Wyoming coal producer takes steps to protect financial base

One of the largest coal producers in the U.S., Cloud Peak Energy Inc. based in Wyoming has taken steps to protect some of its finances. The company’s Board of Directors announced this week it has adopted a Stockholder rights Plan to preserve its substantial federal net operating loss carryfowards. The tax carryforwards can be used …

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Cheniere moves to get county approvals for $1 billion natural gas line

  Houston’s Cheniere Energy, Inc., the firm building a $1 billion natural gas line across Oklahoma plans to release its fourth quarter earnings report in February. The Company will release the report on Tuesday, Feb. 26 before the opening of the market. Management leaders will then host a conference call for investors and analysts later …

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NGL leaders hope to land more investors at conferences

  Leaders of Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partners LP will be attending a major conference in Utah this week hoping to land more investors in the company. They’re at the UBS Midstream, MLP and Utilities One-on-One Conference held in Park City, Utah today through Jan. 16. They will also attend the US Capital Advisors Midstream Corporate …

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Hunter begins 1st full term as state Attorney General

In a career that began with a private practice focusing on energy and real state, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is starting his first full term in office. He was sworn in Monday as the state’s chief legal officer during the inaugural ceremony on the south steps of the State Capitol. Hunter ran for election …

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New license plates offered by Oklahoma Environmental Quality Department

The State Department of Environmental Quality has announced it is selling environmental license plates. The department explained that the new plates including a picture of an American Bison grazing on the Oklahoma prairie. The other available tag is the Oklahoma sunset over a field of  flowers. Both designs were picked as winners last year in …

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New governor challenges Oklahomans to do better and improve government

    Kevin Stitt was sworn in Monday as Oklahoma’s newest governor and in his inaugural address again challenged Oklahomans to make the state a top ten state in the country. “I see great men and women around me. I see promises to be kept. I see jobs. I see progress. I see a Top Ten …

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Anthony sworn in for 6th term as Corporation Commissioner

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony was sworn into office Monday morning after winning re-election last November to his sixth consecutive term. Of the 9 statewide offices, Anthony is the longest-serving Oklahoma statewide elected official. It was 30 years ago when he was first sworn into office. Anthony was administered  two oaths of office. One …

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ONEGAS fights passing along federal tax cuts to Kansas consumers

While tens of thousands of customers of one Kansas natural gas service will see a drop in their utility bills over the federal tax reductions approved a year ago, the Oklahoma parent company of another service is fighting such a move. The 37,000 customers of Black Hills Energy in Wichita, Kansas will see about a …

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High court case involves wages paid to offshore rig workers

From POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report, word about a case involving wages paid to those who work on offshore oil and gas rigs. “The Supreme Court on Friday said it will decide whether workers on offshore drilling rigs are subject to state wage laws. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco last year ruled …

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Tulsa-based coal firm to release 4Q earnings report

Tulsa’s major coal-mining company, Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. plans to make its fourth quarter 2018 financial results available on Monday, Jan. 28, 2019. The release will be made prior to the opening of markets. Alliance management will discuss the results during a conference call at 9 a.m. central time on the same day. The company …

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