Boeing airliner tests underway in western Oklahoma

  Boeing has started test flights of its new Boeing 777-9 jetliner and the tests are being carried out at the Clinton-Sherman Airport near Burns Flat in western Oklahoma. The jetliner is Boeing’s newest commercial wide-body jet and the Oklahoman reported it is the longest aircraft of its kind in the world. Click here for …

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“Bullish” on natural gas—Williams CEO

  The leaders of Tulsa-based Williams say their company is stronger than ever and the potential is as well for the future of natural gas. Here’s why. Demand for natural gas continues to mount and the Oklahoma company is expanding its 30,000 miles of pipelines across the U.S. Click here for more from Natural Gas …

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$75 oil by summer?

  More than a few eyebrows were probably raised this week by a forecast by Goldman Sachs that the oil and gas industry will see $75 oil by summer. Barron’s reported that the forecast was for Brent crude to hit the high level in the third quarter because of increasing demand and a slow rebound …

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Rail tanker fire still burning in Texas

    A massive rail tanker fire could burn for a few more days after an 18-wheel truck hit a train carrying chemicals and fuels in Cameron, Texas. The accident happened Tuesday morning in the town of 5,400 located about 70 miles northeast of Austin. No one was hurt. Here is an update from NBC …

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They warned Biden it would happen—now it has

  Oil and gas industry supporters said it would happen—cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and it will lead to increased use of rail and truck transports to move Canadian oil into the U.S. President Biden’s decision to kill the pipeline has indeed led to an increased and renewed interest in shipping Canadian oil-sands crude by …

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Crude oil maintains $62 level

Crude oil prices increased for a second consecutive day in Tuesday’s trading pushing closer to the $62 level in the U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for April delivery went up 18 cents to $61.67 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude oil for April delivery increased 13 cents …

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Aviation firm to locate drone research facility in Stillwater

  A Texas-based aviation company, Berry Aviation Inc., has announced plans for a new Autonomous and Unmanned Aviation Division in Stillwater. The new facility, to support unmanned aerial systems research for the U.S. Department of Defense, is expected to impact not only Stillwater but Oklahoma as a whole. “The UAS group opens up numerous academic …

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Haaland deflects pointed questions about her opposition to fossil fuels

    While New Mexico Democratic congresswoman Deb Haaland told Senators  during her confirmation hearing on Tuesday that she would respect the importance of fossil fuel production as Interior secretary, she avoided pointed questions about her public opposition to fracking and oil and gas and fossil fuels. Haaland went before members of the Senate Energy …

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Power plants still a key part of business for Alliance Resources

  Despite the climate change campaign urged by the Biden administration, a new SEC filing shows the coal industry including Tulsa’s Alliance Resource Partners is still busy providing coal to electric-power producers. The required annual 10-K report filed with the Securities Exchange Commission showed that Alliance Resource, the second-largest coal producer in the U.S., sold …

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Kansas lawmakers reconsider a statewide energy plan following historic cold weather

  A move by Kansas legislators to reconsider whether the state needs a statewide energy strategy is one that will have a direct impact on at least one Oklahoma energy company. It’s a direct reaction to the historic and extreme cold weather that hit Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. ONE Gas serves 2 million customers in …

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