NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine was on hand recently for the third meeting of the National Space Council. It was his first to attend since becoming the newest administrator after leaving Congress where he represented Oklahoma’s 1st U.S. House District. Bridenstine also gave an update on NASA activities. “The architecture that we’re building now is entirely …
Kiss some of the drought goodbye in Oklahoma after weekend rains brought several inches of rainfall. In the northwest where the drought had been classified as extreme, the city of Fairview recorded more than 7 inches of rainfall since Friday. The total was 7.15 inches to be exact. No doubt, the total will be more …
As Oklahoma Attorney General, Mike Hunter has been heavily involved in energy issues, especially those before the State Corporation Commission. But if he wants to continue his energy fights, including opposition to PSO’s Wind Catcher wind farm and its transmission lines, he has to make it past Tuesday’s hotly-contested challenge from Tulsa businessman Gentner Drummond. …
One way or the other, after this year’s elections in Oklahoma, the state will have a new Labor Commissioner. And six candidates are hoping they win the November election. Five have to make it past this week’s primary election. Incumbent Commissioner Melissa McLawhorn Houston, appointed by Gov. Fallin in 2015 is not a candidate. That …
Tuesday is election day in Oklahoma and voters will decide if they want long-time Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony as the Republican nominee or replace him with another candidate. Anthony faces a challenge for the GOP nomination by two other candidates including former State Senate President Pro Tempore Brian Bingman. Commissioner Anthony is hoping to win …
Stillwater Central Railroad is building steam to start a rail passenger service between Oklahoma City and Tulsa. The subsidiary of Watco Companies has announced it is seeking proposals from passenger rail service to begin the service in at least the next year. Stillwater Central bought 97.5 miles of track four years ago from the Oklahoma …
The Baker Hughes Oil and Gas Technology Center in Oklahoma City not only has a new director but on Monday gets a new name. The Center becomes the BHGE Energy Innovation Center of North America with Taylor Shinn in charge. He replaces Mike Ming, the former Oklahoma Secretary of Energy who served as its general …
Both Oklahoma and the U.S. reported a drop in active oil and gas drilling rigs in the past week. Oklahoma dropped by 2 to 138 while the national count fell by 7 to 1,052. Of the surrounding states with oil and gas activity, only one, Kansas reported an increase in the number of rigs. Kansas …
Monster wells in Oklahoma’s STACK have had production of nearly 3,000 to 4,000 barrels of oil a day, but Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy is dealing with “real” monster wells producing more than 12,000 barrels of oil a day in the Delaware Basin in Texas. And the company believes it has more of the wells in …
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter has taken his opposition to the giant Wind Catcher Wind farm in the Panhandle another step, this time filing a motion in support of the city of Bixby and its opposition to the project’s transmission lines. Hunter filed a motion with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission supporting Bixby’s opposition after Public …
