December 12, 2023 archive

Fastest growing occupation in the US? Wind farm technician

  It’s called America’s fastest-growing occupation—that of being a wind farm technician. Someone has to maintain those wind farm towers that perch across Oklahoma’s landscape and that of other states. The pay is great—up to $103,000 a year and doesn’t require a college degree. But it means being in good physical shape and being strong …

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Permian Basin deals in 2023 totaled more than $100 billion

  Some of those acquisitions by Oklahoma energy companies involving the Permian Basin helped push mergers and purchases in the Basin to more than $100 billion this year. It’s according to consultancy Wood Mackenzie, which released a report that totaled the value of all the acquisitions. The list included this week’s proposed $60 billion acquisition …

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Energy quick reads

** U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing by voice vote H.R.1042, companion legislation to S. 763, a bipartisan bill introduced by Barrasso to prohibit U.S. imports of Russian uranium. ** A House panel subpoenaed The Vanguard Group and …

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