Category: General

Keystone pipeline searched for other potential leak sites

  Keystone Pipeline operator TC Energy admits it is investigating other possible sites that could potentially be sources of a leak like that big one that occurred last December in northern Kansas. The company is looking for areas of the pipeline with characteristics similar to the one near Washington, Kansas where 12,000 barrels of crude …

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Other energy highlights

** A lawsuit by environmentalists seeking to block the 2021 sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases auctioned off by the federal government was rejected Friday by a federal appeals court in Washington. Energy companies including Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil offered a combined $192 million for drilling rights on federal oil and gas reserves in the …

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AAA forecasts big summer travel season and with it—higher gasoline prices

  AAA says the coming months promise to be a very busy summer for travel, even though we’re a month away from the Memorial Day holiday and the unofficial kickoff to the summer driving season. The automobile agency reported this week that international travel bookings this year are already up 200% compared to 2022 and …

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Crude prices made slight rebound while OK energy stocks regained lost ground

  After 4% losses on Wednesday, crude oil prices enjoyed a small rebound in Thursday’s trading following an announcement by a top Russian official who said global oil markets were balanced. The comments by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak caused a 46 gain for West Texas Intermediate Crude which settled at $74.76 a barrel …

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Sen. Mullin blasts Energy Secretary’s idea of an all-electric military

  Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm’s call this week for an all-electric U.S. military drew a heavy critical response from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin who called her idea “ridiculous.” It was during a U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday where Granholm said that she supports efforts from the Biden administration to require the U.S. …

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Texas legislature moves to stop any ban of gasoline powered engines

  Just as the state of Colorado could be considering a ban on gasoline powered lawnmowers and leaf blowers, the Texas legislature is doing just the opposite. Legislation to make sure  gasoline and diesel-powered engines can never be banned was approved this week in the Texas House of Representatives. KOSA TV in Austin reported the …

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Oklahoma’s Aerospace and Defense Industry to be highlighted at annual event

  Oklahoma’s annual Aerospace and Defense Industry Day will be held May 16 in Midwest City on the Rose State College campus. Many of the state’s top aviation and aerospace entities have participated in past Aerospace Days. The special day will be hosted by the U.S. Air Force’s Strategic Alternate Source Programming Office. This year’s …

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Green funding hit by House debt limit bill

  The debt limit bill passed by House Republicans this week was not only a move made to force President Biden into negotiations to prevent a catastrophic federal default this summer, but it included massive cuts in green energy funding. Passed on a 217-215 vote with all five Oklahoma Representatives voting for the measure, the …

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Farmers’ Right to Repair bill becomes law in Colorado

  Colorado is the first state in the country to pass a law giving farmers the right to repair their own equipment, a move aimed against major farm implement manufacturers who used software locks to discourage customers from repairing their own tractors. Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill this week. The measure requires manufacturers to …

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Republicans move to block investigation of 2021 winter storm gas bills

  The muddy controversy over whether Oklahoma should investigate the sky-high cost of natural gas during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri, a development that led to utilities passing along the costs to consumers for the next nearly three decades, took another turn this week. Republican lawmakers filed a bill to exempt natural gas from Oklahoma’s …

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