March 22, 2025 archive

Oklahoma one of 28 states where renewable energy beats coal

  A report shows Oklahoma gets 41% of its electrical power from renewable energy. It is one of 28 states that receive more electricity from wind and solar than from coal-fired power plants. Only 6% comes from coal in Oklahoma and other sources provide 52% of the electricity. In Kansas, 52% of the electrical power …

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Energy briefs

**Elk Range Royalties bought 250,000 net royalty acres in the Denver-Julesburg Basin for $905 million from from Occidental Petroleum, which is looking to shed debt after last year’s acquisition of CrownRock, reported Hart Energy. ** Interior Secretary Doug Burgum announced plans to reopen 82% of Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve and the 1.56-million-acre Coastal Plain of …

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Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen and the White House meeting with oil execs

  In this episode we discuss what energy moguls were discussing this week with President Trump at the White House. Plus Williams Co. CEO Alan Armstrong’s take on the negative impact on energy choices being posed by the extreme political left…AND political right.

Northern Arkansas county bans wind and solar farms

  Another northern Arkansas county just put a hold on any construction of new wind and solar projects. The action was taken recently by the Carroll County’s  Quorum Court which is the elected governing body for the county. The vote came only months after a neighboring county did the same. The Arkansas Times reported a …

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Oil prices closed higher on Friday but OK energy stocks suffered

  Crude oil prices rose on Friday while Oklahoma energy stocks fell into negative territory. The crude oil gains came after new U.S. sanctions on Iran and its oil program. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 21 cents or 0.3% to close at $68.28 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude gained 16 …

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