Lithium mining company, Stardust Power Inc. intends to get assistance from Ohio University researchers in its refining efforts under construction in Muskogee. The GREENWICH, Conn.-based company announced Monday it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ohio University for a strategic partnership on advanced lithium extraction and refining technologies, including potential applications of …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s recent decision to join the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners is official after the association approved the move. SEARUC voted June 11, 2025, during its annual meeting in San Antonio, Texas, to approve the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s (OCC) membership request, officially welcoming the state regulatory body into the regional …
** A federal court upholds the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow drilling project in Alaska and allows construction to continue, but orders the federal Bureau of Land Management to address a flaw in its environmental review. ** A federal oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $7.7 million, which an industry insider described …
A Corporation Commissioner who wouldn’t back down. It’s the case in Arizona where a new state regulator challenged one of the state’s largest utilities over its proposed rate hike calculations and after months, it admitted….he was right. Commissioner Rene Lopez challenged Arizona Public Service company over its figures. After winning his challenge, he’s not …
Wagoner County Commissioners are expected to take a vote Monday on a proposed 4,900-acre solar farm proposed by NextEra Energy and also has its share of opponents around the small town of Porter. NextEra, in its presentation earlier this year to the county commissioners, maintained the Persica Solar Farm would be an economic …
A legal battle could develop out of the fight between the small eastern Oklahoma town of Arkoma and the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas. Fort Smith provides utilities to the border town of Arkoma and recently proposed a nearly 226% rate hike for Arkoma residents. You can imagine the shock of the Oklahomans …
Rig numbers across the U.S. and in Oklahoma took another dip in the past week with a loss in oil rig activity and in natural gas exploration. At the same time, the rig numbers revealed a slow growth of gas drilling activity in the past year. The Baker Hughes report released on Friday showed …
The Osage Minerals Council in Osage County is about to expand its authority over oil and gas and other energy-related industries. The Council, part of the Osage Indian tribe is about to take over management of production, permitting and leasing of the Osage Mineral Estate. It would assume control from the Department of the …
** The Nuclear Company, a startup founded in 2023, just raised over $50 million in Series A funding to develop a new wave of nuclear reactors, not by designing brand-new ones but by using existing, preapproved designs and sites, according to TechCrunch. ** According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter submitted to the Wisconsin Department …
A $1.7 million high-speed internet expansion project was officially launched Friday morning in the Pittsburg County town of Crowder by the Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) and internet service provider Canadian Valley Telephone. The project, funded through a $1.3 million federal grant administered by the OBO coupled with $430,000 in matching contributions from Canadian Valley Telephone, …