Stardust Power Completes Independent Review of Lithium Refinery Plan in Muskogee Stardust Power Inc., an American developer of battery-grade lithium carbonate, announced the completion of an independent third-party review of its Front-End Loading 3 (FEL 3) engineering study for its planned lithium carbonate refinery in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Stardust Power engaged Black & Veatch, a global …
Oklahoma’s commission responsible for advancement of the space industry in the state sealed a deal this week to build a hangar for a $17 million spaceplane. The Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics Commission approved construction of a $490,000 hangar for the Dawn Aerospace Mark-IIB Aurora Spaceplane. The Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority okayed a contract last …
Dashed! Hopes for a white Christmas in Oklahoma. “Well that about does it for our white Christmas hopes this year. Heck, we’ll be lucky if it isn’t in the 70s!” declared Oklahoma Mesonet Climatologist Gary McManus, who might be the “Grinch who stole Christmas” in the eyes of those wishing for snowflakes on Christmas Eve. …
U.S. ENERGY Oil Companies Offered $300M for Gulf Drilling Rights Oil companies offered $300 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday in the first of 30 planned sales under Republican efforts to ramp up U.S. fossil fuel production. Exxon Cuts Low-Carbon Spending Plans Exxon Mobil Corp. plans to cut planned spending …
Crude oil prices rose Wednesday after the Fed cut interest rates another quarter of a point. But concerns remained about too much oil globally as the U.S. production was on track for a record. At the same time, crude oil inventories in the U.S. fell 1.8 million barrels during the week ending December 5, according …
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2738435226496397 Mixing Christmas with a utility rate request fight…it’s what Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen discuss on their latest Mitchell talks energy podcast. Plus, there’s more talk of data centers, why there is opposition and what Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has to say about it.
The fight over the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s recent approval of pre-approval costs for expanded Oklahoma Gas and Electric electricity projects will be revisited Thursday by the state regulators. The case, Preapproval of New Generation Capacity and Rider Cost Recovery (Case No. PUD2025-0000038) is one of the agenda items for a meeting and involves hundreds …
Sand Springs Data Center Project on hold The developer who wants to build a data center in Sand Springs has delayed efforts because residents raised concerns and voiced strong opposition. Known as Project Spring, the 827-acre data center proposed by White Rose Partners is temporarily on hold as Sand Springs city officials wait for more …
Trucking industry worries about lost drivers The recent effort such as seen in Oklahoma where ICE, state troopers and law officers took dozens of commercial truckers into custody because they were either illegal immigrants or could not speak English is drawing strong backlash from leaders in the nation’s trucking industry. The last such effort in …
EIA Forecasts Crude Oil Prices Will Slide in 2026 The U.S. Energy Information Administration is not optimistic about the price of crude oil in the coming year. It predicts the global benchmark Brent crude will drop to about $55 a barrel early in 2026. The disclosure came in the agency’s Short-Term Energy Outlook released this …