President Biden faces even more pressure from a growing number of groups to overturn his freeze on LNG ports and shipments. Among the latest–the Energy Workforce & Technology Council, the IPAA, the US Oil and Gas Association, Western Energy Alliance, the National Stripper Well Association, the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, Gulf Energy Alliance, …
** The FBI began tracking Native American opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline as early as 2012 as part of a sweeping law enforcement strategy to counter civil disobedience aimed at fossil fuels. ** A federal trial begins this week in North Dakota to determine whether the U.S. government will reimburse the state for emergency response costs related to …
Just how much influence do environmental activist groups carry with the Biden White House? Are they in essence writing some of the controversial new rules? It’s a question Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas wants answered in his capacity as chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. California Republican Rep. Jay Obernolte, chair …
The government reported this week the oil and gas industry lost 3,741 jobs in the month of January. The figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that job availability, compared to December, decreased by 0.6% across the sector. The Energy Workforce & Technology Council analyzed the preliminary data and showed Oklahoma with nearly …
The City of Stillwater is the latest to join the movement toward LED street lights. Fox 25 News in Oklahoma City reported this week that Stillwater Electric Utility started installation in recent days. Loren Smith, director of Electric Utility, told Fox25 that great stides are being made by the city to become more …
Residents in Lubbock, Texas might be thinking of that old adage “Be careful what you wish for.” For nearly a quarter of a century, they sought an open energy or electricity marketplace after being served only by Lubbock Power & Light. They finally got it, and the electric market is open….really open. Open so …
Alpine Silica Holding, a frac sand supplier which started sand mining operations in Oklahoma six years ago, plans to go public. Alpine’s parent company, ProFrac Holding Corp filed paperwork this week. Alpine is ProFrac’s proppant production segment and has existing operations throughout Louisiana and Texas. Alpine Silica, ProFrac’s proppant production segment and wholly owned …
Tulsa’s Unit Corporation is one of eight oil and gas companies targeted by the New York State Common Retirement Fund which plans to divest investments over the readiness of the firms to move to a low-carbon economy. According to a report by Reuters, the divestment plan was confirmed by New York Comptroller …
Forty-six U.S.House members, Democrats and Republicans alike, signed a letter this week to the EPA asking it not to force America’s farmers to report air emissions on manure. You know….cow and horse poop or chicken litter. The kind of stuff that covers your boots when you walk through a barnyard or feed lot. Yes, …
A more than 12-million barrel jump in U.S. crude inventories sent crude oil prices plunging on Wednesday and crude stocks at the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma added to the surprising surge. U.S. inventories rose to 439.5 million barrels last week according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Analysts had expected only a 2.6 million …
