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Former Anadarko Petroleum and Kerr-McGee executive Doug Lawler will become Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s CEO on Monday.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. shareholders praised the company at Friday's annual meeting. The event marked a stark contrast from last year, when most proposals were defeated and most shareholder comments were negative.

Williams Partners this week opened the next phase of its Transco pipeline, delivering natural gas to North Carolina and Georgia. This kind of project is essential for Oklahoma natural gas producers.

A Brookings Institute report released Monday expands the definition of a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) job to include many that require less than a bachelor's degree.

While events like the NBA Finals offer the area unprecedented good publicity, recent weather disasters can have the opposite effect. City and state leaders, however, say the storms likely will have no long-term negative affect.

Domestic oil production outpaced imports last month outpaced imports for the first time since January 1997. The rapid turnaround has spooked OPEC, which has formed a committee to study how growing U.S. oil production will affect the cartel.

Devon Energy Corp. shareholders approved its directors with more than 90 percent of the vote at Wednesday's annual shareholders meeting.

Unusual price spikes have made it less expensive to buy gasoline in Texas than in Oklahoma.

Chesapeake Energy Corp. has named Anadarko Petroleum vice president Robert Douglas Lawler as its new CEO, the Oklahoma City company said Monday.

The U.S. Geological Survey on Tuesday more than doubled its estimate of recoverable oil in the Bakken Formation of North Dakota and Montana.

The country’s energy production and energy potential have become increasingly popular topics among politicians and industry leaders in recent years.

  Two activist Chesapeake Energy Corp. investors have teamed up again, this time targeting computer maker Dell Inc.  Southeastern Asset Management and billionaire investor Carl Icahn led the effort last year to unseat a majority of the Chesapeake board and force changes that have led to CEO Aubrey McClendon agreeing to leave the company at the end of the month.

Outgoing Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon is no longer a billionaire, according to the latest Forbes list of the wealthiest people on the planet.

SandRidge Energy Inc. CEO Tom Ward on Friday discussed the possibility of a joint venture in the Mississippi Lime in 2014 or 2015.

I wrote in Friday’s paper about how new and expanded pipeline projects over the next two years are expected to move more oil to the Gulf Coast and alleviate the backlog at Cushing.

Debate continued over the proposed Keystone XL pipeline on Wednesday as the American Petroleum Institute renewed the industry’s push for the project’s approval and the Sierra Club staged its first act of civil disobedience in its 120-year history.

Oklahoma insurance rates could go up statewide in part because of this week's series of tornadoes.

Energy Editor Adam Wilmoth's mother's home was heavily damaged in Monday's tornado. He has spent the week dealing with downed power lines and heavy traffic, and has experienced the generosity of Oklahomans helping with the cleanup and providing food, water and other provisions.

Anadarko Petroleum executive Robert Douglas Lawler will take reins of troubled Oklahoma City energy company Chesapeake.

Gasoline price jumps are difficult for Oklahoma gasoline retailers and convenience store owners because they tighten margins and make customers angry.