Leaders in North Dakota believe their state will get $1 billion more in oil and gas revenue than they had planned for the state budget. Higher oil prices are leading the way as North Dakota, a state with heavy investments by some Oklahoma energy firms such as Continental Resources, could get up to $4 …
Attorney General Mike Hunter sharply rebuked Pres. Joe Biden’s Interior Department’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for its attempted takeover of regulating coal mining and reclamation activities on land in Oklahoma subject to the McGirt decision. OK Energy Today reported last week that the Interior Department made the move. The response comes after the agency’s deputy …
Tulsa’s Citizen Energy III LLC reported completion of four wells on a single pad in Grady County with production of nearly 2,500 barrels of oil a day. The Bridge Creek wells, located in Bridge Creek near state highways 37 and 4 had spud dates in September 2020 at a site located at 14 9N 5W. …
Crude oil prices fell Friday in trading but US prices remained above the $63 mark at the New York Mercantile Exchange. West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery dropped 33 cents to $63.13 a barrel. Global benchmark Brent Crude for June delivery slipped 17 cents to $66.77 a barrel in ICE Futures Europe. May …
Sunday, April 18, is National Lineworker Appreciation Day and Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) wants to give a tip of the hard hat to those workers who keep our lights on. Established in 2013, National Lineworker Appreciation Day is a day to honor those who put their lives on the line to …
Billionaire Warren Buffett apparently sees a way to make money off the woes of Texas following the February winter storm. His Berkshire Hathaway Energy’s $8.3 billion plan to build 10 new natural gas power plants across the state for emergency use has been formally introduced in the form of a bill in the Texas …
Texas lawmakers apparently have a fight on their hands over proposed new laws to make wind and solar farms pay for services to ensure the flow of power on the grid stays smooth and steady. Three big power companies, the biggest in the country wrote lawmakers charging that the proposed new laws would create …
Oklahoma has slowly made gains in the number of oil and gas rigs in the field as the latest Baker Hughes report shows the state with 21 operational rigs. The number is an increase of one over a week earlier and compares to 24 a year ago. Nationally, the rig count grew by 7 …
An electric-vehicle use bill awaits the signature of Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt to become law in the state. House Bill 2234 was approved by the state Senate as a means of requiring EV users to pay for the use of highways and roads. It creates a three-cent tax per kilowatt hour to charge the …
Lawton will soon be home to a new wind-turbine manufacturing plant. Carter Wind Turbines based in Wichita Falls, Texas announced plans for the operation in southern Oklahoma and only a short drive from its headquarters. Lawton will be the location of a 40,000 square-foot manufacturing facility where mid-sized wind turbines will be constructed according …
