July 28, 2022 archive

Empire Petroleum sets annual meeting date

  The annual meeting of stockholders of Empire Petroleum Corporation will be held in a month. The company plans the meeting on August 26 at 9 a.m. at 2200 S. Utica Place, Suite 150 in Tulsa. The agenda calls for the election of three directors, a vote to approve the compensation of the company executive …

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Cushing sees slight increase in stored crude oil

  Ever since the Cushing hub hit a low of 21.3 million barrels the first of July, storage has slowly increased. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported this week Cushing had an estimated 23.5 million barrels of crude oil in storage as of July 22. It was an increase of 700,000 barrels from July 15 …

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New Mexico regulators stand accused of violating open meeting law

  State regulators in New Mexico are accused in a complaint filed with the Attorney General of violating the state’s Open Meetings Act. The complaint was filed by the New Mexico Business Coalition against the Public Regulation Commission according to the Albuquerque Journal. Click here for Albuquerque Journal

U.S. and world headlines

** A Senate Democratic deal includes a new $4,000 tax credit for used electric vehicles and other new tax credits and grants for automakers to retool factories to build greener cars. ** The Biden administration is announcing several initiatives aimed at boosting the deployment of solar energy. One of the initiatives, from the Department of Housing and Urban …

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Sen. Inhofe and Republican Colleagues Introduce Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe recently joined 12 Republican senators to introduce companion legislation and the Transparency and Honesty in Energy Regulations Act, a bill to prohibit the federal government from using the flawed social cost of carbon, social cost of methane, social cost of nitrous oxide, or the social cost of any other greenhouse gas …

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OERB Offers Two Free Educational Workshops in August

The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) recently announced two free virtual workshops designed to further your oil and natural gas education. SPCC Training August 4 | 11am  | Zoom The first training covers the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) rule. This class will discuss compliance and cover the requirements of facilities to develop, maintain …

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FEMA Hosts Hazard Mitigation Assistance Summer Engagement Series

On Aug. 4, FEMA will kick off its 2022 Hazard Mitigation Assistance Summer Engagement Series.  The 10-part series features experts and special guests who will provide information and insights on the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) and Flood Mitigation Assistance (FMA) programs. Three webinars will be presented to provide an overview …

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