As she prepares to possibly become the new Secretary of the Interior Department, New Mexico Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland filed financial disclosure documents this week. They showed she had no outside income of her job as a member of Congress with the exception of a $175 annual stipend from the Laguna Pueblo of which …
A legal fight is likely if the Environmental Protection Agency, in the final days of the Trump Administration approves any of the 32 pending biofuel waivers request by small refineries such as the Wynnewood Refinery in Oklahoma. The promise of a fight was made by the Renewable Fuels Association, a group of corn farmers, …
Oklahomans know all about wildfires and how deadly and destructive they can be, especially on wind-driven days such as those this week. Even forest fires in the southeast part of the state get the attention of the state’s forestry department. Remember those destructive wildfires that raced across Red Cedar tree filled plots of land …
OPEC leaders say they believe U.S. shale oil production will increase in 2021 as crude prices increase. On Thursday, OPEC said in a monthly report that the supply outlook is more “optimistic” and will increase in the second half of this new year. It indicated U.S. total oil supply will increase by 370,000 barrels …
The Texas Oil and Gas Association reported this week the oil and gas industry paid nearly $14 billion in taxes in 2020 to the state of Texas and local governments. In the association’s annual report, Todd Staples, President said the COVID-19 pandemic and what it did to the industry also showed one thing—oil and …
