Toby Peterson has been named the new plant manager at Public Service Company of Oklahoma’s (PSO) Comanche Power Station in Lawton. He took over the position December 2. Peterson succeeds Erik Scott, who has taken an interim role as a Generation consultant before he retires from the company next year. Scott had been the …
An illegal dumping case has the attention of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. It happened in Oklahoma City where 16 55-gallon drums containing unidentified liquids were dumped at a property located at 3400 NE 4 street in Oklahoma. DEQ investigators believe the drums were dumped no Nov. 21 and found the next morning. The …
Once again, oil and natural gas gross production tax revenue in Oklahoma gave a massive push to state revenue collections in November, helping set a record for annual collections according to State Treasurer Ken Miller. The November oil and gas revenue totaled $118.8 million, an increase of $66.1 million or 125.3 percent from November 2017. …
The board of directors at OGE Energy Corp. announced this week the naming of BancFirst executive David Rainbolt to the board. He will also be a member of the board’s audit committee and his appointment will be effective Jan. 1, 2019. Rainbolt’s term will expire at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting on May 16, 2019, …
The world’s count of active oil and gas rigs dropped in November, according to an announcement by Baker Hughes Company. It said the international rig count for November 2018 was 991, down 26 from the 1,017 reported in October 2018. But it was also 49 more than the 942 reported in November 2017. The international …
TravelCenters of America LLC says it has wrapped up the nearly $331 million sale of its 225 standalone convenience stores including those in Oklahoma. The state has four such stores which carry the name of Travel Centers of America , TA Express or Petro. Three are located in the Oklahoma City area and one is …
Senate President Pro Tempore-designate Greg Treat has announced the full committee assignments of Senate Republicans for the 57th Legislature including those that could have a direct impact on energy in Oklahoma. Treat also announced meeting times and locations of Senate committees for the 2019 session. The standing committees remain the same from the past …
Oklahoma will receive $26.5 million in federal grants from the Department of Transportation, according to comments made by U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe on Thursday. Oklahoma City was awarded $14.3 million in BUILD grants to construct the city’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) line between downtown and the northwest side of the city. The grants also …
Following severe storms, tornadoes and straight-line winds that caused damage in Oklahoma on Friday, Governor Mary Fallin declared a state of emergency for 12 counties, according to a press release issued on Wednesday. The counties included in the governor’s declaration are: Adair Cherokee Delaware Haskell Johnston Latimer Le Flore Muskogee Pittsburg Pushmataha Sequoyah Tulsa The …
A new federal government report reveals U.S. coal consumption has dropped to its lowest level since the Jimmy Carter Administration. The report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed the United States is estimated to burn through 691 million short tons of coal this year, falling to its lowest level since 1979, a 39 percent …