Wagoner County Commissioners have hired a Tulsa law firm to represent them in a fight over NextEra Energy’s plan to build a 5,000-acre solar farm near Porter. Court filings in Wagoner County indicate the commissioners hired Adam C. Doverspike and Whitney N. Humphrey of GableGotwals, to represent them in the fight with Persica Solar …
Energy briefs
** Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) following the satisfaction of all necessary closing conditions, including a favorable arbitration outcome regarding Hess’ offshore Guyana asset. ** The US energy industry’s long nuclear winter may finally be giving way to spring. None other than Westinghouse, the …
Tribe’s newly created Environmental Protection Commission sparked response from Corporation Commissioners
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners and staff are busy looking into what prompted the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe’s attempt to enforce its own environmental regulations on oil and gas operations within its tribal boundaries. Commissioners, as OK Energy Today reported last week, quickly responded with assurances to the oil and gas operators that they were …
Crude oil prices increased following suspected Iranian drone attacks on Iraqi oilfields
An attack by drones on Iraqi Kurdistan oil fields Thursday sent crude oil prices up $1 a barrel, a clear sign there is continued risk in the volatile region. Officials believe Iran-backed militias were responsible, although no group has claimed they were behind the attacks. Oil output in the region has been cut …
DOGE urged “rubber stamp” approval of Amarillo nuclear project
The proposed new nuclear reactor that developers want to locate at Amarillo, Texas is also at the center of a report indicating an official from President Trump’s DOGE told the head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to “rubber stamp” the project along with others. Fermi America, a firm co-founded by former Texas Gov. and …
Aluminum smeltering operator planning Oklahoma plant just expanded its Minnesota operations
Emorates Global Aluminium, the world’s largest premium aluminium producer which announced plans for a $4 billion plant in Oklahoma, recently put its recycling plant in Minnesota into operation. The United Arab Emirates-based firm expanded its EGA Spectro Alloys aluminium plant, a move that added 55,000 tons of secondary billet production capacity in the first …
Oklahoma saw increased gross production tax revenues in June
State Treasurer Todd Russ reported the gross production tax revenues in Oklahoma increased by more than 7% in the month of June. The increase was $6 million or 7.3% compared to a year ago and totaled $89.1 million in revenues for April. “Gross Production Tax held steady, this continued strength may reflect stable …
Williams prepares to release 2Q earnings report
Just a few months after Williams President Alan Armstrong discussed first quarter earnings and declared, “”Our business is firing on all cylinders,” the Tulsa company prepares to release its second quarter earnings report August 4. The release will be made after the market closes on that Monday and the company leadership willhold a …
2Q results coming in late July from Expand Energy Corporation
Expand Energy Corporation, the largest natural gas producer in the United States, plans a release of its second quarter operational and financial results at the end of July. The results will be released after the market closes on Tuesday, July 29, A conference call to discuss the results has been scheduled for July …
Weather advisory issued by Oklahoma’s power grid
The approaching heat wave that will bring temperatures into the mid and upper 90s and 100 degrees in Oklahoma and surrounding states prompted an advisory from the state’s electric grid manager, the Southwest Power Pool. SPP is issuing a Weather Advisory for the central and southern regions of its Balancing Authority area, effective Monday, July …