Politics might be at play as Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach moves ahead with a market manipulation lawsuit against a natural gas provider from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri. At least that is suggested as he tries to hire a law firm to handle the lawsuit according to the Hutchinson News. Click here for …
June 2023 archive
Record job growth in upstream oil and gas industry in Texas
The upstream oil and natural gas industry in Texas saw its highest job growth in May in at least 33 years according to a new report from the Texas Workforce Commission. The state added 6,900 jobs, a record amount, and brought the total job count in the industry to more than 200,000 for the …
Gas prices hold steady in Oklahoma as July 4th holiday approaches
With the July 4th holiday right around the corner, gasoline prices appear to be holding steady in Oklahoma as the statewide average this week was $3.18 per gallon. AAA Oklahoma said the average was only a cent higher than a week ago and 6 cents less than what the average was one month earlier. …
Energy quick reads
** BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Larry Fink — the leader of the world’s largest asset manager — said he won’t use the term “ESG” going forward. Fink, who has advocated for factoring in climate risks when making decisions regarding investing strategies and corporate leadership, said during a conversation at the Aspen Ideas Festival that the term …
Government warns of electricity shortages in heat waves
The U.S. Energy Information Administration issued a statement this week stating that “IF” temperatures spike this summer, there could be shortages of electricity. Well, that “IF’ is here as temperatures in Oklahoma will top the 100 degree mark while parts of Texas have experienced the heat spikes for the past two weeks. Here’s how …
Power of tornado revealed at Wyoming coal mine
Operations at a Wyoming coal mine that took a direct hit Friday night from a tornado are expected to resume Tuesday. Eight persons were injured and the tornado overturned rail cars and destroyed buildings reported the Cowboy State Daily. At least a dozen railcars were flipped off their tracks and other vehicles were tossed …
Demand for electricity to soar as temperatures do the same in Texas
With temperatures edging above 100 degrees or higher this week across Texas, the demand for electricity is expected to break records this week predicted ERCOT, the state’s grid operator. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas believes the demand from its 26 million customers, which represents about 90% of the state’s power load, could hit …
Lights are back on for thousands of PSO, OGE and OAEC customers across Oklahoma
Electrical power was finally restored to nearly all of the customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and Public Service Company of Oklahoma following the severe weather that hit on June 17. At one point, an estimated 300,000 customers lost power in the storms that included at least one tornado in the Panhandle. As …
Interior Secretary unaware of what her own staff was doing to end oil and gas leasing
A new report by a government watchdog group found that non-elected officials in the Biden administration’s Interior Department intended to go far beyond a simple pause of new oil and gas leases by the federal government. And they were doing it without the knowledge of then-newly appointed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the former Congresswoman …
Weather Service reaches out to Spanish speaking residents of Southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansas and its fast-growing Spanish-speaking population are the focus of efforts by the National Weather Service to inform residents in both Spanish and English. Already some radio stations alert their listeners in English and Spanish as announcers translated the immediate weather alerts and warnings. However, the National Weather Service in Dodge City is …