Category: General

Mammoth Energy 3Q earnings to be released this week

  Oklahoma City-based Mammoth Energy Services plans a third quarter earnings release this week. Based on financial settlements in its legal fight with Puerto Rico, earnings could be improved. The company will make known the earnings results on Friday, Nov. 1 at 9 a.m. Central Time. In recent weeks, the company announced the receipt of …

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Controversial transmission project touted in US Senator’s ad campaign

  New Mexico U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat, came out in a recent TV politcal ad that he supports the controversial SunZia transmission project that stretches from his state to California and Arizona. Developers worked for 20 years to get the 550 mile project approved and in the ad, Sen. Henrich called it a …

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Oil and gas plays see little change in rig activity

(Eddie Seal for The Texas Tribune)   The most recent count of oil and gas rigs across the U.S. indicated little change in most of the oil and gas plays. The Permian Basin, with the highest number of active rigs at 304, was unchanged from the previous week, according to the Baker Hughes rig count. …

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Oil and Gas Expo held in OKC

  The 27th anniversary of the largest industry event in the state celebrated the innovations, technologies, and economic contributions of oil and natural gas in Oklahoma with 3,500 attendees at the OKC Fairgrounds Bennett Event Center. In addition to the main Expo, there were several exciting events that took place this year: Donuts & Doghouses …

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Attorneys General elections linked to climate and environment in other states

  Oklahoma Attorney General Genter Drummond is not one of them, but attorneys general candidates in 10 other states face elections watched carefully by environmentalists because of climate change and renewable energy. Depending on your point of view about climate change and the development of renewable energy, the election results could prove to be critical—one …

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Legislators explain their hiring of attorney Stephen Jones in lawsuit against Corporation Commissioner

  The three state Representatives who filed suit against Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett to prevent him from voting in rate cases for three major utilities explained why they hired well-known attorney Stephen Jones to represent them before the Oklahoma Supreme Court. “Throughout his long history representing high-profile defendants, Stephen Jones has been a champion of …

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Energy briefs

** Boeing on Monday launched a stock offering that could raise up to $19 billion as the planemaker looks to strengthen its finances squeezed by an over month-long strike by its workers and preserve its investment-grade credit rating. ** Campaign spending by ethanol producers related to a South Dakota carbon pipeline ballot measure far outweighs spending by …

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Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen about most recent court cases

  Two significant court cases are discussed in the latest podcast of Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen. One involves Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law where a judge issued a new ruling. The other involves a well-known attorney who will represent the three legislators who sued an Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner.

Attorney Stephen Jones to represent 3 legislators suing Corporation Commissioner Hiett

  When the State Supreme Court takes arguments of three legislators next month against Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett, they’ll hear from one of the state’s most prominent attorneys, Stephen Jones. Jones, whose law practice is based in Enid, became nationally known in 1995 as he represented Oklahoma City bomber Tim McVey in his federal …

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Judge extends her ruling that Oklahoma’s anti-ESG Act is unconstitutional

    The Oklahoma County District Judge who earlier suspended enforcement of Oklahoma’s anti-ESG act following a lawsuit by a state retiree granted summary judgment in the case on Friday. Judge Sheila Stinson also added three more violations of the state Constitution in her ruling against the Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022, an act …

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