OK Energy News

Two cities in Oklahoma will observe National Drive Electric Week this month. The Association of Central Oklahoma Governments will hold its event on Saturday, September 14 at POPS in Arcadia. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will be a chance for Oklahomans interested in driving …

  Many Oklahomas are out of work and the economy is hurting. “I have been worried for some time now,” said Russell Evans, Associate Professor of Economics, Executive Director, Steven C. Agee Economic Research & Policy Institute at Oklahoma City University. Mainly because the oil and natural gas industry, the …

DNA from a cigarette butt has led to the arrest in North Dakota of a man wanted for taking part in a riot three years ago in protest of the Dakota Access pipeline. The riot resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Morton County prosecutors also charged Lawrence …

Reuters reports that Italy’s Snam is working on a bid for a stake in a $6 billion natural gas pipeline in the United States in what would be the gas group’s first foray outside Europe. The Milan-based company, controlled by state lender Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, is carrying out due diligence …

Colorado took the unusual step of inviting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to downgrade the air quality rating of the state’s biggest population center, and not everyone thinks that was a good idea according to the Associated Press. The EPA held a hearing Friday on whether to lower the ozone …

On my first day as president, I will sign an executive order that puts a total moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases for drilling offshore and on public lands. And I will ban fracking—everywhere. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. The promise from Oklahoma’s own Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democratic Senator who’s …

Permits to drill issued on September 6, 2019. Creek CountyBIG BUCKS SWDW #1-33 SW, September 06 2019 33 15N 10E SWNWSWSE API: 03729435 Lat: 35.72829967955125, Long: -96.25395332349157 WFD OIL CORPORATION SH, DR, 3500 ft, BURGEN(3380) Ellis CountyPARKER #33-29, September 06 2019 29 24N 25W CN2N2SE API: 04522186 Lat: 36.52836114843294, Long: -99.8967289490781 WILL …

Completion reports filed for September 6, 2019. completions: none were processed today

A fight is underway in court between the Port of Corpus Christi and the City of Port Aransas in Texas. The Port filed suit this week against the city in an attempt to break a 30-year lease of th Marina at Pork Aransas. The Marina sits on the Port of …

Oklahoma’s slide in the number of oil and gas rigs isn’t the only reflection of what’s happening in the energy industry. Investors are losing faith in oil and gas despite the massive output of crude oil from such plays as the STACK and SCOOP in Oklahoma as well as the …