Oklahoma City leaders are not making public comments about the city’s lawsuit challenging Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners over a franchise fee decision linked to the controversial billions of dollars in bonds allowed for utilities from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri. The office of Mayor David Holt did not respond to an inquiry by OK Energy …
Oil and gas production means big cash for New Mexico
$2 billion. It’s how much revenue the oil and gas industry brought into New Mexico in the past year. That’s just in oil and gas royalties according to a report by the Hobbs News-Sun. Click here for News-Sun
Williams in Wyoming—from natural gas to hydrogen
In the coming years, Tulsa’s Williams Companies intends to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on development of natural gas and other sources of energy in the state of Wyoming. Development will include more natural gas but also creation of low-carbon sources of hydrogen and wind farms according to a report by the Casper …
Deadly BP refinery fire in Ohio
Two workers were killed Tuesday when a giant blaze broke out at a British Petroleum refinery in Ohio. It happened at the Husky Toledo Refinery in the city of Oregon, just outside Toledo reported NBC News. Click here for NBC News
Judge tosses convictions of former KU researcher
A University of Kansas researcher who had been accused of illegally concealing work he did at a Chinese university won a major victory in court when a federal judge three out three of four convictions against him. A jury had convicted research Feng “Franklin” Tao last spring three three counts of wire fraud …
Residents near Tinker Air Force Base blame health problems on polluted water wells
For nearly two years, some residents around Tinker Air Force Base have been getting bottled water from the Air Force after their water wells were tested and found to be polluted by chemicals. Fox 25 News reported some of the residents are blaming the chemicals in their water for their health problems. Click here …
Manchin accuses Republican Senators of revenge politics on his energy bill
West Virginia U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin isn’t happy with Republicans who won’t help pass his plan to fast-track energy permitting projects. He chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee where Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford is one of the Republican members. Manchin says GOP senators aren’t supporting him in retaliation for his support …
More headlines of energy stories
** Since Puerto Rico banned coal ash storage, the toxic waste from its coal plant has been quietly shipped through Florida to Georgia. ** Seven Midwestern states, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, are teaming up to accelerate the development of hydrogen as a clean-energy alternative for automobiles and factories that rely largely on climate-warming fossil fuels, …
Crude prices fell and OK energy stocks recorded a weak day in trading
While investors anticipate a big jump in central bank interest-rates as an attempt to correct inflation and recession, crude oil prices fell on Monday. Oklahoma energy stocks also recorded a weak day in trading. West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery dropped $1.28 to finish the day at $84.45 a barrel on the New …
1 million riders on OKC Streetcar
It took four years, but Oklahoma City recently observed that its OKC Streetcar carried its 1-millionth rider. Happened on Saturday, September 10 according to a report by Fox 25 News. Click here for Fox 25 News
