Nine Energy’s 2Q earnings report release date

    Nine Energy Service,Inc., the Texas-based company with operations in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays plans a release of its second quarter earnings in early August. The company will release the financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30 before it holds a conference call Wednesday, August 6 at 9 a.m. central …

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Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—implications of a One Big Beautiful Bill on green energy subsidies

  The potential impact on energy of a One Big Beautiful bill. It was one of the topics in our latest Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen. Will subsidies for renewable energy be eliminated as Republicans want in Congress?  

“Outage uncertainty” prompts SPP advisory for Oklahoma and other states

  The apparent heat and the demand for electricity to power air conditioners prompted the Southwest Power Pool to issue a Resource Advisory effective July 1, from noon until an anticipated end of 9 p.m. central time. The advisory covers the entire 14-states that make up the SPP. Why the advisory? The SPP indicated it …

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Oklahoma regulators to meet Tuesday

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will meet Tuesday afternoon to handle some routine business matters. Among them, is the Commission’s Public Utility Division’s initiation of a review of the fuel adjustment costs of Public Service Company of Oklahoma during the 2024 calendar year. It will include what the PUD calls a “prudence review of the fuel …

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Kansas utility wants $22 million from BNSF Railway for undelivered coal

  Kansas utility Evergy and the BNSF Railway are in a fight over what the utility contends was the failure of the railway to deliver coal to its power plants in Kansas and Missouri three years ago. Their fight has end up before the Surface Transportation Board  where Evergy is seeking more than $22.2 million …

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Williams starts era of new leader

      July 1 starts the beginning of a new era at Williams, the big pipeline company headquartered in Tulsa. It’s when 14-year President and CEO Alan Armstrong steps aside to become the executive chairman of the Williams Board of Directors and Chad Zamarin, the executive vice president of Corporate Strategic Development replaces him. …

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Nebraska farmers fight eminent domain used for transmission line

  A fight over a utility’s use of eminent domain to grab farmland in Nebraska is growing larger. It pits the Nebraska Public Power District against some eastern Nebraska farmers over the district’s proposed transmission line meant to help a crypto-mining operation. Sound familiar? It’s similar to a recent case where some farmers near Enid …

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Dolese Bros to be major player in California firm’s alumina extraction decision

  A major announcement this week by California-based Brimstone company to produce smelter grade alumina will have a key player in the process—Oklahoma City-based Dolese Bros., the state’s largest producer of crushed stone and a leading concrete producer. Dolese will provide the rock from a southwest Oklahoma site to Brimstone in a move the California …

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Utility proposes two gas power plants in northwest Arkansas

    Northwest Arkansas could be getting two new gas power plants in the future, courtesy of SWEPCO (Southwestern Electric Power Company), the state’s second-largest utility. It’s also another sign of the growing need for more electricity generation. SWEPCO electric grid planners recently offered some details in a presentation at a virtual conference held by …

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Energy briefs

** A top EOG Resources executive agrees U.S. shale oil production has likely peaked and is now in decline., reported Hart Energy. “I think U.S. shale oil has definitely slowed, there’s no doubt about it,” EOG COO Jeff Leitzell said June 24 in response to a question about peak U.S. oil at the JPMorgan Energy, Power, …

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