Crude oil prices took a 4% drop on Monday and fell below $100 a barrel in U.S. trading, all because of growing worries about the global energy demand outlook because of growing COVID-19 lockdowns in Shanghai, not to mention potential increases in U.S. interest rates. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery fell $3.53 to …
Tar Creek cited as a “most endangered river” in US
For a second straight year, a national conservation organization has named Tar Creek in northeast Oklahoma a place on its “America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022.” Tar Creek is an 11-mile stream polluted with heavy metals form historic lead and zinc mining and is the site of a notorious superfund site. Click here for …
Oklahoma Reps busy with energy hearings this week on Capitol Hill
As Congress returns to work this week following the Easter break, those Senators and Representatives from Oklahoma will be busy with some hearings at which top Biden administration officials will testify. Congressman Markwayne Mullin and other members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hear Thursday from Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. She is …
NextEra frustrated with Commerce review of solar panel suppliers
Discontent with the Biden administration’s review of tariffs on solar panels made in Asian countries is growing and the leader of NextEra Energy, the company with major wind farms in Oklahoma, is not afraid to voice his displeasure. “How can you possibly pull the rug out from under the industry?” asked John Ketchum, CEO …
Oklahoma’s electric co-ops select team to electrify remote Guatemalan village
Adults and children in the isolated, mountainous village of La Montanita de la Virgen in Guatemala are currently in the dark. The village has never had access to electricity before, but their story will soon change. The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives (OAEC) has selected a group of volunteer linemen to electrify La Montanita …
Pipeline planned to carry North Dakota oil to Cushing
A North Dakota agency plans an early May hearing on a proposed $122 million pipeline to move Bakken oil to a Wyoming hub and eventually on to the Cushing hub in northern Oklahoma. The Bridger Pipeline Company is seeking approval after the project proposed for western North Dakota was delayed because of the coronavirus …
A hot and dry summer approaches Oklahoma
Things don’t look good for the approaching summer months in terms of rainfall in Oklahoma. The above map was posted Monday by Gary McManus, State Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet. He also offered his thoughts about the kind of summer we might expect. “They ain’t good, but they ain’t gospel, either. However, if they …
Environmental groups sue Colorado Governor
Skip to content Colorado Gov. Jarid Polis has been sued by some environmental groups who contend his administration has taken too long in acting on some oil and gas drilling permits for Adams County. The suits were filed recently by WildEarth Guardians and the Center for Biological Diversity. The two nonprofits claim the governor’s administration …
Bad air pollution in southeast New Mexico’s oil and gas lands
A recent national study of air pollution in the U.S. found that counties in New Mexico’s Permian Basin have some of the worst air in the state. Click here for Carlsbad Current-Argus
Economist says Biden’s energy policies aren’t diversified
A former Oklahoman who is now an economist at Kansas State University argues the best approach for the nation’s energy policies is to be diversified—not the approach that is taken by President Biden and his administration. The arguments were made over the weekend by Dennis Weisman, a professor emeritus of economics who wrote his …
