Category: Oil & Gas

US oil and gas rig numbers continue to grow

      The US rig count rose by four in the last week to 492 as of March 31, according to Enverus Rig Analytics. The count is up 7% in the last month but still down 28% YOY. A region-by-region count showed a decline of four rigs in the Anadarko Basin which includes Oklahoma. …

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Average gasoline tax in US hits 30 cents

  An update of data by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows the average of taxes and fees on gasoline across the U.S. is 30 cents a gallon. That means on average, a motorist filling up a vehicle at the gas pump is paying 30 cents of every dollar for a tax or a state …

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Biden’s infrastructure plan bashed by Inhofe and Cole

    The $2.2 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday by President Biden was nothing like what he discussed in a meeting with Republican Senators including Oklahoma’s Jim Inhofe. He and Rep. Tom Cole are both critical of the measure with Cole saying it’s more like a Green New Deal. “The Biden-Harris infrastructure proposal is a …

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Attorneys General want court order blocking Biden

  The lawsuit challenging President Biden’s executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing on public lands, one that Oklahoma is a part of, asked a Louisiana district court this week to issue a preliminary injunction against the order. “Because this so-called ‘pause’ alters potential lessees’ right to participate in sales—and Plaintiff States’ entitlement to proceeds …

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Kansas governor wants price gouging investigation over February gas bills

  The natural gas bills that are hitting Kansas consumers and businesses because of the February winter storm prompted at least one to file a price gouging complaint with the state’s governor who responded by asking the attorney general to investigate. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly made her request on Tuesday of Attorney General Derek Schmidt …

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Oil prices drop below $60 in US trading

  Crude oil prices took another hit in Wednesday’s trading as prices in the U.S. dropped below $60 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery fell $1.39 to $59.16 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for May delivery took a 60-cent drop to $63.54 a …

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EV to get heavy funding in Biden’s infrastructure plan

  President Biden’s multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan includes some major spending on clean energy, electric transportation, improvements to the nation’s power grid and renovations of the drinking water infrastructure. He calls it the American Jobs Plan and it reportedly includes $174 billion toward vehicle electrification. Part of that huge amount will be a goal of …

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API supports Biden’s infrastructure goal but not how he wants to pay for it

  President Biden’s more than $2 trillion infrastructure plan unveiled Wednesday has partial support from the American Petroleum Institute, the organization that supports the nation’s oil and gas industry. What the API doesn’t support is Biden’s plan to raise corporate taxes. His “go big and go fast effort,” as described by some of his critics …

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New Mexico still had record oil and gas production in 2020 despite pandemic

  Despite the COVID-19 pandemic that hit New Mexico last year, the year 2020 turned out to be a record one for oil and gas production. The New Mexico Oil Conservation Division reported the state ended the year with nearly 367.8 million barrels of oil produced which was a nearly 11% increase over the 2019 …

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Energy software tracking company expands operations into Colorado

  Austin-based software company Enverus, the software tracking company that offers weekly information on drilling rig information, announced Wednesday that it has acquired Energy Acuity, a Denver, Colorado-based provider of power generation and power delivery market data with specific expertise in renewable energy. Details of the purchase price were not disclosed. Energy Acuity, formed in 2008 …

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