Six hundred and forty-five Oklahoma City residents dropped off 250,612 pounds of ammunition, medications, computers and tires during the City’s annual Special Collection event held on April 6 at the OKC Fairgrounds. Residents delivered 227,268 pounds of tires, 22,000 pounds of computers, 600 pounds of ammunition and set a new record of 744 pounds …
April 2024 archive
Devon Energy doesn’t see changes in challenges from Biden administration’s stricter environmental regulations
Nearly every major oil and gas company in the U.S. is keenly aware of the challenges thrown on its by the Biden administration’s anti-oil and gas regulations. Take Devon Energy for instance. In a recent filing of an annual Form 10-K report to security holders with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Oklahoma City …
Landowners ROFR bill sent to Governor Stitt
The Oklahoma legislature sent a ROFR or Right of First Refusal bill to Governor Kevin Stitt in the past week…but not a ROFR bill dealing with utilities and their large transmission line projects. Instead, HB3159, authored by Oklahoma City Rep. Eric Roberts, focuses on giving landowners the right of first refusal in sales of land …
New Mexico hits Austin oil company with nearly $25 million penalty over flaring
The state of New Mexico came down hard this week on oil and gas company Ameredev II,LLC, fining the firm $24.5 million over alleged violations of state air regulations—namely unlicensed flaring. “Let this serve as a wake-up call to the oil and gas industry – the Environment Department is using remote sensing technology, …
Oklahoma might not be finished with severe weather this week
This map, courtesy of the Oklahoma Mesonet State Climatologist Gary McManus shows what Oklahoma might experience again after weekend tornadoes left four dead, dozens more injured and a handful of cities in shambles. McManus noted in his Monday report that severe weather could strike again on Tuesday as well. “—just not quite as hazardous …
Alliance Resource leaders see only increased coal sales with growth of electricity demand
While the Biden administration is out with new emission regulations that it believes will bring about a reduction in coal usage in the U.S., Tulsa’s Alliance Resource Partners announced increased coal sales in the most recent quarter. And company leadership believes electricity demand will only result in increased sales of coal. Coal sales were …
Energy briefs
** Interstate 40 was reopened in both directions Sunday as fire crews continued watch over a controlled burn of remaining fuel from a freight train derailment near the Arizona-New Mexico state line, a local fire chief said. Earlier evacuation orders have now been lifted. ** Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp., which reported earnings Friday, are both predicting …
Load fell from trailers and crushed two people to death in a car near Temple, Texas
This massive piece of equipment rolled off its trailers on Saturday near Temple, Texas, crushing a car and killing two people while critically injuring a third person in the car. It took rescuers nearly four hours to remove the driver from the crushed car. The incident happened as the oversized piece of eqipment …
Oklahoma remained steady with rig numbers while nation’s count dropped 6
The nation’s number of active oil and gas rigs dropped by six in the past week, reported Baker Hughes Co. The count dropped to 613 while Oklahoma held stead with 44 active rigs, still down from the 59 reported a year earlier. Nationally, the numbers included a decline of 5 oil rigs to 506 …
Attorney General says price gouging law is in effect following storms in Oklahoma
The Emergency Price Stabilization Act is in effect in the 12 Oklahoma counties hard hit by Saturday night’s tornadoes. The counties are Carter, Cotton, Garfield, Hughes, Kay, Lincoln, Love, Murray, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Payne and Pontotoc. The law, also referred to as the price gouging statute, prohibits an increase of more than 10 percent for the …
