Those about to join the Southwest Power Pool in its expansion of a regional transmission organization are expressing enthusiasm and confidence in the project. In an announcement, the SPP stated, “leaders from participating organizations have affirmed their support to move forward with a vote of support” with less than a month to go before the …
They came sporting yellow “No Data Center” tee-shirts. Dozens of them in a crowd of hundreds. A sign of growing opposition to the AI manufacturers who want to build their projects. It wasn’t in Coweta, Yukon, or any other Oklahoma city, but in Wichita, Kansas. They came to a Sedgwick County listening session where many …
** U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright today directed Sable Offshore Corp. to restore operations of the Santa Ynez Unit and Santa Ynez Pipeline System to address supply disruption risks caused by California policies that have left the region and U.S. military forces dependent on foreign oil. Sable’s facility can produce approximately 50,000 barrels of …
Crude oil prices finished up again on Friday as the Strait of Hormuz remained closed to oil shipping because of missile and drone attacks that left several ships burning as well as crude oil storage facilities in neighboring Middle East countries. The global benchmark, Brent closed up at more than $100 while WTI in the …
(Click below to view the entire interview) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qUCvlaJ4VyTF5UdDbSRV3YqPGaufT3rr/view?pli=1 As a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in Oklahoma, Chip Keating has some definite thoughts about energy. Put him down as a supporter of data centers in the state, but Keating, in an interview with OK Energy Today, includes his support with an alternative …
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Kim David didn’t waste any time after Oklahoma Congressman Kevin Hern announced he’s a candidate for US Senate. David, a Republican, wants to replace Hern as the state’s First Congressional Representative and made the announcement Thursday afternoon. “Others talk conservative,” said David. “I’ve spent my career delivering results. In Congress, I will …
Crude oil prices bounced back up again Thursday after oil tankers and oil storage tanks were hit by Iranian drones and missiles in the Strait of Hormuz and in neighboring countries. After huge fires lit up the sky Wednesday night in Oman, targets of Iran’s drones, prices rose again, with West Texas Intermediate crude in …
** The Trump administration says it will release 172 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve — about 40% of its supply — in an attempt to curb rising prices. ** Climate advocates file a lawsuit accusing New Mexico energy regulators of endangering residents’ health by failing to address thousands of unplugged, …
Stillwater-based USA Rare Earth announced this week an expansion of its leadership team following what the company called a “Landmark Agreement” with the U.S. government. Three senior executives were appointed including Valerie Ford Jacob as Chief Legal Officer, Gregory Bowman as Chief Global Policy Officer and Head of External Relations, and J.B. Lowe as …
Despite this week’s storms that produced rainfall in some parts of Oklahoma, the western part of the state is still in a Red Flag Warning region. The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food & Forestry said the warning was in effect Thursday in western Oklahoma, a region that did not receive much rainfall this week. …