November 19, 2021 archive

Environmental group says Denver power plants are racist in location

  A textbook example of environmental racism. It’s how the Sierra Club describes power plants in Denver, Colorado. In a new report, the environmental group said that for decades, low-income communities of color in Denver were “disproportionately burdened by pollution from multiple sources, including highways that cut through neighborhoods, oil refineries and power plants that …

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ONG’s $1.3 billion in storm costs to be reviewed by regulatory judge

  A hearing over an agreement covering the more than $1.3 billion in February storm natural gas costs by Oklahoma Natural Gas begins Monday morning before an Administrative Law Judge at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The hearing will cover a proposed settlement of the case that focuses on ONG’s extreme purchase costs in the amount …

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Crude oil hit 7-week low in Friday’s trading–energy stocks slid too

  Another big drop in crude oil prices was recorded Friday as crude fell to a 7-week low in the markets. It also sent Oklahoma energy stocks tumbling for the day. West Texas Intermediate crude oil for December delivery fell $2.91 to $76.10 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That amounted …

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Completion reports for November 19, 2021

completions: none were processed today

Permits to drill for November 19, 2021

Garfield County CK WALKER #76, November 19 2021 13 22N 4W CE2NENE API: 04760031 Lat: 36.388536983533484, Long: -97.56961871195578 M M ENERGY INC SH, RC, 4200 ft, HOOVER(2400), ELGIN(2600), ENDICOTT(2800) Garvin County JEWELL BIA 0304 #2-4-33SXH, November 19 2021 09 3N 4W SWNENENE API: 04925355 Lat: 34.75241807620393, Long: -97.61724004640688 MARATHON OIL COMPANY MU, DR, 20027 ft, GODDARD(11897) Kingfisher …

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Permits to drill for November 18, 2021

Carter County HEWITT UNIT #22-2704, November 18 2021 22 4S 2W NWSWSENW API: 01926467 Lat: 34.19618302685891, Long: -97.39957638635093 XTO ENERGY INC SH, DR, 4000 ft, HOXBAR(1280), DEESE(2245) Carter County HEWITT UNIT #22-5402, November 18 2021 22 4S 2W SENWSESW API: 01926468 Lat: 34.18944438809706, Long: -97.39927259593851 XTO ENERGY INC SH, DR, 4000 ft, HOXBAR(1721), DEESE(2731) Garvin County YOSHI …

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Completion reports for November 18, 2021

completions: none were processed today

Oklahoma Reps condemn Build Back Better

While Democrats celebrated passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act approved Friday in the House, Oklahoma’s congressional delegation was condemning the measure with one Representative calling it dangerous. “At a time when energy costs are skyrocketing, it’s troubling that this bill rejects an all-of-the-above approach to energy research and instead focuses almost entirely on …

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New EPA Regional administrators named

    The Environmental Protection Agency announced the appointment of three new regional administrators. The Region 8 Regional Administrator will be KC Becker who will handle the implementation of the Biden administration’s environmental agenda in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and with 28 Tribal Nations. “With her background on critical climate change …

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Continued poor highway ranking for Oklahoma

  Despite the seemingly never-ending construction projects encountered by motorists on I-35 in Oklahoma, the state still ranks 36th in the nation in overall cost-effectiveness and condition according to the Annual Highway Report by Reason Foundation. This is a two-spot decline from the previous report, where Oklahoma ranked 34th. Oklahoma ranks in the bottom half of states in …

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