What Oklahoma leaders proposed in softening the blow of exorbitant February natural gas prices to consumers has become law in Kansas. Gov. Laura Kelly signed legislation that not only extended consumers’ payments of the winter storm costs but also offered financial incentive for utility companies transitioning from coal plants to newer solar or wind …
April 2021 archive
Grain Belt opponents continue eminent domain battle
Landowners in northern Missouri press their fight against the large Grain Belt Express transmission line that will carry wind-powered electricity from southwest Kansas to Illinois. They object to the project’s use of eminent domain and urge the Missouri Senate to join the House in passing a bill to prohibit the involuntary seizing of land. …
Oklahoma ranks poorly in clean jobs report
Oklahoma ranked 33rd in the sixth annual Clean Energy Jobs Report released this week, a report that also showed for the first time a drop in the number of overall jobs in the clean energy sector. The report showed Oklahoma had 22,765 workers employed in the sector as of 2020 with 3,199 in renewables; …
Oklahoma wind farm part of Amazon’s worldwide renewable energy efforts
A southern Oklahoma wind farm is part of tech giant Amazon’s ramp-up of its renewable energy capacity around the world. The company announced this week the addition of nine new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects including a Murray County wind farm with 118 megawatts of power. It is one of several projects in …
Energy news in brief
** Exxon Mobil on Monday floated a proposal for a public-private carbon storage project that would collect planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. petrochemical plants and bury them in deep under the Gulf of Mexico. ** The Biden administration has removed Trump-appointed atmospheric scientist Betsy Weatherhead from her role overseeing a comprehensive report on how climate change …
Bidding war erupts over Kansas City Southern railway
Kansas City Southern, the railway with a 100-mile stretch of line in Eastern Oklahoma finds itself the target of a bidding war as Canadian National railway is making a $33.7 billion cash-and-stock offer for the railway. The bid is more than Canadian Pacific’s $25 billion cash-and-stock proposal made last month reported the Associated …
Energy Transfer fights to keep open the Dakota Access pipeline
Energy Transfer is putting up a fight in federal court to keep open its Dakota Access oil pipeline, arguing the systems shutdown would be even more harmful than previously anticipated. Their arguments were made Monday in U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia after a key permit was scrapped. Energy Transfer contended that …
Completion reports for April 19, 2021
KINGFISHER COUNTY Ovintiv Mid-continent Inc. Mississippian (less Chester): Oil 752 Gas 1099 Water 2502 Flow 5 16N 8W Santana 1708 5h-29x, March 28, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 19391 ft Lat: 35.89657, Long: -98.07612 API: 35073263130000
Permits to drill for April 19, 2021
Canadian County PETREE #5-9, April 14 2021 09 11N 8W NENWSENW API: 01723826 Lat: 35.44540013717312, Long: -98.05491628158062 MAVERICK BROTHERS RESOURCES LLC SH, AM, 12334 ft, SKINNER LOW(9910), OSBORN(10030), MISSISSIPPI LIME(11500), HUNTON(11800) Coal County HB ##3-14/11H, February 10 2021 23 2N 9E NESWNENW API: 02921402 Lat: 34.63424544953608, Long: -96.33089017604824 CANYON CREEK ENERGY ARKOMA LLC HH, AM, 13975 ft, …
US crude bounced back for a strong $63 a barrel
Crude oil prices on Monday recovered much of what they lost on Friday. West Texas Intermediate crude oil for May deliver, considered the benchmark U.S. oil, rose 25 cents to $63.38 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent Crude went up 28 cents to finish the day at …