It’s almost like the Biden administration is shrugging its shoulders about the rising fuel prices. The latest admission of helplessness came this week from Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo who said Tuesday there is not much more the White House can do to tackle the record high gas prices for Americans. She blamed the …
Solar power provides daytime electricity in Taos
The electrical provider in Taos, New Mexico announced it began daytime power production totally with solar power as of this week. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, based in Taos switched to a solar array of 43,690 solar panels covering 170 acres at a site nine miles northwest of the city reported The Santa Fe New …
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** The Energy Department announced on Wednesday that it will make a major loan to a facility that would create and store clean hydrogen energy. It will loan $504.4 million dollars to the Advanced Clean Energy Storage Project, which will be located in Delta, Utah. ** Goldman analysts say crude-oil prices will need to average $135 a …
West Texas raked by massive dust storm
The weather is never a “given” in the oil patch. Some times it is freezing snow storms. In Oklahoma, springtime means tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. In the Permian Basin of West Texas this week, it was a wild and crazy dust storm, one estimated to be at least 100 miles in length and …
US DOT gives transportation power to Cherokee Nation
The Cherokee Nation headquartered in Oklahoma has become the first tribe in Indian Country to reach an agreement with the federal government allowing it to plan and oversee its own road and highway construction. Leaders of the tribe signed the historic self-governance agreement on Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Transportation. It means the …
Prairie chicken decision could affect oil and gas industry
The states of Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas and Colorado await an expected decision this month from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about protections for the lesser prairie chicken and protections under the Endangered Species Act. The government is considering a “threatened” listing in Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado and an “endangered” listing in …
Dems didn’t listen to Lucas about methane
Even though Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas warned a House Committee about over-regulation of methane and standing in the way of efforts to control its emissions, Democrats went ahead and accused the oil and gas industry of “failing” to address leaks of the gas. In a new report, the Democrats on the House Science, …
Texas terminal fire sends natural gas prices falling
A fire this week at Freeport LNG’s terminal in Quintana, Texas sent U.S. natural gas prices tumbling. Bloomberg reported that as a result of the fire, the terminal will be closed for at least three weeks, a move that leaves supplies of the fuel stranded. Click here for Bloomberg
Fighting extreme ESG efforts by financial groups
Speculation grows that if Republicans take back Congress in the midterms, they’ll turn their opposition of green investing and “woke” corporate policies into legislative action. They intend to propose legislation very similar to Oklahoma’s new law that forbids financial institutions from no longer doing business with the oil and gas industry because of its …
Crude supply dwindles again at Cushing
The crude oil supply at the Cushing hub in northern Oklahoma fell again in the most report report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The supply as of June 3 totaled 23.4 million barrels of oil, a fall of 1.6 million from May 27 when the total was 25 million barrels. One year ago, …
