November 2021 archive

Completion reports for November 12, 2021

completions: none were processed today

Permits to drill for November 12, 2021

permits: none were processed today

New Mexico’s governor faces opposition from environmentalists over a pet project

  New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s hunt for federal funding to turn her state into a national center for hydrogen production has run into opposition—from environmental groups. She’s pushing a Hydrogen Hub Act in the upcoming legislative session but a report by Capital & Main shows environmentalists and Indigenous groups are creating a road …

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Monday’s energy news headlines

** A report released Thursday by Ember, an independent energy think tank, shows the U.S. is still among the world’s top coal users. It casts doubts on Climate Envoy John Kerry’s boast at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Scotland that the U.S. coal production will be phased out by 2030. ** Democratic Senator Joe Manchin said on Thursday …

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Colorado biofuel firm to produce ethanol-based jet fuel

  A Colorado-based biofuel company has partnered with Chicago-based ag giant ADM to help it produce low-carbon jet fuel. Gevo Inc.’s deal will allow it to use half of the ethanol produced from corn by ADM in the low carbon sustainable aviation fuel that Gevo plans to produce reported the Denver Business Journal. Click here …

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Completion reports for November 11, 2021

completions: none were processed today

Permits to drill for November 11, 2021

permits: none were processed today

Gas prices still high but cheapest is still in Oklahoma

  Heading into the weekend, American drivers saw only a penny decline in the national average of gasoline compared to earlier in the week. AAA reported a national average of $3.41 for a gallon of regular gasoline. Oklahoma drivers saw a 2-cent drop in their average from $3.04 a week ago to $3.02 this week. …

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Crude oil makes gains along with OK energy stocks

  Oil prices settled slightly higher on Thursday after OPEC cut its 2021 oil demand forecast due to high prices. It turned out to be a strong day for Oklahoma energy stocks. West Texas Intermediate crude managed a gain of 0.75% to finish the day at $81.47 a barrel in trading  on the New York …

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Higher gas bills okayed by Kansas regulators for some customers

  Customers of Black Hills Energy in Kansas will soon be seeing their gas bills going up by another $11.47 a month over the next five years. The hike was allowed by the Kansas Corporation Commission to allow the company to recover $87.9 million in costs from the February extreme cold weather reported the Kansas …

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