U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg plans to visit Oklahoma City this week to hold discussions on aviation safety at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Mike Monroney Center. Buttigieg made the announcement in a tweet indicating he will meet with “our next generation of air traffic controllers training” at the center. “Their work and our continued …
Federal bank survey finds slowed growth in oil and gas in Texas, New Mexico and Louisiana
A survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of Texas showed growth in the oil and gas sector in Texas, Louisiana and southern New Mexico stalled in the first quarter of 2023. The Dallas Fed Energy Survey indicated the business activity index, the survey’s broadest measure of conditions in the district’s energy firms, was down …
Quick reads of other energy stories
** An oil tanker owned by a major U.S.-traded transportation company appears to be taking on Iranian crude oil in a key Asian maritime strait in violation of American sanctions, an advocacy group alleges. The firm allegedly involved, Euronav, said Wednesday it will “take appropriate action when necessary.” ** North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has …
Smart electric meters arrive in Amarillo
Xcel Energy and its smart electric meters arrived this week in the city of Amarillo. The first such meter was installed by the company and eventually the company hopes to install ore than 275,000 of them in the company’s service area in the coming two years according to the Amarillo Globe-News. “We’re excited to …
Summit Utilities welcomes any investigation of its rates in Arkansas
Accused in a lawsuit of price gouging and the target of investigative efforts by the Arkansas Attorney General, leaders of Summit Utilities say they welcome any probe of their rates and how they came to be. They suggest their books are open for review. The Colorado-based company, one that acquired CenterPoint Energy’s natural gas …
Proposed oil railway in Colorado leaves leaders split over support and opposition
Leaders of a western Colorado County find themselves at odds with some of their U.S. Senators and Representatives in the controversial project of a proposed railway to carry Utah oil to Gulf Coast refineries. At least 88 miles of the proposed Uinta Basin railway would run through Colorado and it’s a project supported by …
Recycling wind turbines is a growing challenge to lawmakers
A bill to study how best to recycle old solar panels and wind turbines passed unanimously out of the Indiana House on Monday. The U.S. hasn’t found a cost-effective way to recycle panels and turbines yet. And that could mean a lot of waste in the next 20 to 30 years as the less …
Federal grant is made to help expansion of meat processors in Oklahoma
After the federal government started a crackdown on meat packing processors, a move that led to the loss of hundreds of small operations across the U.S., a shortage of available meat developed in the nation. The pressure of COVID-19 added to the problem. Now the same government is attempting to bring about a return …
Sen. Lankford warns of Chinese land grabbing and spying in Oklahoma and the US
The growing ownership of Oklahoma land by Chinese buyers prompted Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford to take to the Senate floor this week to express his concern and alarm and in essence to warn the country to wake up to growing spying operations. He told senators that if nothing is done about the increased …
Four Corners Power Plant case heard by New Mexico Supreme Court
The New Mexico state Supreme Court is now weighing a bid by the state’s largest electric provider to overturn a 2021 decision by regulators who denied a move to transfer company shares in a coal-fired power plant to a Navajo energy company. Arguments were heard Tuesday and the case could determine how long the …
