April 22, 2021 archive

Research update on Oklahoma’s produced water

  A special series will be presented next month by researchers at Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma to announce the results of the latest research into Oklahoma’s produced water from its oil and gas industry. Updates on this research will be the focus of a new seminar series coordinated by the Oklahoma …

Continue reading »

States move to regulate distributed solar power

  More and more states are taking steps related to the distribution of solar power and the policies that apply to it. As PV Magazine reported, Kansas was one of them where its Corporation Commission recently rejected a proposed minimum grid access charge requested by Evergy. The magazine also noted that more than 40 states …

Continue reading »

US rig count increases slightly

    The US rig count inched up by three in the last week to 517 as of April 21, according to Enverus Rig Analytics. While that may not seem like a particularly significant move, this is the first week in 2021 to show an increase on a YOY basis. The current count is up …

Continue reading »

Senators argue for denial of Renewable Fuel waivers

  A dozen Midwest U.S. Senators wrote EPA Administrator Michael Regan this week asking him to turn down any requests by refiners to waiver or reduce their ethanol blending requirements under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Those requirements are what led to CVR Energy’s U.S. Supreme Court challenge of a ruling that went against its Wynnewood …

Continue reading »

Report claims 40% of Americans live in places with unhealthy air

  The American Lung Association’s “State of the Air” 2021 report contends 40% of Americans or more than 135 million people living in places with unhealth levels of ozone and pollution. Oklahoma cities did not make the list of the most polluted places to live. That list featured many cities in California. More West Coast …

Continue reading »

Energy news in brief

** American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers said Thursday the API supports the goals of the Paris Agreement to reduce global emissions and alleviate poverty. He said it also supports the Biden administration’s announcement for a new U.S. National Determined Contribution for the agreement. ** NextEra Energy Inc. wants to buy more power lines …

Continue reading »

Mullin highlights American innovation in Energy and Commerce hearing

  Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) participated in a House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee hearing Wednesday on Open Radio Access Networks (ORAN) and the future of wireless technology. In his questions to the witnesses, Mullin highlighted the need to move away from Chinese suppliers and instead focus on the innovations being made in …

Continue reading »

Tulsa chosen as national test site for Rivian delivery vans

  Tulsa will be a test site for California-based electric vehicle maker Rivian’s delivery vans for Amazon. The Orange County Business Journal reported the announcement this week saying it was part of Rivian’s continued expansion across the nation with its vehicles. Amazon has a major warehouse distribution in Tulsa as well as in Oklahoma City. …

Continue reading »

12 States want to ban gas cars nationwide

  The governors of a dozen states on the West and East Coasts not only want to ban the sale of gas cars by the year 2035 but also to enforce such a ban on Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and the rest of the nation. The 12 governors made their pitch in a letter this week …

Continue reading »

Feds cancel next sale of public oil and gas leases

  In addition to pausing oil and gas leases on federal lands, a move taken by President Biden earlier in the year through one of his many executive orders, the government has now canceled oil and gas lease sales through June. The U.S. Interior Department announced this week the cancellation while it was still reviewing …

Continue reading »