July 6, 2022 archive

Americans hit with $47,000 average new car price

  Car shopping? Get ready for a slap in the face over the rising cost of a new car—the average price is up to $47,000. It also means for those making car payments they’ll be forking over an average of $700 every month according to a report by National Public Radio. Click here for NPR

Trying to blame oil drilling for New Mexico’s wildfires

  While the U.S. Forest Service admits its own prescribed burn was responsible for causing New Mexico’s largest wildfire ever, some are still trying to put the eventual blame on the state’s oil and gas industry. Environmentalists and other critics of the industry claim that climate change was caused by the extensive drilling in the …

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Colorado expected to finish 2022 with 1,900 new oil and gas wells

  The oil and gas industry is far from dying in Colorado. The Colorado Sun reported documents show nearly 1,900 new oil and gas wells will be drilled in 2022. The report is based on documents from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. Click here for Colorado Sun

One Gas sets date for 2Q earnings report release

  ONE Gas, Inc. plans to release its second quarter 2022 earnings report in less than a month. The Tulsa-based company will officially release its second quarter 2022 earnings after the market closes on Monday, August 1, 2022. The ONE Gas executive management team will participate in a conference call the following day, Tuesday, August …

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No letup in the heat for the next week or longer in Oklahoma

  Need we say more? Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus reported this week the 100 degree weather will linger in the state perhaps for the next two weeks. Adding to the danger will be the heat index in the coming days. June finished with a statewide average temperature of 78.8 degrees which was 1.5 degrees above …

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More energy headlines

** Wall Street analysts sharply increased their Exxon Mobil Corp second-quarter profit estimates on Tuesday, after the largest U.S. oil producer projected it could almost double its first-quarter earnings. ** Ring Energy Inc. agreed on July 5 to acquire Stronghold Energy, a privately held E&P with a position in the Permian Basin’s Central Basin Platform, in an …

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