Reports suggest Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy has been on the prowl in the past several months for expansion of its oil and gas holdings. The company, reported The Motley Fool, recently was interested in acquiring Marathon Oil, firm that was grabbed last week by ConocoPhillips. Devon even held talks with Marathon officials to …
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission’s monthly meeting is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, June 3, in the R.A. Ward Transportation Building, 200 N.E. 21st St., Oklahoma City. Items to be addressed at the meeting: Oklahoma Transportation Commissioners will be presented with and vote on whether to approve the department’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Work Program. Oklahoma Department of Transportation …
Stating that “Reliable access to electricity is crucial for modern farming operations,” former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Denise Bode is advocating a major upgrade for the country’s electric grid. Writing in the Sunday Oklahoman, Bode noted how the “aging infrastructure is struggling to meeting our modern electricity needs.” She said as a former chair of the …
Representatives of Oklahoma City-based M-5 Energy Suppliers recently paid a visit to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin in Washington, D.C. The senator made reference to the visit in a recent newsletter. “The Biden administration certainly has not made it easy on them, and I am very appreciative of the work that they do,” said …
Yet ANOTHER intriguing story emanating from the Winter Storm 2021. This time it’s allegations pitting Commissioner Bob Anthony and former legislator Mike Reynolds on one side and OCC Director of Administration Brandy Wreath on the other regarding the natural gas hikes during that costly storm. Of course, it is the main topic of discussion on …
The two men who tried to cheat millions out of Continental Resources oil and gas company face years in federal prison. One of them, Blaine Dyer, 42, was sentenced recently by U.S. District Court Judge Jodi Dishman to serve five years in prison and to forfeit $1,661,263.42 of the proceeds from his scheme. Dyer …
While crude oil prices dropped in Friday’s trading, Oklahoma energy stocks made gains for the day. Crude fell and it led to a weekly drop as well. Investors were hesitant because of the OPEC+ meetings that started Sunday. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 92 cents or 1.2% to $76.99 a barrel on the …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is taking on the EPA in another fight and this time he has the support of the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. The Attorney General led a 26-state coalition opposed to the Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules to reduce methane emissions, rules that specifically target the oil and gas …
** U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide. But the CEO of the Georgia utility that just finished the first two scratch-built American reactors in a generation at a cost of nearly $35 billion says his company isn’t ready to pick …
Oklahoma has a swift water rescue team helping in Texas following the state’s severe weather and ongoing flood response. Gov. Kevin Stitt and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management said a Type 1 swift water rescue team involves 16 members from Oklahoma City and Tulsa fire departments along with boats and equipment. They were …