The nation’s number of oil and gas rigs continued to decline in the past week and Oklahoma followed suit, reaching nearly the same number of rigs it recorded last year at this time. Baker Hughes released figures Friday showing the state’s rig count dropped by 3 in the past week, reaching 55 active rigs. A …
Oklahoma Secretary of Transportation Tim Gatz recently made a bold declaration about the state of Oklahoma’s bridges and highways. “Our infrastructure today is better today than it’s ever been in my career, in 33 years, better than it’s ever been,” he stated in a speech to the Enid Regional Development Alliance. The Enid News …
After reporting a 34% increase in adjusted net income for 2022, Williams prepares to release its first quarter 2023 financial results. They will be made known after the market closes on Wednesday, May 3, according to a company announcement. The company will hold a conference call with analysts and investors the next day, Thursday, …
Enel is already a well-known name in Oklahoma where it has 13 wind farms. Now the Italian-based company plans to add an estimated 10,000 DC electric vehicle chargers across the U.S. and more than 2 million across North America by 2030. It was a year ago when the company began construction of its 13th …
Recently-filed completion reports show Tulsa’s Calyx Energy III LLC with two natural gas wells on a single pad in Pittsburg County and combined production was nearly 24,000n Mcf. Located several miles northwest of the city of McAlester at 3 7N 13E, the two Fairway wells were completed in December of 2022 with production coming …
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill into law to do something about those annoying nighttime blinking red lights on the top of wind farms throughout the state. Developers of new wind projects will be required to apply to the Federal Aviation Administration for light mitigation technology, which will turn on the lights only …
** U.S. oil bosses generally collected huge paychecks last year on the back of high energy prices and record profits, with Exxon Mobil Corp’s chief executive winning a 52% increase. The largest U.S. oil company on Thursday disclosed Chief Executive Darren Woods was paid $35.9 million last year. ** The Texas Senate passed a bill that will …
Scott Mitchell and OK Energy Today’s Jerry Bohnen delve into the more than $4 billion renewable energy project proposed by Public Service Company of Oklahoma. Corporation Commissioners were briefed this week on the project that initially drew opposition. Plus, there is the issue of geothermal energy and what is happening at the Hamm Institute. Click …
After two days of 2% gains, crude oil prices fell more than 1% or a dollar a barrel in Thursday’s trading as another OPEC report fueled worries about summer demand. West Texas Intermediate dropped $1.10 or 1.3% to finish at $82.16 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude settled …
An Oklahoma state Senate committee on Thursday approved an amended bill targeting wind turbine blade disposal operators. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee gave a “do pass” to House Bill 2359 which would require disposal operators to not only show financial security to ensure the blades are properly disposed of but file annual …