February 26, 2022 archive

Another step in 16 year fight between Mewbourne Oil and Oklahoma regulators

  Oklahoma’s Supreme Court has ruled against Mewbourne Oil Company in a nearly 16-year battle with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, a fight over forced pooling of mineral interests in the state, intrinsic fraud and monetary damages. “Application to assume original jurisdiction is denied. All justices concur,” read the order issued earlier in February. Mewbourne sued …

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How a snowball plays a role in Sen. Inhofe’s legacy

  Long after Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is gone from Congress, he will still be remembered for the day he brought a snowfall onto the floor of the U.S. Senate to make his point against the global warming movement. It was 2015 and the Republican Senator, who was famous for denying that climate change …

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Lankford says Biden needs to cut off the spigot to Russia’s oil and gas

  While the U.S. continues receiving crude oil from Russia during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford says it’s time to stop the flow of oil into the U.S. Interviewed recently on Newsmax’s Eric Bolling The Balance , Sen. Lankford said the U.S. response should be clear. He says the U.S. should return to …

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We’re still importing Russian crude oil

  Even as the U.S. voices extreme criticism of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. is still importing oil from?  Russia. More than 12 million barrels of crude oil from Russia are already on their way to the U.S. aboard two dozen ships. Oil-analytics firm Vortexa expects it to arrive next month. reported Bloomberg. Click …

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