Embattled Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett, the regulator accused of public drunkenness and attempting to grope a man at a public bar, was hit with an attempt by three legislators before the Supreme Court to stop him from participating in cases involving some major utilities. State Reps. Tom Gann of Inola, Kevin West …
** Arkansas has no wind farms, but at least three are in the construction or planning stages. They include two in the Delta — Crossover Wind near Wynne in Cross County and Long Grain Wind near Marion in Crittenden County — and one in the Ozarks, the Nimbus project near Green Forest… ** Energy companies …
Because of a misplaced decimal by a federal government agency, a firm’s 5,000-well oil and gas drilling project in Wyoming has been put on hold by a federal judge. The Bureau of Land Management’s mistake led to a miscalculation of the project’s groundwater impacts, leading to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan 17-page decision filed …
A report in The Drive says some Tesla Cybertruck owners are only getting about 6,000 miles on their tires. EVs are known for causing excessive wear on rubber tires but the new EV Cybertruck apparently is even more stressful on the tires. Click here for The Drive
The 150 Oklahoma Gas and Electric line workers and support personnel sent to Louisiana last week prior to the arrival of Hurricane Francine remain there helping bring back power on for thousands of residents. The Category 2 hurricane made landfall on Wednesday just as the Oklahoma OGE personnel arrived. They went to work …
Oklahoma Treasurer Todd Russ says his August 2024 economic report shows the state’s gross production tax on oil and gas production was up 2% compared to August of 2023 even with falling crude oil prices. The revenue from the tax was $26.59 million on gas; $55.92 million on oil; $446,083 thousand on petroleum …
In a move that could affect the Oklahoma energy industry, an Oklahoma City legislator plans to try again to create a law to force working immigrants to legally obtain a license to drive in the state. Sen. Michael Brooks, a Democrat, announced he will refile legislation for the 2025 legislative session. His move …
** President Joe Biden has voiced his opposition to Nippon Steel buying U.S. Steel, but the federal government appears to be in no hurry to block the deal. White House officials earlier this month did not deny that the president would formally block the acquisition. But the necessary report from the government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the …
North Dakota federal judge Daniel Traynor put the brakes on a new Biden administration rule to reduce flaring of natural gas at oil wells across the country. “At this preliminary stage, the plaintiffs have shown they are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim the 2024 Rule is arbitrary and capricious,” ruled …
Democrats in Congress aren’t giving up going after the oil and gas industry over climate change. Now a large group of them want to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for it. They unveiled a bill to allow the Treasury Department to tax major oil companies that are owned or operated in the …
