A new study of the flaring of natural gas from wells in the U.S. shows Oklahoma City-based Devon Energy is one of the firms with a low ranking of the practice. The study, by consultants Rystad Energy, was carried out for the Environmental Defense Fund, and determined infrastructure capacity limits are the greatest ause of flaring gas that …
December 2022 archive
Energy group gives poor marks to Oklahoma’s energy efficiency efforts
Oklahoma was ranked 41 in the 2022 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard created by the group American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy. Two years ago, the state was ranked 37 by ACEEE. The same group placed California in first place in its 50-state scorecard, saying the state ranked highest because of its equity in …
Texas legislators demand more natural gas powered generating plants
Some Texas legislators want assurances from their state’s Public Utility Commission that a planned electricity market redesign will mean more natural-gas fired power plants in the future. They don’t want a repeat of what happened during the February 2021 winter storm. Some of the legislators say renewable power is a “luxury” according to a …
Headlines of other energy stories
** California lawmakers on Monday introduced legislation to penalize oil companies for alleged price gouging, setting up a showdown with an industry that has long wielded political influence in the Golden State. ** Congressional Democratic leaders are pushing to include legislation spurring oil and gas drilling that is desired by Democrat West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin within the annual …
Bitcoin miners leave abandoned sites in Texas
Texas might have another energy mess on its hands—the digital gold rush. Bitcoin miners, who rushed to Texas to take advantage of minerals, left behind a wasteland of unfinished sites and abandoned equipment according to a report by Bloomberg. Click here for Bloomberg
Could enforced “no sick leave” send rail workers exiting the industry?
President Biden’s use of congressionally-approved law to eliminate the prospects of a nationwide rail strike might result in railroad workers leaving the industry. If that happens, the exit of train conductors and engineers would be a major impact on corporations and U.S. consumers. Such a mass exit, one prompted by the exclusion of sick …
Permits to drill for December 5, 2022
Blaine County REDWOOD 21-15N-11W #2H, December 05 2022 16 15N 11W NESESESW API: 01124341 Lat: 35.76987130006466, Long: -98.3755074217547 DEVON ENERGY PRODUCTION CO LP HH, DR, 17310 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(9600), WOODFORD(12000) Caddo County PATTERSON #34-2, December 05 2022 34 10N 12W CW2NENE API: 01522723 Lat: 35.30339774707072, Long: -98.45076148793822 ZEPHYR OPERATING CO LLC SH, RC, 13520 ft, CHEROKEE(12968) Garvin County …
Completion report for December 5, 2022
BLAINE COUNTY Staghorn Petroleum Ii Llc Mississippian(10152): Oil 294 Gas 6076 Water 1897 Flow 32 18N 13W Yosemite 18-13-32 1h, March 19, 2022 HH, GAS, TD: 16160 ft Lat: 35.98618, Long: -98.60935 API: 35011242830000 CANADIAN COUNTY Camino Natural Resources Llc Mississippian(9889): Oil 575 Gas 2961 Water 1596 Flow 29 12N 7W Cattlemans 1207 32-5-3mxh, September 06, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 18070 ft Lat: 35.48070, Long: -97.96027 …
Study says removal of coal-fired plants puts US at risk this winter
A new study says much of the nation’s bulk power system is “at risk” of not having enough energy supplies during severe weather this winter–because of the removal of coal and natural gas-fired electrical generation. The claim is made by the North American Energy Reliability Corp. puts the blame on the elimination or closure …
Heat exchanger firm picks Tulsa for new manufacturing plant
Tulsa has been picked as the site for a manufacturing plant by heat exchanger maker Hayden Industrial. The California-based company said 225 jobs will be created as it takes over an existing 200,000-square-foot building north of the Tulsa International Airport. Hayden Industrial recently developed a new system for immersion cooling that will be manufactured …