The amount of crude oil held in storage at the Cushing Hub in northern Oklahoma declined slightly in the past week according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA reported the total of crude in storage as of March 3 of this year was 39.8 million barrels, down from the 40.7 million barrels …
Despite an order from the U.S. pipeline regulator, TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline and its oil flows won’t change. The 622,000 barrels of oil a day flow into the Cushing hub in northern Oklahoma will apparently remain the same since the line’s restart in late December 2022. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued …
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas is far from finished in his effort to learn more about the U.S. Energy Department’s awarding of a $200 million grant to a company with well-known ties to the Chinese Communist Party. He’s started to get tough with the department. In his capacity as the chairman of the House Science, …
If you’ve ever been stuck for a prolonged length of time east of Broadway on NW 13th Street, you will appreciate this post. Kansas has introduced legislation to limit the length of freight trains. Kansas State Sen. Mike Petersen (R-Wichita) is the author of Senate Bill 271 which would limit trains to a length of …
Dr. Marimuthu Andiappan, an assistant professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at OSU, has received a career award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for his research on carbon-carbon and carbon-nitrogen cross-coupling reactions. These types of reactions are prevalent in chemical and pharmaceutical industries for making conjugated polymers, agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, such as Tylenol …
AAA reports that the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline increased nearly a dime since last week to $3.46. This price bubble may be alleviated soon as demand and the global cost of oil continue to fall. “Less expensive oil and fewer people fueling usually combine to lower pump prices,” said Andrew Gross, AAA …
One of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s components in its ongoing participation in the National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP) is the National Earthquake Technical Assistance Program (NETAP). FEMA developed NETAP as a mechanism for delivering direct assistance to the public to increase their knowledge and ability to analyze their risk, plan and take actions …
Summit Utilities, one of the firms that received securitization approval from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission over the 2021 winter storm costs has been sued in Arkansas and accused of price gouging. A lawsuit was filed in Pulaski County Circuit Court and claimed to represent all 425,000 customers in Arkansas reported the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. …
The House on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill that would require carbon monoxide poisoning warning stickers on motorized boats that operate in Oklahoma waters. Rep. Dean Davis, R-Broken Arrow, named House Bill 2010 “Andy’s Law” after Andrew Free, who died in 2020 of open-air carbon monoxide poisoning after a day spent wakeboarding with his …
Oklahoma City scored a minor victory this week before the Oklahoma Supreme Court where it’s fighting the Corporation Commission over franchise taxes that aren’t being collected by some utilities. The Chief Justice is allowing the city to exceed a 30-page limit in presenting its argument that the Corporation Commission decision is unconstitutional. The City …
