** Correction: The David Holt who is head of the Consumer Energy Alliance who wrote about banning efforts of cities and and towns from prohibiting natural gas use is not the mayor of Oklahoma City as we reported earlier this week. Our apologies. ** As if the market crash threatening their jobs wasn’t stressful enough, workers …
March 23, 2020 archive
Threatened oilfield bust is costing thousands of jobs
One of the most painful busts in the history of crude oil happened just six years ago when a sharp price drop cost 200,000 roughnecks, almost half the entire workforce, their jobs. And now, the spread of the coronavirus coupled with an oil-price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia threatens to devastate the oil services …
Congressman carries out social distancing
Oklahoma 1st District Rep. Kevin Hern is apparently practicing what he and health officials preach about social distancing. Last week he visited Tulsa and conducted what he labeled a Coronavirus Response Tour, meeting with local officials and medical professionals about community needs. As witnessed by the photos he provided, Rep. Hern showed his separation during …
Air Force begins environmental assessment of B-21 bomber’s maintenance centers
Two years after the Air Force announced that Tinker Air Force Base would maintain and sustain the new B-21 Raider aircraft, the air base is starting legal paperwork regarding two potential alternative sites for a 75-acre B-21 depot maintenance campus. Legal notices in newspapers by the Air Force seek public comment regarding the project’s potential …
Wind group says 35,000 wind-energy jobs are at risk over coronavirus
The coronavirus crisis could put 35,000 wind energy jobs at risk, and put 25 gigawatts of wind projects, representing $35 billion in investment, in jeopardy, according to an initial estimate from the American Wind Energy Association. AWEA joined several other clean-energy trade groups last week in calling on Congress for emergency provisions to help compensate for slowdowns …
Refiners prepare to challenge Denver Federal Appeals Court decision
A challenge appears in the making to a ruling by the Denver Federal Appeals Court that was against small refinery operators including one in southern Oklahoma. The three operators who lost the biofuels case in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reportedly will ask the court for an en banc hearing of the case …
North Dakota weighs plan to keep some Bakken crude off market
North Dakota leaders are considering a move to turn off the oil spigot as the state and the rest of the U.S. face the likelihood of low oil prices for the coming months, something it did five years ago. Faced with declining demand and potentially months of oil prices below most Bakken breakeven prices, …
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