Sand Springs Data Center Project on hold The developer who wants to build a data center in Sand Springs has delayed efforts because residents raised concerns and voiced strong opposition. Known as Project Spring, the 827-acre data center proposed by White Rose Partners is temporarily on hold as Sand Springs city officials wait for more …
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Oklahoma ICE Trucking Crackdowns Trigger Industry Backlash
Trucking industry worries about lost drivers The recent effort such as seen in Oklahoma where ICE, state troopers and law officers took dozens of commercial truckers into custody because they were either illegal immigrants or could not speak English is drawing strong backlash from leaders in the nation’s trucking industry. The last such effort in …
EIA Forecast: Brent Crude to Slide to $55 in 2026
EIA Forecasts Crude Oil Prices Will Slide in 2026 The U.S. Energy Information Administration is not optimistic about the price of crude oil in the coming year. It predicts the global benchmark Brent crude will drop to about $55 a barrel early in 2026. The disclosure came in the agency’s Short-Term Energy Outlook released this …
Vital Energy stockholders fight planned merger
Vital Energy–Crescent Merger Faces Legal Challenge in New York The more than $3 billion all-stock merger announced in August between Tulsa-based Vital Energy and Houston shale producer Crescent Energy now faces a legal challenge in New York that could threaten the deal’s timeline. Vital Energy was set to be taken over by Crescent Energy in …
Energy Briefs: Tanker seized, SPEED Act, Data Centers, AI, Gas Plant
The Trump Administration dramatically escalated its standoff with Venezuela on Wednesday by seizing a large tanker loaded with crude oil bound for Cuba. The exact details of the seizure, first reported by Bloomberg, are unclear and administration officials could not be reached for comment. The tanker seizure also targets longtime Cuba — a close Venezuelan ally …
Crude oil tumbled 2% in Tuesday’s trading
As crude oil prices dropped about 2% in Tuesday’s trading, Oklahoma energy stocks finished the day split between those recording gains and those with losses. Concerns in two areas led the way for falling oil prices. One was the pending decision on U.S. interest rates and the other is the continuing worry about whether peace …
Energy briefs
** OG&E announced that on December 3, 2025, Mr. Donnie O. Jones, Vice President – Utility Operations of OG&E, notified OGE Energy that he plans to retire at year-end 2026. ** The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $11 million in awards to five U.S. companies to develop and license new or modified transportation …
Judge strikes down President’s ban on new wind projects
Months after 17 states sued the President over his ban of new wind power projects in the U.S., a Federal judge this week struck down the sweeping ban. Some called it a “major victory” for the wind industry after judge Patti Saris of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled the …
Land Commission’s data center decision delay frustrates Governor
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt admits he is frustrated over the lack of action on possible development of the state’s newest proposed data center which would be on state-owned land near Lawton. “You’re supposed to lease them,” said the governor in response to an inquiry by Oklahoma Watch. “You put them out to bid, and …
Broadband group to consider early sunset
Two years after the Oklahoma Broadband Expansion Council was created to make recommendations to the State Broadband Office, its chairman is talking of “sunsetting” the body. The issue is on the agenda for the Wednesday morning meeting of the Expansion Council. Item number 5 states, “Discussion and possible action on recommending early sunset of …