February 2022 archive

Justices hear arguments against EPA power plant rules

  West Virginia took the lead Monday in oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme court in the fight by 20 states, including Oklahoma, against President Biden’s climate agenda. In doing so, the states have invoked the “major questions doctrine” which is a judicial principal being used to challenge the EPA’s regulation of greenhouse gas emissions …

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Cushing crude stocks slide lower

  Indicative of what is happening to the crude oil supply in the U.S., the amount in storage at the Cushing hub in Oklahoma fell again in the past week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported 23,778 million barrels of oil are on hand at the northern Oklahoma hub. That’s a decline of 2,049 barrels …

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Approval expected on $2 billion more in winter storm cost debts

  While the Oklahoma Supreme Court is being asked to approve nearly $1 billion in bond securitization for Oklahoma Gas and Electric over the 2021 February winter storm, a state agency will meet Tuesday to consider $2.2 billion in winter storm bills from three more utilities. The Oklahoma Development Finance Authority rescheduled its meeting following …

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ONE Gas to grow its renewable natural gas projects

  ONE Gas leaders in Oklahoma say the company is expanding its projects involving renewable natural gas. At a recent conference call, they discussed some of the company’s 22 projects for RNG. Their expansion came after a study identified 175 Mcf of potential renewable gas feedstock across the company’s operations in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas …

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BP fights small Kansas town’s price-gouging lawsuit

  The residents of the small Kansas town of Mulberry are taking on global energy titan BP, suing the company over the 2021 winter storm and accusing it of price-gouging—and the giant is fighting back. BP wants to appeal a recent Crawford County district judge’s ruling that allows the town’s lawsuit to proceed reported the …

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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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Permits to drill for February 25, 2022

Fri, Feb 25 at 7:06 PM Canadian County CATTLEMANS 1207 #32-5-3MXH, February 25 2022 29 12N 7W SENESWSE API: 01725782 Lat: 35.48070315485424, Long: -97.96027256585688 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC MU, DR, 18048 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9843), WOODFORD(10063) Canadian County CATTLEMANS 1207 #32-5-2WXH, February 25 2022 29 12N 7W SENESWSE API: 01725781 Lat: 35.480703159391226, Long: -97.96017180653331 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC MU, …

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