While drones are now being used by some Oklahoma utilities to check their power lines, the unmanned aerial vehicles have a different use by archaeologists in New Mexico. Drones are being used to take video footage documenting historic sites by The Archaeological Conservancy, a national nonprofit based in Albuquerque and founded in Santa Fe. …
New Mexico state leaders are being cautioned that if they crack down too much on methane emissions from the state’s oil and gas industry, they could end up harming an industry already weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Government leaders cautioned the State of New Mexico in enacting stricter regulations on methane emissions from …
NextEra Energy isn’t giving up after a judge in Hutchinson, Kansas recently ruled against the company and its plans for a Reno County wind farm. The Hutchinson News reported a scheduling hearing on the lawsuit over the proposed Pretty Prairie Wind Farm was canceled on Thursday after attorneys for the developer filed a motion …
Maryland-based Hannon Armstrong, the first U.S. public company solely dedicated to investments in climate change solutions, believes its investment in a major solar and wind energy project in Oklahoma and four other states will be highly profitable. Entering a newly-formed partnership with ENGIE S.A., the largest independent power producer in the world, the two …
Two of the latest energy companies to enter bankruptcy court or prepare to do so are both Houston-based. Lilis Energy filed shortly after Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy did so in the Southern District of Texas Bankruptcy Court. Lilis operates in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeastern New Mexico. It has a restructuring …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and leaders of Tulsa now wait to learn whether Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s visit to Tulsa on Friday was enough to convince him to choose the city over Austin, Texas as the site for his Tesla truck manufacturing plant. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said on social media Saturday morning that …
The state of Texas is working on a plan that would allow college students to graduate debt-free with a job in the lucrative oil and gas industry. The program would help fill the hundreds of thousands of positions that will be needed in the coming years to develop the massive 2016 oil discovery in the Permian Basin, located in West Texas …
Oil prices in the U.S. closed Thursday at their highest mark since March, settling at more than $40 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The increase in oil futures came after better-than-expected U.S. job growth in June. The U.S. added 4.8 million jobs in June and the unemployment rate fell for …
Mammoth Energy Services shareholders held their annual meeting on Thursday, electing five directors and approving a compensation plan for company executives. Shareholders attended an in-person meeting in Oklahoma City. Arthur Amron, Arty Straehla, James Palm, Arthur Smith and Paul Jacobi were elected to serve as the Company’s directors until the 2021 Annual Meeting of …
SandRidge Energy in Oklahoma City announced the appointment of Salah Gamoudi as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer. His appointment was effective July 1. Gamoudi most recently served as SandRidge’s Vice President of Accounting and Finance starting in April. He was hired as CFO and CAO at a salary of $250,000 a year. …