pinkerton Law filed the class action lawsuit, John Bumgarner v. The Williams Companies…
He didn’t support the renewable fuel standard while Donald Trump supported the ethanol industry and criticized him for it. Yet it was Texas Sen. Ted Cruz who walked away Monday night with the win in the Iowa caucuses. Trump used Cruz’s stance over etha…
Oklahoma’s gasoline prices are down to a statewide average of $1.50 while the national average is at $1.79, according to the latest Fuel Gauge Report issued by AAA Oklahoma.
“Oklahoma’s pump prices are mimicking the national downward trend, although t…
Yes, OK Energy Today wasn’t the only one to notice how Governor Mary Fallin did not mention the word ‘earthquake’ in her Monday State of the State address. So did Democrats in the State House where Rep. Scott Inman, the House Minority Leader made menti…
Those $35 a barrel oil prices aren’t stopping production by energy companies in Oklahoma as some are reporting 1,400 a barrel a day wells in the state according to the Completion Reports published on OK Energy Today.
Newfield Exploration of Hous…
Signals of a weakening Chinese economy halted the crude oil price rally on Monday. March West Texas Intermediate crude dropped $2 to end trade at $31.62 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, April Brent crude…
Magellan Midstream Partners and one of its Houston based partners are extending the open season on its 50/50 owned BridgeTex Pipeline. Magellan and Plains All American Pipeline are planning to build a new pipeline origin point in Grimes County, Texas. …
