Tag Archives: #OklahomaEnergy

  Oklahoma’s delegation in the U.S. House was part of the overwhelming vote Wednesday night to stop the Biden administration’s implementation of an EPA rule to require the manufacture of electric vehicles beginning in 2027. The Choice in Automobile Retail Sales Act of 2023 or H.R. 4468 was approved on …

  Tens of thousands of Arkansas customers of Black Hills Energy, a firm headquartered in South Dakota, might see their monthly gas bills going up $15 if state regulators approve the company’s rate hike request. Black Hills, with customers in 8 states including Arkansas, recently applied for a $44 million …

  A Federal Court of Appeals has ordered proponents of a rail line meant to carry oil from Utah, through Colorado and eventually to the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma, back to the drawing board. Too much opposition from Colorado. It means the  88-mile Uinta Basin Railway aimed at increasing Utah’s …

  STEM education in Oklahoma got a boost this week from Tinker Air Force Base and Rose State College in Midwest City. The two donated a 3D printer from Tinker’s REACT Lab during a ceremonial signing held Tuesday. Rose State and the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex at the Air …

In case you missed the latest edition of Scott Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen, we’ve issued another opportunity to view the discussion of the Attorney General’s investigation of natural gas market manipulation and his subpoena to the Corporation Commission. Two veteran news observers hold a frank discussion of what …

  While some Oklahoma legislators and major utilities are considering a legislative push in the coming months to possibly create a Right of First Refusal law, a judge in Iowa has set aside that state’s ROFR law and regulation. The ruling came from an Iowa District Court judge for Polk …

    After leaving the Oklahoma Department of Commerce three years ago to join a start-up aircraft company, Vince Howie has returned to be State Director of Aerospace & Defense for the agency. The Commerce Department announced this week that Howie will lead Commerce’s Aerospace & Defense team, also known …

  A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission shows that a major investor in Tulsa-based Vital Energy is the Midland, Texas investment firm Henry TAW LP. The filing indicated Henry TAW has 7,868,933 shares amounting to 22.66% of Vital Energy’s total of 28,671,878 shares of Common Stock. The statement …

  Still not looking good for a White Christmas in Oklahoma. “Well, not so great,” wrote Oklahoma climatologist Gary McManus in Tuesday’s Mesonet report. “—we’re gonna call those fantasy-casts. Just for now. But nothing showing up as we get closer to Christmas Week. But next week does look a bit wetter.” This …

** The worsening bottlenecks at the drought-stricken Panama Canal are pushing at least one US diesel shipper to sail around the tip of South America en route to Chile for the first time since 2020. The vessel Green Sky is hauling ultra-low sulfur diesel loaded at Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s Clifton …