With prospects of a hot lingering summer across the state, it’s no surprise which part of Oklahoma has the highest consecutive days of 100 degree-plus weather. You’re right! Southwest Oklahoma. As the map shows, the extreme southwest corner of the state has gone 14 and 15 straight days of temperatures reaching 100 degrees or …
August 2024 archive
Energy briefs
** A fire broke out at a parking lot at Rivian Automotive’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois late on Saturday damaging many of its electric vehicles, the U.S. startup said on Sunday. ** The car industry is backing away from rolling out electric vehicles in favor of hybrid options, indicating more defeats to the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts …
$31 million in government funds added toward geothermal development
Another $31 million in government money is being handed out by the Biden administration toward geothermal energy projects. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the funding is part of “Building on President Biden and Vice President Harris’s Investing in America agenda.” The funds are reported to be an effort to advance geothermal energy …
New Mexico power plant towers demolished
After more than 50 years of supplying electricity in northwest New Mexico, the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station exists only as a giant pile of rubble. The four 400-foot tall smokestacks that could be seen for miles around Farmington, came down in a heap on Saturday as demolition was carried out. In the end, …
Fastest and highest oil producing counties in the country
Oklahoma oil and gas companies such as Devon Energy have a very good reason why they’re drilling for oil in southeast New Mexico, part of the Permian Basin. They’re part of historic oil production. New Mexico’s Lea and Eddy Counties are becoming the most prolific producers of crude oil in the country. How prolific? …
Oklahoma regulators will get back to normal business
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will meet this week and for the first time in a few weeks, the matter of the Todd Hiett scandal is not on the agenda. The agenda does not include any discussion of the allegations that he drunkenly attempted to grope a man at a hotel bar in June in Minneapolis, …
Big oil and gas mergers don’t mean more business for small oil firms
While the growing number of corporate mergers in the oil and gas industry attracts big headlines with the word “billions” rather than “millions,” there’s an apparent downside to such deals. The mergers often mean locally-owned and family-operated companies that rely on the big firms are left out. The deals don’t mean more business for …
Will Rogers World Airport to get name on Tuesday?
Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport will likely get a new name on Tuesday when the members of the city council meet to consider the name change. Instead, it will become the OK Will Rogers International Airport. The new name was the result of several months of public surveys and conversations reported The …
Drillling activity slips in the Williston but grows in the Permian
The nation’s oil and gas rig count slipped by one in the past week as the drilling activity in the Williston Basin of North and South Dakota declined. The Baker Hughes rig count released Friday showed Oklahoma saw a gain of one to reach 38 total oil and gas drigs, down only one from …
Alliance optimistic courts will rule against anti-ESG laws
A national group that believes Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law is a politicization of pension funds is tracking the legal fight as it stands in Oklahoma County District Court. In a recent release, the Alliance for Prosperity and a Secure Retirement noted how the Oklahoma Energy Discrimination Elimination Act of 2022 is finding stiff resistance …