Whether it has to do with the jump in oil and gas activity remains to be seen, but Canadian County is the fastest-growing county in Oklahoma. As a result, it is seeing an increase in home and business construction. The U.S. Census Bureau figures released this week showed the county had a 25 percent growth …
After moving some of its drone manufacturing to Oklahoma City, defense contractor Kratos announced plans this week for a new 30-feet long Valkyrie drone. It is a move that will mean more jobs at the Oklahoma plant. “Kratos is excited to announce that Oklahoma will be the future home of the XQ-58A Valkyrie,” said Eric …
We’ll learn how well Key Energy Services did in the first quarter of the year when its financial results are released on Wednesday, May 8. The release will be after the closing of markets and will be followed by a management conference call the next day at 10 a.m. central time. While Key Energy is …
A first-quarter cash distribution of 85 cents a common unit has been announced by Phillips 66 Partners LP. The board of directors of its general partner declared the distribution that is a penny higher than the fourth quarter 2018 distribution. It is also the 22nd consecutive quarterly distribution increase since the initial public offering in …
Those brand new KC-46 refueling tankers recently sent to Air Force bases in Wichita, Kansas and Altus, Oklahoma were at risk this week as severe weather moved into the Midwest. So crews at McConnell Air Force base in Wichita evacuated three of the planes along with 10 KC-135 Stratotankers were flown to Washington state to …
Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), an operating unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), has awarded a grant for $250 to help support the robotics team at Weatherford Middle School. The grant is one of 26, totaling more than $21,000, being awarded across PSO’s statewide service area for 2019. The FIRST (For Inspiration …
The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and its Sustaining Oklahoma Energy Resources program will hold their first technology forum on Thursday in Oklahoma City. “We have 100 registered to attend,” said Dara McBee, Communications Director at OERB. “It’s a forum designed by marginal well producers for marginal well producers.” The last SOER Technology Forum was …
The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments (ACOG) is kicking off its Ozone Alert Day Season this week. And it comes as the agency expressed concerns the region will “likely violate federal air quality standards this year,” according to a news release. Eric W. Pollard, Clean Cities Manager at OCOG explained that last year the region …
A federal judge in New Mexico has ruled three energy companies in a First Amendment fight with a newspaper cannot transfer a lawsuit to federal bankruptcy court. Judge Kenneth R. Gonzales ruled against the attempts of Westmoreland Coal Company, BHP Billiton New Mexico Coal, Inc. and Public Service Company of New Mexico. The case …
The gavel came down hard this week as the State Supreme Court handed a victory to Dobson Telephone Company in McLoud in a nearly 5-year old fight with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. And in doing so, the Court scolded the Commission for its 2-1 vote and denial of Dobson’s request for $95,417.92 in funding …