Permian Basin oil drillers and ranchers joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in filing lawsuits over the federal government’s decision to create more protections for an endangered species of prairie chicken. The suits were filed against the U.S. Interior Department and asked a federal court in Midland, Texas for an order vacating Endangered Species …
March 23, 2023 archive
7-11 launches nationwide EV charging network
7-Eleven, Inc. Launches 7Charge Convenience store chain 7-Eleven,Inc. announced it intends to install a new EV fast-charging network at select stores in the U.S. and soon to Canada. The announcement isn’t clear whether the launch of the 7Charge program will include Oklahoma stores. The company already delivers fast-charging services to customers in several locations in …
Energy briefs
** One of the Citgo oil executives who was held for nearly five years in Venezuela has sued his company for $100 million, alleging it conspired in his detention and then abandoned him and his family as he wasted away in horrific prison conditions for a crime he didn’t commit. Tomeu Vadell was one of six executives who …
Mullin leads GOP effort to press Biden administration on false oil and gas permitting claims
Led by Oklahoma’s U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a group of Republican senators is going after the Biden administration after it recently issued a downward revision of the number of unused fossil fuel permits, a correction it blamed on a “reporting discrepancy.” Joined by Sens. James Lankford, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., John Hoeven, R-N.D., Mike …
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