Henry hopes Obama stimulus to help state projects 8 hr ago | Comments 6 Gov. Brad Henry is hoping any stimulus package put together by President-elect Barack Obama will include money for highway and bridge projects in Oklahoma. Henry will be among more than 40 of the...

Pickens: Renewable energy sources a must for US Fri, Nov 28, 2008 | Comments 5 As he prepares to address a wind-power conference in Oklahoma, billionaire energy magnate T. Boone Pickens said it shouldn't seem strange that a longtime oilman is interested in wind and other...

Oklahoma Oil and Gas: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Add a comment Oklahoma crude oil prices as of 5 p.m. Monday: Oklahoma Sweet: Sunoco Inc. — $51 Oklahoma Sour: Sunoco Inc. — $39 Oklahoma oil and gas activity posted :...

Scissor Tales: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Comments 5 In Huntington, W.Va., the residents don’t talk much about living in the fattest city in America. Most of them probably don’t even realize it, according to health officials. Most people,...

Credit would aid Oklahoma heat pump owners Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Add a comment A state tax credit would be offered to Oklahomans buying a geothermal heat pump system if a proposed measure becomes law, House Speaker Chris Benge said Thursday. Benge said he will file...

IN STOCK: XOM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. and Turkey’s state-run oil company, TPAO, signed a deal Wednesday for the joint exploration and development of oil and natural gas off its Black Sea coast. Turkey...

In brief: Energy Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment Energy panel Seeks leader WASHINGTON — Rep. Henry Waxman of California won backing from a House Democratic leadership panel Wednesday to replace veteran Rep. John Dingell as chairman of the...

Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry takes reins as chair of oil compact commission Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Comments 8 SANTA FE, N.M. — Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henrytold about 200 people attending the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission meeting Monday that he’s excited by his appointment as chairman of...

Mark Schwartz, a public servant, succumbs to cancer Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Just a few weeks before Mark Schwartz died following a two-year battle with prostate cancer, he seemed to be at peace with the possibility of his life coming to an end. “This cancer is no...

Memorial to be Sunday for former Oklahoma City Councilman Mark Schwartz Fri, Nov 14, 2008 Former Oklahoma City Councilman Mark Schwartz, 58, died about 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Mercy Health Center following a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He represented the city’s second...

Former Oklahoma City Councilman, Mark Schwartz, dies Thu, Nov 13, 2008 Former Oklahoma City Councilman Mark Schwartz died today after a lengthy illness. Schwartz also had served as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Energy during the Clinton administration.

Obama transition signals new policies in the offing Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Comments 36 HAVING promised sweeping change to the country, Barack Obama and his team aren’t wasting any opportunity to make sure it comes quickly. Obama-Talk in Washington is centering on potential...

Energy: Ram Energy Resources opens NASDAQ market Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment Opening the day Tulsa-based Ram Energy Resources opened the NASDAQ market on Thursday. Present at the opening were, from left to right, Sean Lane, Gerald Marshall, John Reardon, Chairman and Chief...

OKLAHOMA CAPITOL BRIEFS: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 | Add a comment Henry chosen to head group Gov. Brad Henry has been named chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission. Henry will serve as its 2009-10 chairman. Henry will be installed officially as...

Gov. Brad Henry named chairman of energy group; takes over from Sarah Palin Thu, Nov 6, 2008 | Comments 23 Gov. Brad Henry is following Sarah Palin's footsteps. He’s not running for vice president – he’s been named chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission, a post held by Palin,...

Obama’s mandate: govern moderately like campaign Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Add a comment BARACK Obama’s triumph was historic and sweeping and surely reflects a country focused less on an ideological agenda than on a desire for action and fundamental change in the way Washington...

Obama’s mandate: govern as moderately as he campaigned Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Comments 6 Barack Obama’s triumph was historic and sweeping and surely reflects a country focused less on an ideological agenda than on a desire for action and fundamental change in the way Washington...

State stocks battered by market sell-off Mon, Oct 6, 2008 | Comments 2 The shares of some of Oklahoma’s most highly regarded companies were battered today as the stock market plummeted. The Dow Jones Industrial Average skidded more than 500 points in the first...

Senate sends big spending bill to Bush to sign Sat, Sep 27, 2008 WASHINGTON (AP) -- Automakers gained $25 billion in taxpayer-subsidized loans and oil companies won elimination of a long-standing ban on drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts as...

McCain touts drilling agenda from oil platform Mon, Jul 28, 2008 ABOARD THE CHEVRON GENESIS (AP) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited this oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday to call for increased offshore drilling that he...