Oklahoma’s Continental Resources oil and gas company was one of several oil and gas firms whose leaders were to be called Thursday Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. The two leaders were to urge Continental and other fossil fuel firms to increase drilling in an effort to lower oil prices which have …
April 2026 archive
Senators approve oil royalty bill
A bill firming what some legislators call an “historic agreement” between mineral owners and the oil and gas industry in the state was approved this week in the Oklahoma Senate. It came following decades of political disagreements over the interest accrued on royalty payments. The full Senate unanimously passed House Bill 1371, which updates the Production …
Corporation Commissioners discuss workspace shortage
It’s been a few months since Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners held a non-public meeting where they gathered behind closed doors. But they held one this week, according to a filing made this week by the agency and some of it dealt with the cramped space where commissioners work in the Will Rogers office building. Commissioners Kim …
Energy briefs
Naval blockade turned 10 ships around in Strait of Hormuz ** The United States continued to mount a naval blockade of Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, exerting financial pressure on Tehran while at the same time choking off a source of oil amid a historic global shortage. Ten vessels have been turned around at the …
Expand Energy to release 1Q earnings
As it moves headquarters from Oklahoma City to Houston, Texas following a merger with Southwestern Energy Company which was finalized last fall, Expand Energy Corporation prepares to release its first quarter operational and financial results later this month. The initial release will be made after the closing of markets on Tuesday, April and followed by …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—the Inola smelter
https://www.facebook.com/reel/1670325014002924 The Inola smelter and the pipeline into upstate New York headline this week’s episode. Plus snippets from Scott Mitchell’s upcoming special with officials from the smelter project partners. The interviews came as Stop the Inola Smelter opponents spent time this week lobbying the legislature.
Board member won’t seek re-election at OGE Energy Corp.
A member of the board of directors at OGE Energy Corp. says he will not be seeking re-election at the upcoming annual meeting of shareholders because he has accepted a new job. Luther C. Kissam, IV recently told the Board he will resign effective on May 14th, the date of the annual meeting. Kissam served …
Protecting Oklahoma consumers from data centers
A bill aimed at protecting consumers from increased electric rates caused by the growth of data centers in Oklahoma faces a State Senate Energy Committee vote this week when it decides whether the measure should be sent to the State Senate. Already approved by the House of Representatives on March 23 in a 92-2 …
Enid loses water line fight with Appeals Court
A state appeals court has ruled in support of a northern Oklahoma couple who sued the city of Enid over damages caused by the construction several years ago of a water line built to carry water from Kaw Lake to Enid. The Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals determined Garfield County District Court Judge Tom Newby …
Are Fermi and Rick Perry in trouble in Amarillo?
If energy author and speaker Robert Bryce is correct, the proposed 6,000-acre data center and power plant by Fermi in the Texas Panhandle has turned from “sizzle to fizzle.” Writing for Substack.com this week, Bryce points out how Fermi Inc., the startup co-founded by former Texas governor and Energy Secretary Rick Perry went public in a …