Just as environmental enforcers in New Mexico announced this week their intention to crack down on oil and gas operations found in violation of emissions regulations, the state released a list of actions taken in September. The New Mexico Environment Department made available its Enforcement Watch. The Enforcement Watch is a listing of all active …
ONE Gas, Inc.plans to release its third quarter 2023 financial results after the market closes on Monday, October 30, 2023. The Tulsa-based company, with more than 2.3 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, had a moderate second quarter. Its net income was $32.7 million or 58 cents a diluted share, up from …
Low levels on the Mississippi River are again disrupting U.S. grain shipments, but so far there aren’t major challenges up and down Oklahoma’s McClellan-Kerr Navigation System that feeds into the Mighty Mississippi. “The low water on the Mississippi River has only affected us at Montgomery Point,” answered Sheila Shook, Director of Workforce and Education …
When Brian Bingman recently resigned as Oklahoma Secretary of State to make a run in the coming year for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, it was amidst a state audit. And now that audit has caught up with him. Whether the accusations will damage Bingman’s campaign to be a state regulator isn’t clear. Voters will have …
Nearly 3 years after taking their complaints of the Midship Pipeline construction to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, some Oklahoma farmers remain dissatisfied. They complained about the damage to their land when the $1 billion, nearly 200-mile line was constructed in 2019. It was built by Cheniere Energy and EIG Global Energy Partners, a …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board plans a second in a series of stakeholder input meetings across the state. It’s part of the 2025 update of Oklahoma’s Comprehensive Water Plan. Meetings are tentatively scheduled from 1:00–4:00 pm. The board said anyone may attend, but it is especially asking for participation from local officials, water utility suppliers, …
As if the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma didn’t already have supply problems, crude oil from Canada that flows through the Keystone pipeline was stalled this week. It only added to the dangerous levels of crude supplies at the hub. The flow was interrupted this week and the pipeline remains operational at nearly half of …
** Utah made $1.4 billion in royalty revenue from gas and oil production on public lands over the last decade. But a nonpartisan watchdog group reports that taxpayers missed out on millions because of the below-market royalty rate that the federal government charges oil and gas companies while also footing the bill for cleaning up …
A strong series of thunderstorms, caused by the arrival of a cold front, brought 90 mile an hour destructive winds in southwest Oklahoma and left thousands of customers without electrical power. One building was reported to have been destroyed by strong winds in Frederick in the southwest part of the state. Oklahoma Gas and …
Crude oil prices plunged by more than $5 in Wednesday’s trading and most Oklahoma energy stocks followed suit with one energy company recording an 8% tumble in the value of its shares. What prompted the big drop in crude? Fuel demand destruction along with a bleaker economic picture. At least, that’s what the experts …
