Delegates attending the National Corn Growers Association’s Corn Congress have voted in support of a measure to urge President Trump to uphold his commitment to America’s farmers and the Renewable Fuel Standard. “We, the assembled voting delegates of the National Corn Growers Association, ask President Donald Trump to uphold his commitments to protect the RFS …
Oklahoma U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe were joined by a handful of other Senators in writing Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to express concern about the decision-making process for listing the Lesser Prairie Chicken under the Endangered Species Act. They were joined by Senators Cory Gardner of Colorado, Pat Roberts of Kansas, Jerry Moran …
A second-quarter 2019 cash distribution of 85 cents has been declared by the board of directors at Phillips 66 Partners LP. The $0.855 per common unit dividend was an increase of one cent from the first quarter of 2019, It is also the 23rd consecutive quarterly increase since the 2013 initial public offering by Phillips …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company will provide $70,000 to help fund teachers’ energy efficiency projects for the 2019-2020 school year. Funding for qualifying projects will be provided through DonorsChoose.org, a crowdfunding platform for educators. Beginning Aug. 1, the company will provide up to $500 for projects that promote or teach energy efficiency and/or projects requesting …
Market consulting firm Seeking Alpha says it’s time for changes at Oklahoma City’s SandRidge Energy where Carl Icahn took control last year allowing stock to drop. The firm said it shows Icahn is not always right. In a release this week, the firm charged that Icahn’s influence to force SandRidge out of a merger with …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe has gone to the Senate floor to claim that the Trump administration is becoming one of the truly great environmental administrations. “We’re seeing significant progress in environmental protection that we have not seen in any other administration,” said the Senator this week as he stood on the floor using a …
For the past 8 years, the Oklahoma City firm of Summa Engineering, Inc. has found itself in a legal battle with two limited liability energy companies. In 2011, Venus Energy, LLC and Blue Mesa Properties, LLC filed suit in Texas against Summa. Then in 2017, Summa went to court in Grant County, Oklahoma filling suit …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality announced the launch of the new DEQ website. “As part of DEQ’s ongoing commitment to provide customers easy access to agency information, DEQ has created a website designed for a better user experience,” stated the announcement. “The site is customer-focused and features prominent navigation tools and an enhanced search …
An Iowa based biofuel producer that is considered to be the nation’s leading advanced producers of biofuels has opened its first ever diesel fueling station. Renewable Energy Group, Inc. opened the station in Seneca, Illinois. Construction on the around-the-clock, fully-automated station began earlier this year. Diesel customers from trucking fleets to local diesel vehicle owners …
After a weak first quarter caused in part by stretching its number of drilling rigs too far with poor production, Oklahoma City-based Roan Resources will release its second quarter 2019 results in early August. Results will be released on Wednesday, August 7 following the close of trading. The company management will host a conference call …