It turned out to be a short mission of mercy for the 36 Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company workers who thought they were headed to Illinois Tuesday to help snow-bound residents without electricity. The workers loaded into 32 brightly-colored OGE trucks and left before sunrise from Oklahoma City, thinking they would help utilities in Illinois …
Watonga’s water issues are finally solved. It was Tuesday when an OGE crew, according to the Watonga Police Department, struck a main water line causing the entire town to be without water. As a water geyser shot into the air, crews scrambled to make repairs. While they worked on repairs, the police department worked to …
The more than $9 billion merger of two Permian Basin companies was approved this by stockholders of each. Diamondback Energy, Inc. based in Midland, Texas and Energen Corporation of Alabama had announced their $9.2 billion merger in August and this week stockholders cast their ballots in support. It was an all-stock transaction that should be …
A tug of war is underway on Capitol Hill whether Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others who are members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee should continue to write climate legislation. New York’s Democratic Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is making a name for her brashness, is pushing for changes. “People are going to die …
If two legislators get their bills approved by the 2019 legislature, Oklahoma would eliminate the automobile sales tax. Identical Senate bills calling for an end to the 1.25 percent sales tax on vehicles bought after July 1, 2019 have been filed by Republican Sen. Kim David of Porter and Sen. Julie Daniels, a Republican from …
More toll roads in Texas are now on the list of those where the Oklahoma PikePasses can be used. The Oklahoma Turnpike authority announced this week the PikePasses are interoperable with three roads operated by the Fort Bend County Toll Road Authority around Houston. OTA spokesman Jack Damrill said they are the Fort Bend Parkway, …
The money’s good but not everyone is excited about the spread of oil and gas exploration in southwest Texas. Some are angry about the increased traffic at the edge of the Permian Basin where rigs dot the landscape with bright lights at night. One environmental publication, DeSmog did a recent article on the impact around …
Earthquakes aren’t all that rare in southern Kansas where wastewater well operations have been blamed. But one quake was recorded late Monday in the central part of the state only about 8 miles from Salina, the city that sits at the junction of Interstate 70 and I-135. The U.S. Geological Survey indicated the 2.3 …
Plans have been unveiled for construction of a $150 million liquid hydrogen plant to be built in the western U.S. to make enough hydrogen to provide fuel for 35,000 fuel cell electric vehicles. The announcement was made by the Houston office of the French-owned industrial gas company Air Liquide. The company, with an office …
New filings with the Securities Exchange Commission reflected major share acquisitions by leaders of Tulsa-based NGL Energy Partners LP. The Nov. 26 filings indicated Michael Krimball, Chief Executive Officer had the largest acquisition of 300,000 shares in the company. Chief Financial officer and Executive Vice President Robert W. Karlovich III picked up 25,000 more shares …