Continental Resources’ Blu Hulsey has been elected to serve as chairman of The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma, the state’s largest trade association representing the oil and natural gas industry and one of the largest statewide oil and natural gas trade associations in the nation. Hulsey’s appointment came following a unanimous vote of The Alliance …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners delayed a possible decision this week on a proposed $118 million energy center that Public Service Company of Oklahoma wants to build at Fort Sill. Commissioners Todd Hiett and Dana Murphy expressed doubts Wednesday during a meeting whether the center would survive Oklahoma Supreme Court legal review. “I respectfully disagree …
Four nominees for the Interior and Energy departments get their confirmation hearings next week before Sen. James Lankford and others on the Senate Energy Committee. One is Tracy Stone-Manning who was chosen by the Biden White House to lead the Bureau of Land Management. She is an executive of the National Wildlife Federation where …
The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest pipelines in the U.S. brought the seriousness of the issue to the attention of energy companies nationwide. Only now are some of them awakening to what could happen. A report by the newsletter Truthout, showed how even the American Petroleum Institute has changed its political …
The growing surge of electric vehicles prompted 31 electric cooperatives in the Upper Midwest to form a coalition to create a regional EV charging network in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They formed the CHARGE EV network near major highways and interstates with hopes of assuring Midwest drivers they can take long drives without the fear …
** The world’s coal producers are currently planning as many as 432 new mine projects with 2.28 billion tonnes of annual output capacity, research published on Thursday showed, putting targets for slowing global climate change at risk. ** Foxconn plans to announce within the next month whether it will assemble hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles at a new …
New Mexico filed suit against a Texas oil and gas company over abandoned well operations just north of the Permian Basin in southeast New Mexico. Northstar Operating Company based in Midland, Texas and its two well operators Cano Petro and Cross Border Resources were sued by the State Land Office according to a report …
A handful of Oklahoma energy companies were among some of the top firms cited in a first-of-its-kind report detailing methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions. The Benchmarking Methane and other GHG Emissions of Oil and Natural Gas Production in the United States report by Ceres and the Clean Air Task Force showed the emissions …
Crude oil prices made another big stride in Wednesday’s trading as they hit $71 overseas and nearly $69 in the U.S. Global benchmark Brent crude for August delivery went up $1.10 to reach $71.35 a barrel in ICE Futures Europe. West Texas Intermediate crude oil for July deliver rose $1.11 to hit $68.83 a …
ONE Gas, Inc. announced Wednesday that Robert S. McAnnally, current senior vice president and chief operating officer, will succeed Pierce H. Norton II as president and chief executive officer on June 28, 2021, at which time he will also join the ONE Gas Board of Directors. The company recently announced Norton’s retirement from ONE …