The nation’s crude oil supplies took a big tumble of more than 11 million barrels in the most recent reporting period issued by the federal government. Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub was among those areas where there was a drop in the amount of crude oil in storage. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported the Cushing …
Sen. Lankford and Rep. Brecheen want EPA to probe whether abortion drug is contaminating water supplies
US Senator James Lankford (R-OK) and Congressman Josh Brecheen (R-OK) are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate the environmental and public health risks of the abortion drug mifepristone, warning that its chemical byproducts may be contaminating the nation’s water supply. “The American people deserve to know what contaminants might be present in their …
Energy briefs
** Hunters are up in arms over potential federal public land sales included in a U.S. Senate budget bill. Prominent groups like the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Wyoming’s Muley Fanatic Foundation, and The Boone And Crockett Club all blasted the proposal. ** Europe will need to step up its role in space as NASA’s budget …
NGL Energy Partners LP announces quarterly cash distribution
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP announced a quarterly cash distribution this week to shareholders of some of its preferred shares. The company’s Board of Directors of its general partners declared a distribution for the quarter ending June 30, 2025 to be paid to the holders of two of the Partnership’s shares. One involves …
Judge—Illinois River is still polluted by poultry waste
A federal district judge ruled late Tuesday that the State of Oklahoma has sufficiently proven there has not been any substantive change in poultry litter pollution of the Illinois River Watershed (IRW) following trial. The ruling by Oklahoma Northern District Judge Gregory Frizzell included the finding that phosphorus from poultry waste continues to be …
Supreme Court overturns lower court ruling in Wynnewood Refinery fight with EPA
The U.S. Supreme Court issued a second ruling this week regarding the EPA but this one involved a case on appeal by an Oklahoma oil refining company and others that challenged a small refinery decision of the EPA. The Court ruled the Fifth U.S Circuit Court of Appeals was wrong to have not referred …
Kansas ratepayers complain about proposed rate hike
If this sounds like a re-run of an Oklahoma story, it is not, but customers of a major electric provider in Kansas are complaining about a proposed $196 million rate hike. Sound familiar? It’s the development this week regarding the plans of Evergy which are being considered by the Kansas Corporation Commission. The …
Corporation Commissioners face headon challenge of increased electricity demand
Demand for electricity. It’s reported nationwide and is growing quickly across Oklahoma and was the focus Wednesday of a nearly two-hour discussion and presentation by representatives of the Southwest Power Pool, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and the Corporation Commission. “Energy demands are growing,” explained Paul Suskie, an Executive …
Crude oil rose on day 6 of Iran-Israeli fighting
Day six of the war between Israel and Iran and crude oil prices rose again on Wednesday. Investors remain worried about disruptions of crude oil supplies coming out of the Middle East, plus the possibility the U.S. might become directly involved. President Trump is coy about what h might do after Iranian Supreme …
Supreme Court sides with Oklahoma in EPA challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court has overruled a Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding Oklahoma’s challenge of the EPA’s rejection of the state’s “Good Neighbor” plan intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants. The Justices said the Denver federal appeals court was wrong to refer Oklahoma’s challenge to the D.C. Circuit Court of …