While the Oklahoma Corporation Commission wants utilities to first review the impact of lower federal corporate taxes before deciding whether to move ahead with lower consumer rates, the attorney general in Texas wants to make sure the feds take care of it. Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, joined 10 Democratic and other Republican attorneys …
ConocoPhillips will release its fourth quarter and full-year 2017 financial and operating results in a few weeks. The Houston-based company with big operations in Oklahoma, especially Bartlesville, will release the results before the market opens on Feb. 1. Then it will host a conference call webcast on the same day at 11 a.m. CST Houston’s …
A new report by the Environmental Working Group maintains drinking water for more than 170 million Americans contains radioactive elements that might increase the risk of cancer. The group carried out an analysis of 2010 to 2015 test results from public water systems across the country and found an estimated 1.6 million Oklahomans fall under …
A southern Oklahoma legislator believes one of the first things the legislature will do when it returns for the 2018 regular legislative session in a few weeks is to work on raising the gross production tax on oil and gas. It’s what Rep. Pat Ownbey (R-Ardmore) told the Daily Ardmoreite, explaining how the legislature wants …
The Oklahoma Energy Index closed 2017 with what its researchers call a “significant increase.” It came after a year of modest recovery in Oklahoma’s oil and natural gas industry. The Energy Index grew by 2.4 percent, marking the strongest monthly gain of 2017. The index, using data collected in November, stands at 179.0, which was …
If U.S. Sen. James Lankford doesn’t find ways the government can waste money, then count on Oklahoma Rep. Steve Russell to find them. In his latest Waste Watch No. 8 report, the Republican 5th District Representative cited $16.5 billion in spending programs he considered to be examples of wasteful government spending. He found 10 of …
NuStar Energy L.P. based in San Antonio announced the start of its Binding Open Season involving an expansion of its NuStar Permian Transportation and Storage LLC’s Permian Crude System. The expansion will provide more transportation capacity capable of reaching several downstream markets through interconnects at Colorado City, Texas. Ring Energy, based in Midland, Texas …
The power outages that continue plaguing Puerto Rico since last fall’s hurricane Maria might seem forgotten by many, but the impact is starting to hit hospitals in Oklahoma and the U.S. Here’s why. Puerto Rico is considered a major hub of drug manufacturing, especially those saline bags that are used to treat everything from gunshot …
The group Interstate Renewable Energy Council is out with its 2017 Clean Energy States Honor Roll and no, Oklahoma and other oil and gas states aren’t on it. Instead, the 35-year old national independent not-for-profit organization that works to increase consumer access to clean renewable energy cited Minnesota as the state with the most growth …
Kansas City-based Tallgrass Energy Partners LP and Tallgrass Energy GP, LP will make their quarterly distributions for the fourth quarter of 2017 in February. They will be made Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 to unitholders and shareholders of record as of the close of business on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2018. The board of directors of TEP’s …