The Depew Fire Department marked a significant step forward in its emergency response capabilities with the installation of a new natural gas-powered generator, made possible through a partnership with Oklahoma Natural Gas and Generator Supercenter of Oklahoma. “This generator is more than equipment – it’s an upgrade the community we serve deserves,” said Ashley …
Category: Oil & Gas
Evergy’s power line project into Oklahoma faces some opponents
Evergy has already encountered opposition to a 133-mile energy transmission line it wants to build across south-central Kansas and into northeast Oklahoma. During a hearing held by the Kansas Corporation Commission this week, some residents near the city of Sedan said they were against the line. The KCC held two public hearings this week. One …
Devon Energy part of record oil and gas lease sale in New Mexico
The Bureau of Land Management says its recent sale of 31 oil and gas leases in Oklahoma and New Mexico brought in $327 million, a record high for per-acre bid amounts and Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy was among the high bidders and made up nearly a quarter of the money offered. Devon Energy Production Co. …
Underground nuclear power plant construction is underway in Kansas
Ground has been broken on the revolutionary underground nuclear power plant in Kansas. Deep Fission has started work on the small nuclear reactor it intends to build one mile underground in the town of Parsons, a city just north of the Oklahoma state line and north of Bartlesville. The construction is underway at the Great …
Oil and gas rig numbers dipped in past week
The latest Baker Hughes Rig Count released on Friday confirmed what a recent Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank Survey declared in slumping oil and gas drilling activity in the region. While Oklahoma remained at 40 active rigs, Baker Hughes reported a decline in the nation’s number of oil and gas rigs, falling by 2 in …
KC Federal Bank survey shows oil and gas drilling at lowest level in 5 years
A new Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank survey found that energy activity in Oklahoma and other states that make up the district took a sharp drop in the fourth quarter and things are not likely to improve in the next six months. The quarterly Energy Survey showed companies in the states that make up …
Crude oil prices gained on Friday—will it continue this coming week?
With the world’s crude oil status in turmoil following the U.S. capture of Venezuela’s leader and the takeover of the South American country’s oil and gas industry, crude oil prices rose more than 2% on Friday. Investors voiced geopolitical concerns about what the takeover will do to the world’s oil status, but added to the …
Energy briefs
** US forces have seized another tanker in the Caribbean Sea, officials say, as the Trump administration continues its efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil. The tanker, the Olina, is on multiple countries’ sanctions lists and the fifth vessel to be seized by the US in recent weeks. ** Newly released data shows that solar arrays …
Oklahoma’s Harold Hamm among oil execs at White House meeting on Venezuela
Oklahoma billionaire oilman Harold Hamm, the founder of Continental Resources was among a few dozen top oil leaders in the U.S. who met Friday at the White House with President Trump to discuss assuming control of Venezuelan oil and exploration in the South American country. He appeared coy in answering a direct question from …
Crude oil shoots up over turmoil following Maduro’s capture
The turmoil over crude oil production in Venezuela following the U.S. capture of leader Nicolas Maduro last weekend sent prices up more than 3% on Thursday. Oklahoma energy stocks soared with the oil prices. While President Trump prepares to meet Friday with American oil and gas leaders to discuss restoration of the Venezuelan energy industry, …





