Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony came out this week blasting House Bill 2367 saying Oklahoma needs more transparency and not less in its handling of state business. In an opinion piece, the Commissioner also said the Corporation Commission should fall under more scrutiny for its actions, as displayed for how …

  A major utility company, Xcel Energy, now admits its operations might have been involved in starting the wildfires in Texas that eventually burned more than 1.3 million acres of land in the Panhandle and in Western Oklahoma. “Xcel Energy has been cooperating with the investigations into the wildfires and …

    Tulsa’s Williams Cos. recently received a $975,000 grant to study carbon capture and storage efforts in Wyoming. The Wyoming Energy Authority, funded by the office of Governor Mark Gordon, awarded Williams the grant to study development of a saline CO2 storage hub near Williams’ Echo Springs gas plant in …

Crude oil recorded another gain on Wednesday but natural gas prices in the U.S. slid again. Crude managed a nearly 1% increase on a smaller-than-expected increase in U.S. crude inventories, including those at Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub. A big withdrawal of distillate and gasoline stocks also played a role in sending …

  The slow buildup in crude oil stocks across the U.S. and at the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma continued again in the past week. Cushing added 700,000 barrels in the period from February 23 to March 1 when it hit 31.7 million barrels stored in its huge tanks. Earlier in …

  Oklahoma City’s LSB Industries released its fourth quarter and full year 2023 financial results this week showing a drop in sales and a $5 million quarterly loss, prompting leadership to delay a planned expansion of one of its fertilizer and ammonia plants in Arkansas. It proved to be a …

While one Oklahoma House bill proposes what appears to be fewer opportunities for the public to see how a state agency handles state business, another has won full support in the House in the context of making government more transparent. HB3937, by Rep. Melissa Provenzano, D-Tulsa would require public bodies …

  Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas is among some in the House who wonder if the Biden administration has gone too far in a proposed emissions rule, one that would require the Defense Department to report on the emissions from its military activities. Lucas chairs the House Science, Space and Technology …

  A new satellite is orbiting the earth with one goal in mind—to measure the amount of methane emissions from oil and gas companies in Oklahoma, the U.S. and the rest of the world. It was sent into space not by the federal government but by an environmental group that …

This week of Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen, we have an analysis of the so-called ‘NOFR” bill, impactful legislation which we’ve been discussing for months. The bill is now awaiting State senate action, and Josiah Neeley of the R Street Institute helps us analyze the claims of both sides …