A 1% gain for crude oil prices on Thursday sent them to their highest closing levels since Dec. 1, 2022 while Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains. Prices rallied around increased demand by China even as there was a reported second straight week of increasing U.S. crude inventories. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 1.15 on …
Thousands respond to Oklahoma Broadband Office survey
More than 10,000 responses were received by the Oklahoma Broadband Office in its month-long campaign to update the FCC broadband map proposed for the state. The corrections and effort to correct the map could mean $50 million in federal funding to expand broadband service in Oklahoma reported Fox 25 News. Click here for Fox …
Energy secretary fights GOP plan supported by Oklahoma’s US Representatives
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and every member of Oklahoma’s U.S. House delegation have obvious differences when it comes to protecting the nation’s strategic petroleum reserve. A week after all five Oklahoma Representatives voted in support of H.R. 22- the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act, Granholm offered push back against the GOP pan to put …
Data collection bill filed by state Representative in Oklahoma
Rep. Josh West, R-Grove has refiled legislation that would require consumer consent for all personal data collection and sharing by major technology companies operating in the state. House Bill 1030 would create the Oklahoma Computer Data Privacy Act. “Major technology companies track our every conversation, our spending records, our movements and so much more and …
Williams CEO addressed challenge of carbon emissions
“We have to get this straightened out, whether it is for renewables or whether it is for gas pipeline.” That declaration came this week from Alan Armstrong, the leader of the giant Williams Cos. headquartered in Tulsa. He referred to efforts to do something about carbon emissions. The Tulsa World reported Armstrong discussed the …
Federal judge rules 18 years later on Oklahoma poultry pollution lawsuit
Eighteen years. That’s how long it took for a Tulsa federal judge to decide a lawsuit brought by former Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson against the poultry industry in a fight over pollution of the Illinois River in eastern Oklahoma. U.S District Judge Gregory Frizzell ruled this week in favor of the state’s lawsuit …
Canadian County wells completed by Cimarex Energy
New reports filed by Cimarex Energy Co. show the firm completed 3 Canadian County wells, two on a single pad and one across the road, with combined production of nearly 1,800 barrels of oil a day. All three were Leota wells drilled close to the town of Calumet and production was out of the …
Bice renamed to House Science Committee
Oklahoma congresswoman Stephanie Bice made it back on to the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Her second-term membership was revealed this week by fellow Republican Oklahoma Rep. Frank Lucas who is the chairman of the committee. The appointment was also approved by the House Republican Steering Committee for the 118th Congress. Rep. Bice …
Number of private jets for world climate convention distracts from conversation
Hypocrisy might have been the real headliner this week at the World Economic Forum underway in Davos, Switzerland where more than a thousand private jets were used by the global business and political elite to come and talk about climate change. It’s not just political criticism to call it hypocrisy. A new study from …
Oil and gas activity slows in North Dakota
A new report shows oil and gas production along with drilling activity have declined in recent months in North Dakota, one of the three top energy producing states in the U.S. and also the place where Oklahoma’s Continental Resources developed its national reputation. The state’s Department of Mineral Resources released figures showing fewer drilling …