This week’s decision by German automaker Volkswagen to build an EV battery plant in Canada rather than in Oklahoma came after the state put together a nearly $700 million incentive package. It apparently wasn’t enough and VW picked St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. Canadian leaders hailed it as a major vote of confidence in their …
March 14, 2023 archive
Biden’s Democratic supporters in disbelief over his Alaska oil drilling project for ConocoPhillilps
Environmentalists can’t believe President Biden did what he did this week in approving more oil drilling on federal land in Alaska. They say he violated his 2020 campaign pledge to ban all new oil drilling on federal land by granting permission to ConocoPhillilps to carry out the $8 billion ConocoPhillips Willow oil project, which is expected …
Enviros wanted more restrictions on Keystone pipeline following Kansas leak
A slap on the wrist. It’s what environmentalists are calling a federal order issued last week for TC Energy to lower the pressure in part of its Keystone Pipeline following the December oil spill in rural northern Kansas. The order could affect the flow of oil to the Cushing Hub in northern Oklahoma. The Department …
Paloma Operating is busy in the STACK play
Houston’s Paloma Operating Company had a recent flurry of drilling activity in Oklahoma’s STACK play including two single-pad wells with combined production of more than 900 barrels of oil a day. The two wells, located about 4 miles northwest of the city of Kingfisher at 31 17N 7W in Kingfisher County were completed in …
Residents of small south Texas town complain of crude oil leak
An oil leak that started in late January but not reported to the Environmental Protection Agency until late February has stirred anger among the residents of the small South Texas town of Dayton, just east of Houston. They recently voiced their disappointment at a meeting with officials of AmCorCo Corporation, telling stories of a …
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