Gasoline prices hit $3.13 average in Oklahoma

  Yes, gasoline prices are climbing again and you can blame it in part on the recent cold weather along with geopolitical tensions. Oklahoma’s average gasoline price rose 8 cents in the past week to reach $3.13 a gallon according to the American Automobile Association. A week ago, Oklahoma’s average was $3.05 a gallon while …

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Alec driving laws to blacklist companies that boycott the oil industry

    A growing effort is underway in Oklahoma, Texas and other oil and gas states to adopt state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry. Much of it is led by the American Legislative Exchange Council which is a conservative lobby group considered by many to be quite influential. ALEC is promoting  the Energy …

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Other energy stories and their headlines

** President Bidensaid that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany will not go forward if Russia invades Ukraine. “If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine, again, then there will be no longer Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it,” Biden said at a joint press conference with …

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Continental Resources CEO vows ‘conservative’ approach this year

  Following the surprise move by Continental Resources to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources Co.’s Delaware Basin assets in a $3.2 billion deal, Continental CEO William Berry maintains the company will have a conservative approach in the remainder of 2022. It’s what he told Hart Energy in a recent interview. “—we see no reason for companies …

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First EV rolls off assembly line at Ford’s Kansas City plant

  Ford’s Kansas City car-manufacturing plant just produced its first electric vehicle, the 2022 E-Transit van, the electric version of the popular Ford Transit cargo van. The company announced Tuesday the E-Transit is its second EV following the brand’s Mustang Mache-E reported the Kansas City Star. Click here for Kansas City Star.

Crude oil and OK energy stocks slipped on Monday

  After reaching $92 a barrel on Friday, crude oil on Monday slipped nearly a dollar. Oklahoma energy stocks fell as well. West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery dropped 99 cents and closed at $91.32 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for April delivery fell 58 cents and …

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No “energy” in Gov. Stitt’s state of state address

  It took Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt about 38 minutes to deliver his fourth state of the state address on Monday to the Oklahoma legislature….and there was no mention of Oklahoma’s energy industry. Not one word about oil and gas, wind, solar power and their contributions to the state’s healthy economy. While he spoke of …

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Senators urge EPA to delay WOTUS “land grab”

  The names of Oklahoma U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford are among the 50 Senate Republicans who recently urged the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers against updating their definition of waters protected under the Clean Water Act. The Senators want the two bodies to pause until the U.S. Supreme Court …

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Congressional Dems take aim again at Big Oil

  House Democrats will try again this week to put big oil and gas on the global warming spotlight. Reps for Exxon, Chevron, Shell and BP refused to go along with the politically-driven effort by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform led by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney. They had declined invitations to testify …

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Kansas expands EV charging stations on interstate and turnpike

  More electric vehicle charging stations will be going up along Interstate 70 and the Kansas Turnpike. The Associated Press reports the state just awarded $2 million in grants to operators of travel centers along the two major highways. Click here for AP