July 3, 2022 archive

BLM conducts lease sale of Oklahoma and New Mexico land

  The sale of federal land oil and gas drilling leases in Oklahoma and New Mexico on Thursday netted the government about $632,000 according to an announcement by the Bureau of Land Management. The BLM said the total amount of land acquired in the lease purchases was 535 acres in the two states and the …

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Other energy news headlines

** Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc said it has bought another 9.9 million shares of Occidental Petroleum Corp, giving it a 17.4% stake in the oil company. The company paid $582 million for the additional shares according to a late Friday filing with the SEC. ** Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened  to derail a bill …

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