Just as we have noted and reported, America’s quest for more energy is rapidly growing. And it’s growing so fast, the U.S. Energy Department, in a new report, is warning of growing prospects of brownouts and blackouts in the coming few years. “This report affirms what we already know: The United States cannot afford …
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Energy briefs
** A U.S. Energy Department report warns the risk of blackouts could surge by the end of the decade amid growing power demand and calls for keeping gas and coal power plants online — though the GOP budget bill will stymie clean power development that could help meet that demand. ** In a televised cabinet …
Interior Proposes Updates to Commingling Rules to Boost Energy Production and Efficiency
The Department of the Interior is proposing critical updates to Bureau of Land Management oil and gas regulations that would make it easier for operators to combine production from multiple leases—a practice known as commingling. This will implement the One Big Beautiful Bill’s directive to the Secretary of the Interior to approve onshore commingling …
Holiday travel gasoline demand sent crude oil prices up 2% in Monday’s trading
The record number of Americans traveling over the Fourth of July weekend offset any concerns about the weekend decision by OPEC+ to increase its August oil production and as a result, crude oil prices on Monday jumped 2% in trading. The Holiday travel meant a greater demand for gasoline and prompted traders and investors …
U.S. energy imports in 2024 were lowest level in 40 years
Even with the Biden administration in place in 2024 and despite its anti-fossil fuel policies, the U.S. imported about 17% of its domestic energy supply, half of the record share set in 2006 and the lowest share since 1985. It’s what the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports this week, noting the decline in imports’ …
Energy demand booms across the U.S.
The demand for energy is booming across the nation and Oklahoma’s recent announcements of data centers is just an example of what is happening in the electrical-power generation industry. Some data center projects are also including their own power supply projects, such as the recently-announced project in Chickasha where the developer intends to build …
Williams asks New York for approval of natural gas pipeline
Williams former CEO and President Alan Armstrong must have finally gotten the “red carpet treatment” from the state of New York. The Tulsa company, in the past few days, submitted an application for approval of the natural gas pipeline extension project the state rejected a few years ago because of opposition to natural …
Feds sign off on project to enhance rail transportation of oil from Utah’s Uinta Basin
A recent Trump administration decision approving an expansion of an oilfield project in Utah could mean the eventual transportation of more crude oil to the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma. Colorado leaders have argued the Uinta Basin rail line carring out from Utah across Colorado and to other locations might endanger some of their …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—energy demands are all around Oklahoma
In today’s podcast of Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen, they take a regional tour of energy demands, rate hikes and legal fights.
Energy briefs
** U.S. security experts have reportedly uncovered undocumented communication devices inside Chinese-made solar power inverters — hardware that’s widely used to support renewable energy infrastructure. ** California lawmakers have for years vowed to hold fossil fuel companies liable for damages caused by their emissions, including worsening wildfires and floods and mounting costs of climate recovery …