Tulsa-based One Gas is adjusting its revenue goal by taking aim at industrial and large business customers through the firm’s production of renewable natural gas. Company leaders believe those kinds of customers could be crucial for their demand base of the RNG and maybe even result in lowering the cost of fossil fuel alternative …
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. announces Core Permian Basin bolt-on acquisitions
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., a firm based in Minnesota announced this week a more than $100 million move to acquire more holdings in the Permian Basin. The firm said it entered into three definitive agreements to acquire non-operated interests of nearly 2,900 net acres in the heart of Reeves County, Texas and in …
New Cargill plant in Iowa backs corn to replace fossil fuels
Ground is to be broken soon on Cargill’s new $300n million project in Iowa to replace fossil fuels in the process of manufacturing waterproof paper cuts and putting the stretch in athleisure clothes. The company’s project in Eddyville, Iowa will involve corn replacing fossil fuels as the underlying element of the polymer used in …
Williams announces deepwater export agreement at Shenandoah
Tulsa-based Williams announced Wednesday that it recently reached an export agreement to provide offshore natural gas gathering and transportation services to the Shenandoah development in the central Gulf of Mexico. The agreement is with Beacon Offshore Energy Development LLC and its co-owner ShenHai, LLC, a subsidiary of Navitas Petroleum. It includes offshore and onshore …
US crude prices remain above $72 a barrel
Crude oil prices continued their rise in Wednesday’s trading as they settled again above $72 a barrel in the US and more than $74 a barrel in Europe. West Texas Intermediate crude for July delivery managed a 3 cent increase to settle at $72.15 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent crude for August delivery rose …
Cannon Air Force Base partners for energy savings
The Air Force says it will create savings of more than $1 million a year at its Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico as a result of its contract with Ameresco, Inc., a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy. The company reached a $19 million Energy Savings Performance Contract with …
Ozone alerts continue for parts of Oklahoma
Northeast Oklahoma is under another ozone alert on Thursday because of what the State Department of Environmental Quality considers to be unhealthy air. Ozone alerts were issued for Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.
US Reps urge delisting of Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas joined a Kansas U.S. Representative and others from Oklahoma this week in applying pressure on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to delist the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Rep. Lucas and Rep. Ron Estes, a Republican from Kansas sent a letter to Interior Secretary …
OU severe storms research center wins approval from feds
The University of Oklahoma has been named by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to host the agency’s Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations. The selection comes with an award of up to $208 million over the course of five years, with the potential for renewal for another five years …
Sen Lankford challenges Energy Secretary over spending
CLICK HERE to download Lankford’s Q&A from Box. CLICK HERE to watch Lankford’s Q&A on YouTube. While the Biden administration pushes for more and more federal spending, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford tried to rein in some of the spending during a congressional committee hearing this week with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. It came during a …