Seems like everyone’s piling on the bandwagons in Oklahoma and Texas in an effort to convince Elon Musk to locate his new Tesla truck plant either in Tulsa or Austin. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt recently hosted a reception in Tulsa for Musk and this week the county commissioners in Austin okayed millions in tax breaks …
July 16, 2020 archive
Austin makes another attempt to woo Tesla
Austin, Texas just upped the ante in the bidding competition with Tulsa, Oklahoma to determine who might get a new $1 billion Tesla truck plant. Both cities are reported to be the two finalists for the plant and Tesla founder Elon Musk visited Tulsa in recent weeks where Gov. Kevin Stitt and city leaders …
Houston firm reports more completed wells in area east of Kingfisher
Houston’s Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions LP has continued exploration of a sweet spot for crude production in Kingfisher County, reporting completions on four wells, two of which are sister wells with combined production of nearly 1,600 barrels of oil a day. The completions of the four wells were in an area about 5 to 7 …
New study points at cattle for high methane gas emissions
A new report contends global emissions of methane have reached the highest levels on record and researchers say the main sources are—belching or farting cattle and fossil fuels. It’s not just a claim from congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez but from researchers. Methane is considered a potent greenhouse gas and was the subject of a research …
Tulsa workers won’t be alone in layoffs and furloughs at American Airlines
The announced layoffs and furloughs of nearly 1,400 workers at the American Airlines maintenance operations in Tulsa were part of the airlines notice that as many as 25,000 front-line workers might be laid off. Blame it on the coronavirus crisis which has resulted in a dramatic plunge in the number of flyers on American …
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