Tulsa-based Williams announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing the Gateway Expansion Project – an expansion of the existing Transco natural gas pipeline designed to create 65,000 dekatherms per day of firm transportation capacity for northeastern markets. The Gateway project helps meet growing natural gas demand …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric says it’s seen a jump in customer reports of scammers posing as OGE employees who are demanding payment of electric bills. They reportedly are doing it in person and over the phone. The utility says the scammers have been targeting churches, small businesses and nursing homes. In an announcement, OGE restated …
Thieves are apparently taking what they can from the former Westar Energy plant near the Tecumseh community east of Topeka. The plant is in the process if being demolished but not before thieves have sneaked into the place at night to carry off metal and other things they think are of value. The Shawnee County …
Oklahoma City police are now investigating whether an oil leak that happened Wednesday night was intentionally caused. Lloyd White, President of White Operational, the company that owns the site of the spill at 52nd and South Byers indicated on Thursday he felt someone intentionally opened two valves that caused the spill. White filed a report …
Finding and using water these days is nearly as important as finding oil that lays below the earth’s surface in Oklahoma’s STACK and SCOOP plays. It was the focus of this week’s American Business Conference’s Cost-Effective Water Management Congress SCOOP and STACK held in Oklahoma City. Without the water, the fracking that has led to …
This week’s death of Edmond Mayor Charles Lamb left more than an empty seat at Edmond City Hall. It left leaders of the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority also in mourning. The 72-year old Lamb was Chairman of the Board at the Authority. He was also the longest-tenured board member, according to an announcement by the …
With rescues of millions of stranded motorists for more than 115 years, AAA decided it was time to capture some of the incredible stories from its network of service providers and honor one outstanding contractor in a big way. AAA National and Ford Motor Company officials are in Oklahoma to present the 2018 “Real …
A new filing by Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shows a large acquisition of shares by one of the members of the company’s directors. The Dec. 13 filing was made by R. Brad Martin who acquired 110,000 more shares in the company. The acquisition involved one transaction for 50,000 …
Hit with legal delays in the five years since the Grain Belt Express Clean Line was proposed in Kansas and three other states, the company now faces an order from Kansas regulators to prove it can finish the $2.2 billion project. It’s also been given more time to do it. The Kansas Corporation Commission issued …
Cities in Oklahoma came out at the top of a new study about the most affordable places to live and work in the U.S. whether it’s in the energy industry or manufacturing. Tulsa tied for the top honors while Oklahoma City was third in the new study conducted by BusinessStudent.com which targets young professionals and …