April 12, 2023 archive

Junked wind farm blades to be considered by Oklahoma Senate committee

  A bill designed to require operators of disposal facilities of wind farm turbine blades to file annual reports with the Corporation Commission could be considered Thursday at a meeting of a State Senate Committee. House Bill 2359 by Boles of the House and Paxton of the Senate would force such operators of a renewable …

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SandRidge Energy files report on 1,300 barrel a day well in northern Oklahoma

  A new Major County well with production of more than 1,300 barrels of oil a day has been reported by SandRidge Energy. The well was completed in November of 2022 but the report wasn’t filed until this week. Located at 36 20N 15W, a site about 10 miles northeast of the city of Seiling, the …

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Strong March revenues reported by State of Oklahoma

  Another sign of a continuing strong economy in Oklahoma came this week from a state agency that indicated General Revenue Fund collections in March were nearly 24% stronger than the estimate. The Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services reported $708.2 million in March collections which is $136.3 million above the estimates. This is …

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US and world energy headlines

** The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced on Tuesday that it has approved the construction of a 732-mile high-voltage transmission line across the Western U.S. that will help transport renewable energy. The transmission line, called the TransWest Express Project, will run from south-central Wyoming through northwestern Colorado and central Utah before reaching its endpoint in southern Nevada, …

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