Nearly 40 lineworkers will be honored at the Oklahoma State Capitol for bringing first-time access to electricity to seven remote villages in Central America and South America. Oklahoma co-op linemen volunteers have embarked on five missions and collectively made possible approximately 700 first-time connections to electricity to homes, businesses, elementary schools, heath centers and …
Since your editor spent nearly 50 years in radio news, most of it on AM radio stations, he thought it appropriate to include a story about the death of AM radios in electric vehicles. That’s right! If you buy an EV, chances are it will not include an AM radio and according to a …
** A Shell refinery in Texas that caught fire last weekend malfunctioned at least four times since 2022, sparking criticism of a state law that relieves companies of liability for pollution events if they’re reported as accidents or emergencies. ** Dozens of Democratic lawmakers on Monday called on the Biden administration to consider the climate …
The results of the annual meeting of Ovintiv Inc. were announced this week. The meeting was held May 3 and included the election of nominees to the board of directors. Each director nominee listed in the Proxy Statement was elected as a director of the Company. The results of the vote by ballot were …
A lot of changes are being made by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission as its headquarters at the Jim Thorpe Office Building undergoes millions of dollars in renovation. The commission is relocating the Oklahoma City office to the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building at 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd in the Capitol Complex. The agency intends …
Construction vehicles roared and beeped this week as Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott formally opened Tesla’s $375 million lithium refinery in south Texas. It was seen as another effort by Musk to control more of the supply chain for the growing production of electric vehicles. The refinery is located in …
Oklahoma Commerce Executive Director Brent Kisling says it’s time for him to focus on new challenges. It’s why he is resigning from the post he first took when Gov. Kevin Stitt took office in his first term. The Tulsa World reported Kisling submitted his resignation in a May 1 letter to the governor. Click …
Houston’s Nine Energy Service, Inc., a company with operations throughout Oklahoma’s STACK play, reported a loss of more than $6 million in first quarter revenues but it didn’t surprise company President Ann Fox. “First quarter results were as expected, with revenue within our original guidance, “said Fox in a statement after the company shows …
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. leaders plan to be part of an investor conference this week and next. John Lindsay, President and Chief Executive officer along with Mark Smith, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Dave Wilson, Vice President of Investor Relations will be part of a Citi 2023 Energy and Climate Technology …
Congressional Republican leaders are calling for the government to investigate President Biden’s depletion of the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member John Barrasso of Wyoming made the request in a letter to the Government …
