Congressman Frank Lucas, using his powers as the Ranking Member of a House committee, has been asking a lot of probing questions of the Biden administration and its agencies. One of the latest is a letter to the Department of Energy to carry out oversight of the agency’s newly created Office of Clean Energy …
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** One of the government’s first non-binary officials has been charged with stealing a woman’s designer suitcase from the baggage claim at the Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport in September, the New York Post reported. Sam Brinton, the deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, initially denied taking the Vera …
Senators want expanded production of E15 ethanol
U.S. Senators from corn states introduced legislation this week to expand the nation’s sales of E15, the higher blend of ethanol. Sens. Deb Fischer of Nebraska and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota were behind the bill that also had the support for the first time of the American Petroleum Institute reported Reuters. Click here for …
US crude prices climb again as China loosens COVID restrictions
China’s policies over COVID-19 sent U.S. crude oil prices up again in Tuesday’s trading. A loosening of the country’s strict controls as well as weakness in the U.S. dollar were behind the rising level of trading. West Texas Intermediate crude for January delivery rose 96 cents or 1.2% to finish the day at $78.20 …
Rep. Bice says Biden’s energy policies share blame for possible nationwide rail strike
Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice has her eye on the possibility of a nationwide rail strike, putting some of the blame on President Biden’s anti-fossil fuel policies. In a column this week, the 5th District Rep. said she is concerned about further concessions to the unions and the crushing effect of a rail strike. …
ConocoPhillips joins QatarEnergy to send LNG to Germany
ConocoPhillips and QatarEnergy announced the signing of two agreements to supply long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Germany. The suppliers are joint venture companies established between ConocoPhillips and QatarEnergy to participate in the North Field East (NFE) and North Field South (NFS) projects, and the buyer is a wholly owned subsidiary of ConocoPhillips. First …
Archaeologists warn against drilling around New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon
More warnings were made by archaeologists against oil and gas drilling around the historic Chaco Canyon region of northwest New Mexico. They contend the drilling threatens hard-to-identify ancient agricultural fields reported New Mexico Political Report. Click here for New Mexico Political Report
School districts to suffer from Supreme Court tax credit ruling
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling against the use of federal production tax credits used on construction of wind and solar farms, a story first reported in October by OK Energy Today, will apparently have a big impact on school districts across the state. NonDoc reported it will mean a reduction in valuation in school …
Wyoming oil producers angry over Biden’s move to ease restrictions on Venezuela
Wyoming oil producers say it’s “madness” for the Biden administration to ease sanctions against oil-rich Venezuela and allow Chevron oil company to increase production in the South American country. “This is just another attempt by the administration to do everything they can, other than support American energy workers here in the United States,” said …
Feds propose limited flaring on public lands
The Biden administration is out with another anti-flaring plan—this time targeting oil and gas drilling on public lands. The proposed rules announced this week would limit methane lanes and would join other rules already n plane on private lands reported Reuters. Click here for Reuters