Oklahoma U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin were among more than 3 dozen Senators this week in calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its latest set of proposed power plant regulations that will force the closure of coal and gas-fired power plants. They say the EPA does not have the authority to …
August 2, 2023 archive
Camino Natural Resources pushes forward on Oklahoma exploration
Newly filed completion reports show Camino Natural Resources LLC with two wells on a single pad in Grady County producing nearly 900 barrels of oil a day. Camino is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. The two wells, located about a mile east of Chickasha at 36 7N 7W were completed in May and had production …
Government subsidies swell for renewable energy
Years after Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry leaders complained of too many government subsidies for the state’s renewable energy projects, a new nationwide report shows those subsidies more than doubled between 2016 and 2022. They also formed nearly half of all the federal energy-related support, jumping to $15.6 billion in fiscal year 2022 from …
Energy briefs
** After seven years of delays and $21 billion in cost overruns, the first of two new units at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle enters commercial service and becomes the first new U.S. nuclear reactor to do so in more than 30 years. ** A Wyoming conservation group and a retired federal government biologist have filed a federal lawsuit …
Biden administration declines latest bids to refill nation’s emergency oil reserve
Oklahoma’s congressional members might be muttering “I told you so” after the Biden administration this week again delayed refilling the nation’s emergency oil reserve because of market conditions. Remember, Senators and Representatives from the state were critical of the President when he chose to use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve last year to bring down …
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