Wind gusts of more than 60 miles an hour made for dangerous work for some energy workers on Tuesday in Oklahoma, especially for those climbing into high work positions. A graph from the Oklahoma Mesonet indicated a 63 mile an hour gust was recorded in Cimarron County while the rest of the state had …
The Environmental Protection Agency was petitioned this week by hundreds of environmental groups to end ethane and methane emissions responsible for smog. The groups also want an end to exemptions for the emissions. A review of the hundreds of groups showed none apparently to be from Oklahoma. Some were from New Mexico. (click here …
** An electric version of the Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck will get an estimated 400 miles of range per charge, General Motors says. The company announced the range in a webcast on Tuesday and said the truck would be built at a factory straddling the border of Detroit and the enclave of Hamtramck. ** The Australian Academy of …
Oklahoma Transportation Commissioner T.W. Shannon had some pointed questions of the department leadership this week about whether politics entered a decision to cancel a meeting in his district. The McCarville Report indicated Shannon’s questions were raised at the Monday meeting of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. Click here for McCarville Report.
A planned pipeline project designed to carry crude oil from the Rockies and Bakken Shale to the Cushing hub in Oklahoma has been abandoned by Phillips 66 Partners. The firm announced it is pulling out of what has been described as “the long-deferred” Liberty Pipeline project that would have carried 350,000 barrels a …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric announced that it has entered into an agreement with Dobson Fiber to upgrade the resiliency and capacity of the company’s communications network backbone to accommodate new grid automation and mitigate risk of wireless interference on the traditional microwave system. Through the agreement, the two Oklahoma headquartered companies will build approximately 350 miles …
The American Petroleum Institute released a new report examining how growth in cross-border petroleum trade between the United States and Canada has led to the further integration of North American energy market including direct benefits for Oklahoma, delivering economic benefits, lowering consumer energy costs and strengthening energy security on both sides of the border. The report …
ONE Gas, Inc. will release its first quarter 2021 earnings after the market closes on Monday, May 3, 2021. The ONE Gas executive management team will participate in a conference call the following day, Tuesday, May 4, 2021, at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10 a.m. Central Daylight Time). The call also will be …
Crude oil prices rose less than $1 both in the U.S. and overseas in Tuesday’s trading. West Texas Intermediate crude for May deliver still finished less than $60 a barrel, going up 68 cents to finish the day at $59.33 in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for June …
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) forecasts an increase in demand for petroleum products during the 2021 summer driving season as the impacts of COVID-19 diminish in the United States. EIA’s annual Summer Fuels Outlook, released today with EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), expects a 15% increase in U.S. highway travel this summer but still less highway …
