Oklahoma congresswoman Stephanie Bice used a House hearing this week to promote more collaboration and cooperation of federal agencies with the commercial weather industry and their use of satellites in weather forecasting. She spoke at a Space & Aeronautics and Environment Subcommittee Hearing titled, Looking Back to Predict the Future: The Next Generation of Weather Satellites. …
September 2022 archive
Kigali amendment to ban chemicals in refrigerators passes without Inhofe and Lankford support
Oklahoma Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford voted this week against the ratification of an amendment to the U-N Montreal Protocol to phase down the use of hydrofluorocarbons. Referred to as the Kigali Amendment, the measure was passed Wednesday on a 69-27 vote. The amendment was to allow the U.S. to join an international …
Attorney General resumes open records seminars
Whether you’re wanting to learn more about state legislators and their political ties or just seeking information about oil and gas records, Oklahoma’s Open Records law is an important tool. Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor is partnering with the Oklahoma Press Association to host open records and open meetings seminars in five locations across the …
Cushing makes slight gain in crude oil in storage
While the war between Russia and Ukraine persists and continues affecting the world’s supply of petroleum, most of the U.S. crude supply depots saw slight gains in the amount of oil in storage. The Cushing hub in Oklahoma reported 25 million barrels of crude oil in storage as of Sept. 16, up from the …
Kansas construction company says Vietnam owes it $38 million
Stiffed by Vietnam to the tune of $38 million. It’s what Kansas construction company Hall Brothers Inc. claims after paving miles of highway in the country. It also wants the U.S. to help recover the unpaid funds reported Fox Business. Click here for Fox Business
Headlines of other energy stories
** Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched an $85 million campaign to block the planned construction of plastic and petrochemical plants across the U.S. on Wednesday, modeled on his decade-long effort to shutter coal plants. ** At least 154 Chinese scientists who worked on government-sponsored research at the U.S.’s foremost national security laboratory over the last …
Permits to drill for September 21, 2022
Grady County VERNER #2-16, September 21 2022 16 3N 7W SENWSENE API: 05124968 Lat: 34.734649404481964, Long: -97.93504430929787 SUNDOWN ENERGY LP SH, DR, 3770 ft, FORTUNA(1900), NOBLE-OLSON(3100) Grady County VERNER #1-16, September 21 2022 16 3N 7W NESWNENE API: 05124967 Lat: 34.73761674949223, Long: -97.93504442672818 SUNDOWN ENERGY LP SH, DR, 3770 ft, FORTUNA(1900), NOBLE-OLSON(3100) Grady County COWBOYS 0707 #26-35-2-1WXH, …
Completion reports for September 21, 2022
ALFALFA COUNTY Aexco Petroleum Inc Mississippi Lime(5700): Oil 117 Gas 160 Water 811 Pump 2 25N 11W Walker 3-11h, June 29, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 10890 ft Lat: 36.66709, Long: -98.35494 API: 35003234050000 GRADY COUNTY Camino Natural Resources Llc Mississippian(15742): Oil 161 Gas 16237 Water 4980 Flow 13 6N 7W Roberts 0607 12-1-1mxh, July 30, 2022 HH, GAS, TD: 23049 ft Lat: 34.99957, Long: -97.88517 API: 35051249200000
Oil dropped and so did OK energy stocks as Feds raise interest rate
All it took was a decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by three-quarters of a point and oil prices took about the same kind of fall in Wednesday’s trading. The 1% slide left prices at a near two-week low and also didn’t do much to boost Oklahoma energy stocks. West Texas …
Gasoline prices rebound after 99 day stretch of declines
Not just nationally, but also in Oklahoma, has the decline in gasoline prices come to an end. It ended across the U.S. after a 99-day stretch of price declines and in Oklahoma, prices rose 12 cents in the past week to reach a new statewide average of $3.44 per regular gasoline according to AAA. …
