A new report shows that business aircraft activity in Oklahoma and across the U.S. might as well have been “grounded” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Things are expected to worsen this month. Aviation Week reports the activity in North America was down 31.7% compared to a year ago, while April activity is …
Southeast Oklahoma legislator, Rep. Jim Grego (R-Wilburton) issued notice to propane users that they need to check their levels or risk not being able to purchase replacement propane because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Grego said he was notified that if a customer runs completely out of propane it is in state law that the propane …
The number of oil wells being “shut in” as a result of the plunging oil prices and the spread of the COVID-19 virus is growing and Oklahoma is no exception. Royalty owners of wells managed by at least two Texas-based companies received recent notification of the moves to temporarily suspend production from existing wells. Neither …
A week after he was named the new President and Chief Executive Officer at Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy, Carl Giesler was awarded 1 million shares in the company. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday revealed the awarding of the shares to Giesler in the form of direct ownership. ” Each …
Environmentalists and advocates of solar energy who are celebrating their recent victory with the Kansas Supreme Court suggest the ruling might have a wider-spread impact on the industry. The ruling reversed a higher residential rate for customers who use home solar power and advocates now believe it might affect the industry in other states …
The people who will make an impact on national energy policies affecting Oklahoma businesses aren’t just the state’s corporation commissioners, one of whom, chairman Todd Hiett, is up for reelection. But the state’s U.S. Senators and Representatives play an important role too. At the end of the three-day filing period for candidates, the one U.S. …
** A federal pipeline agency tells an appeals court that it lacks discretion to require stronger environmental protections in spill response plans for the Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac. ** Chicago officials are furious following the demolition of a smokestack at a former coal plant, which covered the surrounding Little Village neighborhood in dust on Saturday. ** The …
Forty-four legislators in Oklahoma won automatic reelection on Friday when no one filed to oppose them as the three-day filing period for candidates came to an end in Oklahoma City. It means a lot of campaign money won’t have to be spent by them. They will be among those making future decisions regarding laws …
As more U.S. cities and states make pledges for 100% clean-energy goals, one thing stands in their way—how to transmit the enormous amount of electricity they need to accomplish those lofty goals. It means enormous delays are being encountered by developers of massive power line systems, some in Kansas and Missouri while others involve operators …
A fight over who should pay attorney fees when landowners opposed eminent domain used by TC Energy in winning approval of the Keystone XL pipeline has resulted in a Nebraska Supreme Court order for a new hearing. The court on Friday made the ruling as landowners along a formerly proposed route contend TC Energy …