Crude oil prices hit their highest level in more than a year in Monday’s trading as Brent futures settled at more than $60 a barrel. Boosted by supply cuts, Brent crude for April delivery rose $1.22 to $60.56 a barrel in ICE Futures Europe. West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery, considered to be …
Oklahoma Republican Congressman Frank Lucas is blunt with his assessment of President Biden’s campaign to “Build Back Better.” It threatens the country’s energy industry. The western Oklahoma U.S. Representative also says Biden has already broken his inauguration-speech promise to “work to be a President who seeks not to divide but unify.” Strong words from a …
In a court case going back nearly 8 years, a Tulsa Federal Judge has ordered wind farm developer Osage Wind to turn over documents it contended were privileged communication with its legal representation. Osage Wind was sued by the Osage Minerals Council after it began construction of a wind farm in Osage County in …
New Mexico Democratic congresswoman Deb Haaland is far too radical for Montana U.S. Sen. Steve Daines. He vowed to block her nomination for Interior Secretary even though environmentalists, Native American tribes and Democrats have given her overwhelming support. But after Haaland met last week with Sen. Daines, he offered no change of heart about …
** A U.S. District Court Judge puts ConocoPhillips’s mining and gravel construction at a National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska project on hold for two weeks reports the Anchorage Daily News. ** The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will vote to advance Michael Regan’s nomination to be EPA administrator on Tuesday. ** The company building a disputed Russian-German underwater gas pipeline that’s been the …
The number of drilling permits issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas in the month of January totaled 512, less than half of the 1,156 permits issued in January 2020. The Commission released figures showing the January 2021 total includes 446 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, two to re-enter plugged well …
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas is pushing legislation to invest billions more to help in the recovery of the nation’s research abilities, research that he says is ignored by Democrats in their COVID-19 relief bills. The Republican Representative, a ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee supported the Research Investment to Secure the …
Considered the largest, privately-owned freight carrier in North America, Estes Express acquired a a former trucking terminal in Oklahoma City in a nearly $15 million deal. The Virginia-based trucking line with 260 terminals across the country bought the Waggoners Trucking terminal at 1501 SE 15 in Oklahoma City. Estes is expanding nationwide and anticipates …
Icy and bitterly cold weather early Monday resulted in crashes throughout Oklahoma City and forced the cancellation of events and postponement of others. Included in the list of groups forced to delay their meetings was the Oklahoma Transportation Commission. It was scheduled to meet Monday morning but leaders quickly postponed the monthly meeting …
Questions are being raised about the developer of an underground nuclear waste storage facility in the southern part of New Mexico. Some members of the state’s congressional delegation have joined environmentalists and other opponents in contending the operation was rushed through the approval process during the pandemic reported Searchlight New Mexico. Click here for …
