More than two months after ONEOK announced a $4.3 billion merger agreement with EnLink Midstream, EnLink shareholders are being urged and advised to vote in favor of the pending acquisition. Under the deal announced in November 2024, each outstanding common unit of EnLink that ONEOK does not already own will be converted into 0.1412 …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board plans a series of statewide meetings in March to discuss recommendations in its 2025 update to the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan. The Round 5 of Regional Meetings will begin in Lawton and include other meetings in Woodward, Tulsa, Talihina and Oklahoma City. March 4, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. …
The U.S. government is predicting we can expect higher natural gas prices in 2025, all because of growing demand. The prediction is from the U.S. Energy Information Administration: We expect increases in the Henry Hub natural gas price in 2025 and 2026 as demand for natural gas grows faster than supply, driven mainly by more …
President Trump’s executive order signed this week halting offshore wind energy lease sales in federal waters also calls for an environmental review of onshore wind farms. It also pauses approvals and permits and loans for onshore wind projects. As the President pledged to target wind farms, the fight against the wind farms is …
** U.S. President Donald Trump said that his administration would likely stop buying oil from Venezuela and was looking “very strongly” at the South American country. “It was a great country 20 years ago, and now it’s a mess,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office hours after his inauguration. ** Former U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer …
Formal groundbreaking ceremonies were held this week in Muskogee for a $1.2 billion lithium refinery by Stardust Power. Construction is expected soon on the refinery which will extract lithium from oil and gas wastewater. Officials say once it’s completed, the refinery will be the largest of its kind in the United States. It will …
A dip in crude oil prices came about in Wednesday’s trading. Analysts explained the market still wonders about President Trump’s proposed tariffs might affect the global economy and demand for energy. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 39 cents or 0.5% to $75.44 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The decline was the …
What are Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen talking about in their latest “Mitchell Talks Energy” podcast? We discuss the uncertainty over the impact President Trump’s initial executive orders will have on oil and gas producers. Plus how to differentiate between legislation designed to attract media attention versus serious public policy bills.
Three state legislators fighting an Oklahoma Gas and Electric fight because of a vote by Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett have responded to a Supreme Court request to show cause why their case should not be dismissed. Reps. Tom Gann, Kevin West and Rick West informed justices their “Interlocutory” filing was made as such because …
Nearly two years after Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas and others on a House Committee complained how a proposed Biden administration regulation to outsource emissions requirements to a controversial foreign entity could create national security issues, the regulation was killed this week by President Donald Trump. It was in March 2023 when Rep. Lucas, as …
