April 9, 2022 archive

Rep. Mullin told the President he and his socialist agenda are to blame for the energy crisis

  Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin suggests President Biden has forgotten the reason the Strategic Petroleum Reserve was created. And he told him so in a direct letter mailed April 8. He wrote the President this week urging him to reconsider releasing more oil from the SPR and bluntly told him his release of more crude …

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Rig counts increased in Oklahoma and US in past week

  The latest Baker Hughes rig count shows Oklahoma’s numbers increased by one to reach a total of 50 active rigs in the state while nationally, numbers jumped 16 to reach a total of 689. The latest count included an increase of oil rigs by 13 to reach 546 and the number of gas rigs …

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Ogallala Aquifer dropped 12+ inches in 2021

  A recent study found that the Ogallala Aquifer, the underground source of water that runs through the Oklahoma Panhandle dropped more than a foot in 2021. The impact was especially felt in western Kansas according to the Topeka Capital-Journal. Click here for Topeka Capital Journal

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** The Senate and House cleared bills on Thursday to revoke normal trade relations with Russia and ban oil imports from the country, a one-two punch that caps three weeks of negotiations over legislation to further isolate Moscow. ** Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia raised fresh concerns this week about phasing out gas-powered cars in …

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New Mexico’s abandoned wells are growing

  An environmental group based in Albuquerque maintains the number of abandoned oil and gas wells in New Mexico’s Permian Basin in the southeast and the San Juan Basin in the northwest is growing. The group conducted an audit which identified nearly 6,000 such abandoned wells in the state and about 2,600 are on federal …

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