Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin will be a part of a congressional hearing next week exploring the Trump administration’s expanded use of small refinery waivers under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Democrats in charge of the Environment and Climate Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the hearing for Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m. Central …
Oil and gas companies fighting climate change lawsuits and regulations in three states took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost this week. POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report had more about it: OIL GETS 1-2-3 PUNCH AT SCOTUS: Big oil companies lost an intermediate but closely watched battle over climate change at the Supreme Court on …
“Here we go again on our own, going down that winter road that makes us groan…” It’s how Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet describes the weather Oklahoma will endure on Thursday. “Come on, sing it! No no, ignore the hair spray, that will dissipate. Okay, even for the follicularly challenged like myself, that’s too …
In a regularly-scheduled meeting on Thursday, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will consider at least 8 requests for multi-unit wells. They fall under the proposed orders of the daily signing agenda and include four such multi-unit requests for Kingfisher County and one each for Custer, Dewey, Grady and McClain counties. Newfield made two of the requests …
Houston-based Marathon Oil. Company filed a completion report this week on a well producing more than 1,000 barrels of crude a day in Canadian County. The Calvin S 1307 3-16mh, located at 16 13N 7W or about 5 miles north of El Reno and east of highway US 81 had production of 1,049 barrels of …
The U.S. Geological Survey is investigating Sunday’s cluster of three earthquakes that occurred in a span of more than six hours in West Texas. The first quake was a magnitude 2.5 and struck around 8:05 a.m. Sunday. Its epicenter was approximately 40 miles west of Mentone, a small community near the border of Texas and …
** While Oklahoma’s using some of its Volkswagen AG emissions settlement money to replace school buses, the state of Minnesota will spend $1.7 million to expand electric vehicle charging options. The 22 locations will be created over the next two years along Minnesota’s major highways. A spokesman called it the formation of a “minimum viable …
The national accounting firm Weaver, one of the 35 largest certified public accounting firms in the United States and based in Fort Worth, announced its expansion into Oklahoma City where it intends to focus on the energy industry. The firm said audit partner Zeeshan Khan will manage the office located at 101 Park Avenue, Suite 1300 in Oklahoma …
The University of Oklahoma is preparing to dedicate the OU Center for Quantum Research and Technology in ceremonies to be held Friday in Norman. The University says the center will put OU and Oklahoma on track to become a world leader in quantum technology by excelling in basic research and pursuing applications by its discoveries. …
Oklahoma Treasurer Randy McDaniel is out with his monthly Oklahoma Economic Report and again lays out how the state’s tax revenues saw only “moderate” growth in September. Something, he attributes in part to the state’s oil and gas slowdown. But McDaniel also discusses the state’s “use tax” which he says is “quickly becoming a significant …