All the recent rain in Oklahoma won’t likely be enough to break any records for the month of July. So says State Climatologist Gary McManus. Writing this week, he said the state won’t be seeing its wettest July 1-31 on record. “That belongs to July 1950 an its whopping 9.07 inches. Our statewide average of …
** Shale oil production, which has revolutionized the energy industry and transformed the US economy, will stop growing in August, according to a government report. After hitting record highs in June and July, US crude production is set to fall in August for the first time this year to 9.4 million barrels a day, led …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond has apparently made up his mind whether to press ahead with possible charges or claims of market manipulation that occurred during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri. He will reveal details of his decision during a Tuesday morning news conference (10:30 a.m.) at the state capitol. A release from his …
As crude oil prices dropped Monday by more than 1.5%, Oklahoma energy stocks were mixed in trading. But some firms saw up to a 7% gain for the day. What brought about the drop in crude? Weaker than expected Chinese economic growth. It produced doubts over the strength of demand by the world’s second biggest …
Oklahoma’s oil and gas rig count continues its slow decline following the national trend according to the most recent report from Baker Hughes Company. In the past week, Oklahoma’s rig count fell by one to 39. A year ago, there were 63 active oil and gas rigs in the state. Nationally, the count fell by …
Canvas Energy LLC of Oklahoma City, formerly Chaparral Energy, filed completion reports on three wells drilled on a single pad in Kingfisher County that had combined production of more than 600 barrels of oil a day. Drilled at 36 17N 7W, a site several miles north of the city of Kingfisher, the Corner Pocket …
An update on the progress of the Oklahoma Broadband Expansion Council and its work in development of a map of Internet needs in rural Oklahoma will be given this week at a regular meeting of the council. The meeting comes after the state recently was notified it will receive $797.4 million in federal grant …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners are among those attending this week’s National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Summer Policy Summit in Austin, Texas. Commissioners Todd Hiett, Bob Anthony and Kim David were on hand Monday for panel discussions and presentations about the EPA’s Landmark PFAS regulation, the 20th anniversary of the Northeast Blackout, workforce diversity, reliability …
So what’s the hot topic or topics to be discussed by Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen in their latest episode of “Mitchell Talks Energy”? To find out, just open the podcast and watch as the two discuss some of the most current energy news stories and the impact they have on consumers and Oklahomans.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced that it has achieved recertification of its natural gas production across the entirety of its Marcellus operations, which averaged approximately 4.4 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gross natural gas per day during the first quarter of 2023. The company received a grade A under the MiQ methane emissions standard and …