The U.S. dropped 21 active rigs in the last week for a count of 517 rigs as of May 19, according to Enverus Rig Analytics. The drop in rig numbers included Oklahoma’s Anadarko Basin. The Austin, Texas-based company that computes rig counts stated that the count is flat on the month but still up …
May 2021 archive
Arkansas nuclear power plant nears 50 years of use
While many in the U.S. are in a mad rush for the development of more renewable energy, a nuclear power plant in Arkansas approaches nearly half a century of use. Unit 1 of Arkansas Nuclear One near Lake Dardanelle turns 47 on Friday. Arkansas Business reported the unit came online May 21, 1974 just …
Lankford says Biden just committed another huge mistake
There’s a reason Vladimir Putin is smiling. Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford says that’s because President Biden made him and the Kremlin very happy by lifting sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Lankford called it “another huge mistake” by Biden after he first blocked the Keystone Pipeline from Canada to the U.S. …
Photos show I-40 bridge crack in 2016
The crack in the I-40 bridge over the Mississippi River that forced Arkansas authorities to close the structure this month actually started developing nearly five years ago. New photographic evidence came to light this week as pictures taken by a kayaker in 2016 revealed the crack at that time. The Commercial Appeal newspaper said …
GOP Representative labels a House hearing into oil and gas a “publicity stunt” by Democrats
A House subcommittee hearing Wednesday led by an anti-oil and gas California Democratic congresswoman, a hearing where Devon Energy and other major firms refused to participate, turned into something of a partisan brawl according to POLITICO. If you recall, as OK Energy Today reported earlier this week, Devon Energy’s CEO Rick Muncrief was one …
Colorado oil producers sued over royalties fight
A mineral royalties fight has gone to court in northern Colorado where three Weld County landowners have filed suit saying they were underpaid for more than seven years. The Daily Camera in Boulder reported the lawsuit was brought in federal court against Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas Onshore LP and Noble Energy Inc. Click here …
Report finds $8 billion gap in New Mexico bonding requirements, clean up costs for oil and gas
If environmentalists and the more liberal-leaning leaders of New Mexico got their wish to totally abandon the oil and gas industry, what would the cleanup bill be for the wells left standing? A new study by the Center for Applied Research put the cost into the billions of dollars. It also showed the state …
Lucas’ Rural STEM Education Bill Passed by House
The U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Frank Lucas’ (OK-03) bipartisan Rural STEM Education Research Act this week. The legislation addresses the inequities faced by rural students that make it harder to access quality STEM education, including giving teachers more resources and training in STEM, engaging students in hands-on education within their communities, increasing access …
Natural gas use for power plants grew in 2020
Some states and cities are pushing ahead with efforts to ban the use of natural gas, but it hasn’t stopped the growth of gas to power electricity in the U.S. A new government report shows the use of natural gas to power electric generating plants increased in 2020 resulting in 57% of the nation’s …
First industrial hemp plant opens in Kansas
Oil isn’t the only industry from which clothes and everyday things we use are manufactured. So is the industrial hemp industry and its first hemp plant has opened in Kansas. Great Bend is the site of the South Bend Industrial Hemp operation which is taking advantage of more and more of the crop being …