Legislators to focus on energy issues in committee meetings

  Oklahoma legislators start serious work this week on tackling some of the issues and bills that could have a direct impact on the state’s energy industry. The Senate Aeronautics and Transportation Committee will meet Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Room 230 of the Capitol. The House Transportation Committee will meet at 1:30 p.m. …

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Sen. Mullin gets assignments on Environment and Public Works Committee

  Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin learned his Senate Environment and Public Works Committee assignments this week. He not only succeeded retired U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe in winning last November’s election, but Mullin also replaced Inhofe on the Environment and Public Works Committee he once chaired. Sen. Mullin, who is now the state’s freshman Senator, …

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Rural Oklahoma’s economy helped by growth of wind farms

  The number of wind turbines in Oklahoma isn’t slowing down and the economic impact on the state is realized—especially in the rural areas of northwest Oklahoma. The Enid News and Eagle reports northwestern Oklahoma is home to several wind farms, including NextEra Energy’s Skeleton Creek Wind, Solar, and Battery Storage Project in Alfalfa, Garfield …

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Austin City Manager could lose job over ice storm response

  The City Manager for Austin, Texas is on shaky grounds and might lose his job over the city’s response to the recent ice storm that left tens of thousands without electrical power. Mayor Kirk Watson and three other council members added an item for this week’s city council agenda and it is whether to …

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Devon’s newest Blaine County wells combine for 3,000 barrels of oil a day

  Reporting the completion reports filed by oil and gas companies in Oklahoma can be tricky. Sometimes, oil firms filed one completion report followed a day, or two later by others. Such is the case with Devon Energy and its filing of reports for the Cheetah wells the firm drilled in Blaine County. Now it …

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Retired engineer joins Williams board of directors

Williams announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Carri Lockhart as an independent director on the Board, effective Feb. 10, 2023. Lockhart brings nearly 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry both in the United States and overseas, most recently serving as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Technology, …

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Rail merger will mean more Canadian tar sands oil to be shipped across Oklahoma

  The proposed merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern rail lines would mean the shipment of more Canadian oil sands across Oklahoma, if approved by regulators. The two rail lines have already signed a 10-year deal with ConocoPhillips Canada and USD Group to transport the oil across the U.S. and south to …

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** Texas residents grilled U.S. energy regulators on Saturday over their supervision of liquefied natural gas processing plants at a meeting to discuss conditions at the fire-idled Freeport LNG plant. The second-largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility was knocked offline by a fiery blast last June and operations halted while regulators review operations and staffing. …

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Growing dangers of lithium battery fires as EV use spreads

  As the nation is adopting more and more electric vehicles from cars and trucks to scooters and bikes, it is also experiencing a growth in dangerous and deadly lithium battery fires. Firefighters have been seriously hurt in dealing with the fires and now a University of Texas fire scientists and professor of mechanical engineering …

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Toll road opponents raise ethical questions about legislator’s sale of home to Turnpike Authority

  The actions of Newcastle Rep. Sherrie Conley to become one of the first to take advantage of the State Turnpike Authority’s new toll road plans shortly after they were released are under scrutiny. Conley sits on the House Transportation Committee and jumped at the chance to sell her home for $103,460 above the appraised …

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