Four of Oklahoma’s five sitting members of the U.S. House earned major victories in Tuesday’s election, returning two of them to important positions on House energy-related committees. The returning Representatives are Republican and the upset win by Republican Stephanie Bice over Democrat Rep. Kendra Horn returns Oklahoma’s congressional delegation to an all-Republican group. First …
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe skated to another easy re-election win, defeating Democratic challenger Abby Broyles by a nearly two-to-one margin. It means the Republican Senator will return to his longtime seat on the Senate Public Works and Environment Committee, a committee he previously chaired. Broyles, a former TV reporter and attorney campaigned against Inhofe by …
Oklahoma Corporation Commission chairman Todd Hiett won an easy re-election campaign, picking up more than 76% of the votes on Tuesday’s election day. The Republican Commissioner defeated Libertarian challenger Todd Hagopian by a vote of 1,098,561 to 345,002. Hiett scored 76.10% of the votes while Hagopian received only 23.90%. (Todd Hagopian) Absentee voting favored …
Two years after Democrat Kendra Horn upset Republican Congressman Steve Russell, she was upset by Republican challenger and state Rep. Stephanie Bice. It was a short term in Congress for Horn who was the only Democrat in Oklahoma’s U.S. House delegation. She had energy-associated assignments on House committees. Horn was a member of the …
For many Oklahoma related energy companies, election day resulted in increases in their shares. Mammoth Energy Services Inc. shot up 12.50% or 20 cents a share to finish the day at $1.80, one of the biggest increases of the different companies. Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. rose 21 cents for a nearly 6% gain to $3.76 …
As voters stood in lines for hours to cast their ballots for President, oil prices rose in the U.S. and Europe. But analysts suggest it wasn’t the election that sent prices climbing, rather a major draw in crude oil inventories of 8.01 million barrels. The American Petroleum Institute said the draw was for the …
The critical impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues weighing heavily on leaders of the U.S. oil and gas industry—whether it’s a large company like Halliburton, Devon Energy or Continental Resources or the small mom and pop operations. As an example, Oklahoma City-based Mammoth Energy Services in its recent third quarter earnings report stressed how …
In a state where nearly 17% of all Oklahoma jobs are energy related, the claims and counter claims of Joe Biden’s clean-energy plan are critical. Until the votes are counted—a task that could take a few more days—the oil and gas industry holds its collective breath, not only in Oklahoma but across other oil-producing …
Oklahoma City’s newly-based Skydweller Aero Inc. announced this month that Dale F. Jordan, Jr. is joining the company as its new Chief Financial Officer. Jordan joins Skydweller Aero from Oseberg, an oil and gas information and data analytics company, where he acted as CFO. Prior to Oseberg, Jordan acted as CFO/Vice President of Finance at Acorn …
After a long career as head of the Oklahoma Department of Aeronautics, Director Victor Bird has retired. He spent 18 years with the Aeronautics Commission as part of his 36 years of public service to the state of Oklahoma. Bird’s emphasized promotion of the aerospace industry, one of the state’s largest industries and top …