** Last week, the Biden administration considered sending pre-paid gas cards to Americans to help ease pain at the pump, Axios reported Saturday. Per Axios, a House Democratic counsel talked the White House out of the idea by arguing that gas cards would be expensive, poorly targeted, ineffective, and difficult for the understaffed IRS to handle during tax season. ** Union workers were removed …
Category: Gasoline Prices in Oklahoma
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** The Biden administration on Friday said it would resume plans for oil and gas development on federal lands following a court ruling this week that temporarily restored a measure meant to factor the cost of global warming into federal decision-making. ** White House press secretary Jen Psaki urged operators of gasoline stations to pass on …
Slight decrease seen in Oklahoma gasoline prices
The drop in crude oil prices to under $100 a barrel resulted in slightly lower gasoline prices across Oklahoma and most of the U.S. The national average as of Thursday fell three cents over the past week to $4.28 while in Oklahoma the average dropped the same amount to $3.82 according to the American …
$4 gasoline hits several counties in Oklahoma
Four-dollar gasoline hits Oklahoma. The American Automobile Association reported Sunday that while the state’s average was only $3.86, at least six counties had averages above $4 including Coal County with the highest level at $4.13 a gallon for regular gasoline. The growing pressure of Russia’s war in Ukraine and the response of the world …
Another jump in Oklahoma gasoline prices
“They’re going to go up.” That’s the message from President Biden this week about gasoline prices after he announced a U.S. ban on purchases of crude oil from Russia. He was right. Gasoline prices in Oklahoma shot up 8 cents after he put the ban into affect as the state’s average price for a …
HEAT leaders rip Biden for record high gas prices
Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin and other Republican leaders of the House Energy Action Team or HEAT unloaded more criticism on President Biden this week after U.S. gasoline prices hit an all-time high of $4.17 a gallon. House Republican Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana was joined by HEAT co-chairs, Rep. Mullin and South Carolina Rep. …
Intensified fighting sends Oklahoma gas prices even higher
Oklahoma gasoline prices jumped 19 cents a gallon over the weekend as fighting intensified in Ukraine and U.S. officials still hesitate whether to ban any more crude oil purchases from Russia. It also represented a 37-cent increase in just one week. Oklahoma’s average as of Monday, according to the American Automobile Association was $3.64, …
Gas pump prices soar in Oklahoma over Russian fighting
Faster than you can say “Vladimir Putin,” gas prices are soaring in Oklahoma as state drivers on Friday saw a 9-cent jump in one day to an average of $3.45 as the world watches in horror to what the Russian leader is doing to Ukraine. The growing bloody fighting in the Texas-sized country, where …
Headlines of other energy stories
** The Biden administration on Monday declined to appeal a January court decision that invalidated oil and gas leases it sold last year. In a new court filing, the administration said it would not appeal the ruling. ** Duke Energy Carolinas will close a small peaker unit at its W.S. Lee plant in South Carolina on March 31, more than …
US crude climbs above $100 while gas prices increase in Oklahoma
The American Automobile Association headline on its story about gasoline prices characterized things as reflecting “war’s dark uncertainties” and it was right. As Russian forces pushed forward in their deadly invasion of Ukraine, crude oil prices as of Tuesday morning in the U.S. had risen nearly $8 or more than 8% per barrel, reaching …