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Enverus reports slight decline in US rig numbers
This week’s Enverus Foundations rig report showed a decline from a week ago, leaving 821 active rigs running across the U.S. The weekly count declined by three from a week ago but the national numbers are still 1% higher over the past month and up 55% from a year ago. In the last week, …
Gov. Stitt says Biden’s gas tax suspension proposal won’t work
Mark Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt among those who thinks President Biden’s push for a federal gasoline tax suspension is the wrong way to solve America’s energy crisis. “What good is it gonna do?” he said in an interview this week with Rural Oklahoma Network. “I don’t think that’s a real solution.” The governor says …
Kansas county wants to impose moratorium on wind farm growth
A northeast Kansas county is considering a moratorium on further wind farm development near the state line with Missouri. Brown County Commissioners discussed the issue this week along with how much to fine wind farm developers who might ignore such a proposed moratorium reported News-Press NOW. Click here for News-Press NOW
Brief cool spell to hit Oklahoma then it’s back to hot weather!
A long-awaited cool front is expected to hit Oklahoma this weekend, bringing a brief respite from the summer time heat and temperatures into the 90s and lower 100s. There might even be a chance of rain, although the best likelihood is in northwestern Oklahoma according to Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus. Then—it’s back to the …
Legislator says FTC bill is “un-American” and wants it rejected
An eastern Oklahoma legislator is urging Oklahoma’s U.S. Sens. Inhofe and Lankford to fight a bill that he contends will add to the nation’s bureaucratic control of businesses and is “un-American.” Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, has called on Sens. James Lankford and Jim Inhofe to reject Senate Bill 2992, also known as the American …
Dems want Biden to limit crude oil exports
In a letter attacking the oil and gas industry and blaming it for high gasoline costs, four Democratic U.S. Senators wrote President Biden urging him to consider a number of steps including his authority to limit oil exports. Sens. Jack Reed, Tammy Duckworth, Tammy Baldwin and Jeanne Shaheen praised the President for the steps …
Bice–don’t play blame game over methane emissions
Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice urged others Thursday on a House subcommittee exploring how to measure greenhouse gas sources not to play the blame game. The Republican Representative told others on the Joint Research & Technology and Environment Subcommittee that instead there should be more collaboration to determine the best methods to monitor and quantify …
Heat wave creates more demand on Oklahoma power grid
The heat wave that settled over Oklahoma and surrounding states prompted the state’s power grid operator on Wednesday to issue an advisory, suggesting rolling blackouts might occur because of extreme electricity usage. The Southwest Power Pool, which provides energy to Oklahoma utility companies, issued a “conservative operations advisory” that was in effect from 10 …
Colorado regulators handle 2021 winter storm costs differently than those in Oklahoma
When Colorado regulators approved $500 million in rate hikes for Excel Energy to cover the costs of providing power during Winter Storm Uri in 2021, they did so with a strong warning—don’t let it happen again. While Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners passed through rate hikes and billions in ratepayer-backed bonds without such admonitions about mishandling …
Barbed wire fences a thing of the past?
High-tech might make barbed wire fences obsolete. It’s being tested in the ranching country of the Kansas Flint Hills where cattle on one ranch wear CPS collars and the rancher no longer worries about his 30 miles of fence line. About the size of an iPhone and twice as thick, the collars offer a high-tech …