Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe joined Democrats and other Republicans this week in launching a move to reauthorize the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. He and others called it one of the most cost-effective federal clean air programs and their legislation would reauthorize the program through fiscal year 2024 at its current funding levels. It would …
Among some of the appointments announced this week by Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat were those to energy related commissions. He made appointments to a Joint Legislative Task Force on the Grand River Dam Authority, the Radiation Management Advisory Council, the Solid Waste Management Advisory Council and the Storage Tank Advisory Council. Named …
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is resurfacing publicly for perhaps the first time since he resigned last year following an ethics scandal. He will be one of the speakers at the Dallas County Republican Party’s annual Reagan Day Dinner on March 21 in Dallas. Invitations were sent out this week following the announcement by the …
Permits to drill issued on March 12, 2019. Custer County SABERTOOTH #1-31H, March 12 2019 31 15N 14W NWNWNWNW API: 03922568 Lat: 35.738963442623714, Long: -98.73769827787125 BLAKE PRODUCTION COMPANY INC HH, DR, 15845 ft, OSWEGO(9900) Grady County HOLDEN 0707 #16-21-1WH, March 12 2019 08 7N 7W NWSWSESE API: 05124592 Lat: 35.08863216476226, Long: -97.9564717179805 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC …
Completion reports filed on March 12, 2019. ALFALFA COUNTY Midstates Petroleum Co Llc Mississippian: Oil 302 Gas 405 Water 2334 Pump 1 24N 12W Lois 2412 3h-01d, July 22, 2018 HH, OIL, TD: 13201 ft Lat: 36.59358, Long: -98.44229 API: 35003233040001 CLEVELAND COUNTY Baron Exploration Company Arbuckle(8718): Oil Creek: Mclish(8318): Mclish(8318): Tulip Creek: Bromide: Oil 8 Water 97 Pump 21 8N 1W Thunderbird 1-28, …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission meets Wednesday to consider reported efforts of one commissioner to become the new chairman. Commissioner Todd Hiett is said to be intent on taking over the leadership position held by Commissioner Dana Murphy. A vote on a new chairman of the Commission is on the Wednesday agenda. Hiett is the current …
Op-Ed by Congressman Mullin on The Hill: Cool it with the regulations, Washington! Indoor comfort systems are among the largest users of energy in America. And they’re not going anywhere, because heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems don’t just keep us comfortable. They keep us alive. In 2003, a heat wave struck Europe that was …
A bill to give Oklahomans credit for a vehicle trade-in overwhelmingly passed the State House of Representatives this week and was sent to the Senate. The bill’s author considers it a tax cut. House Bill 2355 would grant consumers credit for vehicle trade-ins by taxing them at the net price of the vehicle they’re purchasing …
The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week it intends to spend $16 million a year on cleanup of Oklahoma’s Tar Creek Superfund Site. Working with the State and the Quapaw Nation, the EPa intends to open a five-year draft plan for goals of cleanup for a 30-day public review this summer. It will be the …
For the first time in nearly three years, Oklahoma’s unemployment rate grew in January. The number employed in the state’s energy sector also slipped for the month. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate moved up 0.1 percentage point to 3.2 percent for the month, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. Nationally, the rate increased to …
