The national gas price average has been trending downward for the better part of a month now, and it is possible the highest gas prices of the year are behind us….according to the American Automobile Association in Oklahoma. Oklahomans have had the lowest prices in the nation throughout the fall surge. Still, today’s average of $2.89 a …
Gradual increase in new wells in Oklahoma
They aren’t the biggest producers but Oklahoma is seeing more wells completed in recent weeks and months and more drilling has been approved by state regulators. Newly completed wells have been reported in Blaine, Caddo, Garvin, Grady, Canadian and other counties. Here’s a list of some of the latest completed wells. Continental Resources brought …
No carbon tax in BBB bill?
While Democrats in congress wrangle about Biden’s Build Back Better bill, it would appear the door has possibly been slammed shut on the prospects of a carbon tax in the exorbitant measure. POLITICO reports that a carbon tax, one long opposed by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is not part of the Senate Finance …
Oil to be released from nation’s strategic reserve
This is the week the Energy Department will release nearly 5 million barrels of oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of the Biden administration’s plan to lower the cost of gasoline at the pump. The plan continues to be opposed by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford who last week joined others to …
Other energy headlines for Tuesday
** The Biden administration is set to release a federal strategy this week to implement an ambitious plan to build 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country and ultimately transform the U.S. auto industry. ** California’s 26-year-old program to get more people to put solar panels on their homes has been wildly successful, but …
Restrictive solar farm regulations planned in eastern Kansas
NextEra Energy’s plans to create a 3,000 panel solar farm in eastern Kansas have run into opposition from residents and now from some county authorities. The Shawnee Mission Post reports that Johnson County Commissioners near Kansas City are in the process of perhaps creating some of the nation’s most restrictive solar farm regulations. Click …
Damaging winds forecast for Wednesday in Oklahoma
If the weather forecasters are accurate, Wednesday will not be the day to be working high atop an oil drilling rig or in a power line bucket. Winds up to 70 mph are in the forecast from the National Weather Service and driving a big-rig across I-40 in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle …
Some congressional Democrats aren’t the environmental purists they portray
A report by Business Insider shows more than 20 Democrats in Congress hailed as environmental champions also have personal investments in fossil fuel companies. Some of the 22 Democrats have key roles in shaping energy policy while holding or trading shares of Exxon Mobil, Dominion Energy and Chevron. Click here for Business Insider.
Sustainability efforts growing at KCI
Southwest Airlines signals plans to create a “chief sustainability hub” at Kansas City International Airport, where it would test new emission-reduction technologies as airport officials pursue clean energy projects. As Flatland reports, it is part of the efforts of Kansas City to ramp up efforts to make sure the new $1.5 billion airport is among the …
Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
Nebraska has become the only Republican-controlled state in the nation to plan to fully decarbonize its electricity sector by the middle of the country. The Nebraska Public Power District, the largest utility in the state voted last week to adopt a nonbinding decarbonization goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 according to Grist. Click here …
