Empire Petroleum reported a drop in second quarter revenue compared to a year earlier as the Tulsa-based company reported operational and financial results for the second quarter 2025. But company leaders expressed confidence in moving forward, declaring “this environment is temporary.” With producing assets in New Mexico, North Dakota, Montana, Texas and Louisiana, Empire …
Devon Energy just made a 10-year deal to provide natural gas to British-owner Centrica plc as Centrica expands its natural gas operations around the globe. As announced by Centrica, under the agreement, Devon Energy will supply 50,000 (MMBtu) per day of natural gas over a 10‑year term starting in 2028. This is equivalent to …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen as they have a guest on today’s podcast. Their discussion focuses on energy challenges of the 1980s and the lack of news coverage of energy today.
The Metal Information Sharing Team (MIST), in partnership with Continental Resources, Coterra Energy, Devon Energy, ONEOK and Ovintiv, hosted a free one-day training symposium focused on preventing crimes that threaten Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry. The eight-hour, CLEET-certified training, held at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center in El Reno, brought together …
A one-week high was reached Thursday by crude oil prices as they rose nearly 2% upon President Trump’s warning of “severe consequences” if his approaching talk with Russia’s Vladimir Putin fails to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. Plus, traders were buoyed by the prospects of a U.S. interest rate cut …
(picture by Chris Peters) The same week that Google announced plans to spend $9 billion in Oklahoma in the next two years, one of its projects, a proposed data center in Stillwater, received some early approval from the Stillwater Planning Commission As reported by The Stillwegian, a news website, the commission signed off on …
With the Trump administration reopening the door for government funding of EV chargers for states seeking the money, Colorado announced this week $5 million in grants for new high-speed fast-chargers around the state. However, in this case, the funding is from the Colorado Energy Office and not the federal government. Using the funds, …
By Mike W. Ray Southwest Ledger Research indicates the brunt of the increased cost of artificial intelligence that has spurred development of data centers and a surge in electricity consumption is falling not on major corporations, but on regular energy consumers – primarily residential and commercial customers. As of July, the United States …
If Oklahoma, Kansas and other states who are members of the Southwest Power Grid don’t do more quickly to invest in utility-level battery storage, utility rates could see an 80% jump warned a firm that studied electricity costs in the grid. Aurora Energy Research was commissioned by the American Clean Power Association …
Oil and gas operators in the Permian Basin of west Texas got a warning this week from the Railroad Commission of Texas about growing underground pressure caused by wastewater disposal wells in the region. And it’s impacting some Oklahoma operators in the Basin. Regulators went so far as to suggest the toxic wastewater from …