A coal-fired power plant in Texas is being retired by American Electric Power and the company said it will also discontinue the use of coal in another of its Texas power plants. AEP, parent company of Public Service Company of Oklahoma announced it will shut down the 580-megawatt Pirkey Plant in Hallsville and will …
As the numbers are still being crunched in the “too close to call” presidential race, there’s growing speculation about who might get the nod to run the Environmental Protection Agency in a Biden administration. POLITICO reported that two names are in the speculation barrel to be picked to run the EPA. One is Mary …
The Canadian company building the Keystone XL pipeline reportedly will go to court to get its construction permit from a rural county in Nebraska. The Omaha World Herald reports the vow came from a TC Energy spokeswoman after the Holt County Board of Adjustment voted to deny the construction permit until the firm agreed …
A subcontractor on New Mexico’s Waste Isolation Pilot plant, one that stores nuclear waste, has filed a $32 million lawsuit claiming the operator of the plant breached its contract to rebuild it. The suit was filed by Critical Applications Alliance, a firm hired by Nuclear Waste Partnership in 2018 in a $135 million contract …
The first manned test flight into space by Virgin Galactic in New Mexico should occur this month and no doubt, those with Oklahoma’s Spaceport will be paying close attention. As the Associated Press reported, the flights of the company’s spacecraft, VSS Unity are planned between Nov. 19 and 23. Two previous test spaceflights were …
An uncertain future awaits the oil and gas industry as the U.S. presidential election hangs in the balance. Industry leaders are nervous if Joe Biden wins because he might stop drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, perhaps shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline and maybe even ban new fracking on land controlled by …
After failing so far to find a buyer, Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it will shut down its Convent refinery in south Louisiana. The 53-year old refinery has about 675 employees and the closing is part of the company’s plan to cut its portfolio to six refineries from 14 by 2025. It has production …
Some Oklahoma energy stocks soared on Thursday with Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy skyrocketing up nearly 24%. The company’s shares closed up 43 cents and ended the day at $2.23. Blueknight Energy Partners LP jumped 16 cents for a nearly 12% gain at $1.50 per share. While energy stocks did well on Thursday, crude futures …
Tens of thousands still don’t have electrical power following the ice storm of last week in Oklahoma. But the lights might be coming back on soon. They are customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric, numerous rural electric cooperatives and Public Service Company of Oklahoma. OG&E indicated it hoped to have power finally restored for …
Yes, the ice storm last week pounded the state of Oklahoma but it certainly helped ease the state’s drought as indicated on the latest U.S. Drought Monitor. ” All this great improvement is a result of the powerful winter storm that thrashed the state last week,” wrote Gary McManus, State Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet. In …