OK Energy News

  Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas is still demanding more answers from the Biden administration over its decision earlier in the year to suspend LNG exports and construction of new LNG plants. He doesn’t like the answers he got from Energy leaders earlier in the year. In his capacity as chairman …

  Not quite two years after Oklahoma City challenged Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners over a franchise fee decision involving millions of dollars, the matter rests with the State Supreme Court. There is no indication when the Oklahoma Supreme Court justices might render a decision. They’ve had the case for the past …

  The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has announced the winners of the 2024 Trash Poster Contest, which celebrates and raises awareness of the importance of keeping our land clean and grand. Fourteen Oklahoma students were recognized for their anti-littering artwork, which will be featured in the state’s 2024 annual Trash …

  So you think some of the controversial bills in the Oklahoma legislature including the so-called ROFR/NOFR measure are dead? Think again as this week Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen explain why the term ‘dead for the session’ is untrue and which energy-related bills deemed lifeless in April will likely …

Crude oil prices dropped on Monday as investors still feel that despite the tension between Israel and Iran and Israel’s continued war against Hamas, they don’t think there is serious risk to the flow of oil out of the Middle East. West Texas Intermediate crude prices in the U.S. closed …

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony upped the ante in his fight to obtain public records into his ongoing efforts to investigate what he alleges was wrongdoing and excessive costs of $5 billion in the 2021 winter storm Uri ratepayer-backed bond issues. He asked Attorney General Gentner Drummond on Monday …

  If the U.S. moves ahead with development of hydrogen as an energy source, there’s a major question of how to store it. Research is underway in New Mexico at the Sandia National Laboratories into examining the use of abandoned natural gas and oil fields to store hydroden underground. The …

    A new Deputy Director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority has been named. T.J. Dill was promoted from being the Authority’s Chief Engineer, a position he held since April 2023 overseeing engineering, construction, maintenance, right-of-way, and utilities along Oklahoma turnpikes. In his new role, he will continue those responsibilities as …

  The Biden administration observed Earth Day on Monday by announcing $7 billion in solar grants—none in Oklahoma. It was part of what the EPA called Solar for All grant competition to deliver residential solar projects to over 900,000 households nationwide. Sixty-organizations and groups were chosen including states, territories, Tribal …

A new study by the Oklahoma Rural Association claims the two-year old law created by the legislature to target financial firms that discriminate against the state’s oil and gas industry is far more harmful than beneficial to the state’s economy. The Association is a group that promotes rural Oklahoma as …