If the Oklahoma Corporation Commission approves a fuel adjustment clause request for Panhandle Natural Gas, it will affect about 4,700 customers in northwest Oklahoma and the Panhandle. An Administrative Law Judge will hold a hearing on the matter Thursday morning at 10:30 a.m. and hear testimony to determine if Panhandle’s various charges and credits …
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OPEC+ cut will lead to higher oil prices predicts EIA
If the U.S. Energy Information Administration is right, we can expect higher oil prices as a result of the OPEC+ weekend announcement it will extend its oil production cuts through 2024, this on top of Saudi Arabia’s intentions of a voluntary oil production cut of 1 million barrels a day in July. In its June Short-Term …
Navajo leaders upset with government’s protective order around Chaco site
Not all Native American tribes support Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s move last week to ban oil and gas leasing for the next 20 years around the historic Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico. The Navajo Nation has come out against Haaland’s decision, saying it undermines the tribe’s sovereignty and might affect its tribal mineral …
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** Votes on Republican bills that pertain to gas stoves were stalled Tuesday after a small group of House Republicans blew up an initial procedural vote. ** A major case alleging contamination by so-called forever chemicals will be postponed 21 days as the manufacturer and plaintiff close in on a deal. Judge Richard Gergel ordered the three-week …
Kansas Sierra Club might challenge more swine operations
Despite not coming away with a victory in the Kansas Supreme Court, the Kansas Sierra Club has newfound optimism about challenging confined swine feeding operations in the state. The high court ruled some of the permits allowed by the Kansas Department of health and Environment were “moot” or had run their course, so the …
House Committee launches investigation of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has come under investigation by a U.S. House Committee wanting to know more about her ties to an Indigenous environmental group from New Mexico that is pushing for a halt to oil and gas production on public lands. Haaland is a former New Mexico congresswoman who was appointed Interior Secretary …
One meeting at a time for Oklahoma Broadband Office
As the Oklahoma Broadband Office decides how and where to spend $558,209,835 in federal funding, it is pushing ahead with information-gathering meetings across the state, all in the name of creating the Oklahoma Broadband plan. The office’s goal is to eventually provide high-speed internet to 95% of the state’s population and do so by …
Despite rig loss, energy firms are pushing ahead with more drilling in Oklahoma
Days after Baker Hughes Co. reported the number of oil and gas drilling rigs active in Oklahoma had slipped by another three, bringing the state’s total to 43, filings for new well permits totaled 25 as released by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. Nowata County along t he Kansas state line in northeast Oklahoma had …
Ozone alerts issued for Tulsa and OKC
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality issued an ozone alert for the Tulsa metropolitan area for Tuesday, June 6, 2023. This alert will initiate the issuance of an “Ozone Alert Day” for the Oklahoma City area by the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments and for the Tulsa area by the Indian Nations Council of Governments. This ozone alert is a prediction that …
Saudis got their crude oil price gain
Crude oil prices on Monday did just what top exporter Saudi Arabia wanted when it cut production by another 1 million barrels a day beginning in July. They went up with West Texas Intermediate crude going up 41 cents to $72.15 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It reached a high of $75.06 …