Solar manufacturing firm to open plant in Colorado Springs

  Colorado Springs is getting a new solar cell manufacturing plant and the 350 jobs that will come with it. Switzerland-owned Meyer Burger plans to begin production in the second half of 2024. Click here for KRDO News

AEP named best employer for women in 2023

  American Electric Power, parent company to Public Service Company of Oklahoma and a number of other subsidiaries, was named in Forbes magazine’s America’s Best Employers for Women 2023 list for the fourth year in a row. Forbes partnered with Statista to compile the list based on an independent survey from a sample of more than …

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More Continental Resources production in Stephens County

  Continental Resources ended up with two wells on a single pad in Stephens County that had combined production of more than 1,700 barrels of oil a day. The company filed another completion report a day after it filed one showing 1,187 barrels of production on a Ringer Ranch well located north of Velma. The …

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Alternative energy investor acquires holdings in Tusla oil company

    Texas-based Energy Evolution Master Fund, Ltd. just acquired 500,000 more shares in Tulsa’s Empire Petroleum Corp. The acquisition at $5 per share was revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The filing indicated Energy Evolution’s current ownership is 5,466,639 shares in Empire Petroleum. It was the second largest acquisition of …

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Oil prices make more gains along with Oklahoma energy stocks

  As crude oil prices rose  to three-months highs Tuesday, Oklahoma energy stocks had modest gains for the day. Prices went up due to more signs of tighter supplies along with pledges by Chinese authorities to shore up the world’s second-biggest economy. West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, rose 89 cents to close at $79.63 …

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Another dividend announced by Williams Cos.

  Williams announced a new dividend with a more than 5% increase. The board of directors announced Tuesday the approval of a regular dividend of $0.4475 per share or $1.79 annualized. The dividend will be payable Sept. 25, 2023 to holders of record at the close of business on Sept. 11 of this year. It …

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EV owner finds Oklahoma is a charging desert

  Oklahoma is an EV charging “desert.” Just ask at least one EV owner in Arkansas who recently made a trip to Austin, Texas by way of Oklahoma. Click here for WSMV TV news

Friday deadline approaches for law firms wanting to sue over winter storm gas prices

  Law firms that might want to represent Oklahoma in Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s vow to recover billions of dollars gained from market manipulation during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri have untl Friday at 5 p.m. to submit their bids. They will also be limited to $50 million in representing the state. In announcing his …

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Latest Energy Index shows Oil and Gas industry in Oklahoma is under stress

  A new Oklahoma Energy Index shows core inflation in the U.S. not only has driven oil and natural gas prices lower but taken the Energy Index with it. The most recent Energy Index shows a 35% decrease in crude oil prices from one year ago and a 74% decrease in natural gas prices in …

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Colorado becomes first state to tie pollution reduction to oil and gas production

  The state of Colorado proposed another rule targeting the oil and gas industry in the state. It now wants to reduce pollution with what is described as a “first-in-the-nation” program tying air emission reductions to the amount of oil and gas produced. The state’ Air Quality Control Commission has finished creation of steps to …

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