February 11, 2022 archive

Oklahoma to share in Biden’s $5 billion EV charging network plan

  Oklahoma will receive an estimated $66 million under President Biden’s $5 billion plan unveiled this week to create a growing EV charging network across the nation. The U.S. Energy Department provided a state-by-state breakdown of money under the 5-year plan. It listed Oklahoma has receiving $66,296,972 under the new National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula …

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Oklahoma’s DEQ threatened with lawsuit

  Oklahoma’s Department of Environmental Quality is being threatened with a lawsuit because for the second time, the agency has failed to meet a deadline to file pollution reduction plan under the Clean Water Act. The Sierra Club is among those environmental groups wanting to haul the agency into court reported News 9  TVin Oklahoma …

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Plains All American CEO predicts more crude oil growth in Permian

  Oil and gas exploration by all of those Oklahoma energy companies and others in the Permian basin of West Texas is expected to result in an annual crude oil production of more than 600,000 barrels a day in the coming years. It’s the prediction of pipeline giant Plains All American Pipeline LP reported Bloomberg. …

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Supply chain interruptions are indeed hurting renewables

  The recent move by Siemens Gamesa to lay off workers at its wind turbine operations in Hutchinson, Kansas and Iowa was blamed largely on supply chain issues. A review of how supply chain interruptions (see OK Energy Today) affected other renewables shows it clearly has hurt companies, not only in Kansas and Iowa but …

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