** Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month. ** The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule to require industrial facilities and power plants in 23 states to …
Category: Oil & Gas
Environmentalists sue to stop ConocoPhillips drilling in northern Alaska
Environmentalists went to court to stop the ConocoPhillips Willow drilling project in far north Alaska approved this week by the Biden administration. They filed a lawsuit after the Interior Department gave permission to the oil giant to drill for oil at three sites in the federally owned National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’s western Arctic …
Fourth Ellis County well reported by Mewbourne Oil
Mewbourne Oil Company filed a completion report on still another northwest Oklahoma well. The Jim 25/24 Pa 1h is the fourth Ellis County well to be reported by the Texas oil company. Located at 25 19N 25W, a site about 3 miles southwest of Arnett, the well produced 665 barrels of oil a day and …
Rep. Lucas tells Biden administration “not so fast” about your ESG moves
ESG and how the Biden administration is attempting to apply it to government actions are grabbing more attention from Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas. This time, in his capacity as chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Rep. Lucas fired off letters to express his concerns over a recently proposed rule by NASA, …
Arkansas judge orders Summit against taking action against customers who filed suit
A Judge in Arkansas issued a court order this week preventing Summit Utilities Inc. from disconnecting gas customers after they sued the company over billing issues. Pulaski County circuit court Judge LaTonya Honorable issued a temporary restraining order this week because she felt the lawsuit “demonstrated a likelihood of success on the merits.” Summit …
Xcel Energy lowers gas prices a 4th time for Colorado customers
For some Colorado residents, they are seeing a drop in their natural gas prices, thanks to a move by Xcel Energy. The company responded to a continuous drop in wholesale natural gas prices by filing a quarterly and gas commodity adjustments with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and lowering its prices. The Denver Gazette …
Newspaper blasts NPR for one-sided report on big oil and wind energy in Wyoming
National Public Radio, the government-financed communications group with a reputation for its liberal approach to news, was caught in the act in its recent reporting about the oil industry financing anti-wind farm efforts in Wyoming. The Cowboy State Daily did some digging on what NPR claimed in its report and found big oil was …
Kansas legislators worry another Keystone pipeline oil leak could happen
Because of growing earthquakes in southern Kansas, state legislators are concerned of the possibility of another Keystone pipeline system oil leak like the one that occurred in northern Kansas in December. Their concerns arose during a legislative briefing made by TC Energy’s Gary Salsman, who is a vice president for field operations for the …
A tough day for crude oil as it plunged more than 4% on Tuesday
Crude oil prices fell more than 4% in Tuesday’s trading, reaching a three-month low because of a new U.S. inflation report and recent bank failures. Oklahoma energy stocks managed to make moderate gains a day after suffering losses. West Texas Intermediate crude suffered a 4.6% drop on a $3.47 a barrel fall to $71.33 on …
How one ESG supporter defends the climate change effort
ESG has certainly stirred up legislators in Oklahoma and Texas and other oil and gas producing states. They responded with laws and bills attacking investment firms that discriminate in their financial support against the oil and gas industry. One defender of the ESG movement is Rabbi Moti Rieber, executive director of Kansas Interfaith Action, …