Energy policy took center stage in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday as the body took up S. 2012, The Energy Policy Modernization Act. Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is the primary author of the bill. She’s also the chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natura…
Houston Business Journal reports a Houston private equity player and a Kansas energy acquisition company are taking a look at SandRidge Energy. Reporter Suzanne Edwards writes on Wednesday that Blue Star Energy is discussing options with A.V. Jones who…
While Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz are arguing over ethanol subsidies in Iowa just days before the caucuses, reports indicate ethanol production across the U.S. dropped in the past week reaching an 8-week low.
The Energy Information Administration s…
A ‘must read’ article about Oklahoma earthquakes is one posted on the Feeding Jimmy website, one that proposes another theory about what’s causing the quakes—windmills! Yes, it is tongue-in-cheek but drew responses from readers. And the postin…
Not all of the wastewater dumped into those controversial injection wells suspected of causing earthquakes in Oklahoma came from state wells. A small amount came from out-of-state.
Of the 1.5 billion barrels pumped back below the earth’s surfac…
On the 20th anniversary of the Central Oklahoma Clean Cities Coalition, the group is honoring B and H Construction LLC and the City of Midwest City for their accomplishments in advancing and deploying alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles….
Oklahoma’s latest jobless figures show only a slight drop in the state’s unemployment rate, dipping to 4.1 percent. It was a decline of one-tenth of a percent from November 2015 but also two-tenths of a percent more than in December of 2014.
The slig…
In a move that will affect some Oklahoma energy companies and their possible borrowing abilities, Fitch Ratings in New York has revised its 2016 rating outlook for the U.S. Oil and Gas industry to Negative from Stable.
It’s due to the impact of …
Continental Resources plans to spend two thirds less on capital expenditures this year compared to last year’s spending plan. The Oklahoma City company made the announcement Tuesday it had a budget of $920 million in non-acquisition capital expenditure…
Hopes of global production cuts helped boost crude prices on Tuesday. March West Texas Intermediate crude added $1.11 to settle at $31.45 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On the London ICE Futures Exchange, March Brent crude gained $1.30 t…
