The allegations against President Biden’s nominee to run the Bureau of Land Management grew more damning on Thursday when a lead Senate investigator said there was evidence showing Tracy Stone Manning helped plan 1989 tree spiking in the forests of the northwest. The evidence also refutes her claims that she was never the target …
Ovintiv finds big producers in southern Oklahoma
We haven’t seen one of these in a while—a two-well pad site with total production of more than 3,300 barrels of oil a day in south central Oklahoma. The Garvin County producers were brought in by Ovintiv Mid-Continent Inc. with one of the Robertson 0304 wells pumping 2,368 barrels of oil a day along …
Latest Enverus rig count shows slight decline nationwide
The U.S. rig count fell by two rigs in the last week to a total of 536 while the Anadarko Basin is still seeing increased activity as of July 14, according to Enverus Rig Analytics. The count is up 6% month over month and up 93% YOY. The most notable change in …
New Mexico governor says her state is a leader in climate change action
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham delivered the opening keynote address this week of the 2021 State Environmental Protection meeting of the Environmental Council of States. ECOS is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan association of state and territorial environmental agency leaders whose goal is to improve the capability of state environmental agencies and their leaders …
Lankford joins call for Biden to withdraw BLM nominee
Senator James Lankford joined all of the Republican members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to send a letter to President Biden calling on him to withdraw the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning to serve as director of the US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. Lankford was joined in …
Evergy customers criticize company’s sustainability plan
Consumers of the Kansas-based utility Evergy are finally having their voices heard about the company’s $8.9 billion plan to update its infrastructure. And they apparently don’t like it. The Kansas Reflector reports the public thinks the project is too expensive and doesn’t focus enough on moving the electricity utility away from coal power. …
Energy news in brief
** Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it will begin hiring additional temporary operators of its Beaumont, Texas refinery as a lock out of 650 union-represented workers runs into its 11th week. ** Striking blue-collar workers at a Volvo heavy truck plant in southwestern Virginia have narrowly ratified what the company said was its final offer …
Carbon-capture project generates support, skepticism among New Mexico lawmakers
Some New Mexico lawmakers are skeptical of the $1.5 billion plan to convert the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station near Farmington into the largest carbon-capture facility in the world. The Santa Fe New Mexican reported the skepticism is largely from Democratic legislators while Republicans support the project. Click here for Santa Fe New Mexican. …
Crude oil prices take another hit
Even as the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell for the 8th straight week last week, prices took a significant drop in Wednesday’s trading. Stockpiles are falling due to renewed strength in the U.S. economy which is driving higher fuel demand but oil prices plunged more than 2% on Wednesday. …
Lucas remains critical of WOTUS
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas hasn’t given up on his continued criticism of the controversial Waters of the US rule that the Biden administration resurrected this year. On Monday, Lucas (OK-03), led by Congressional Western Caucus Chairman Dan Newhouse (WA-04) and Senate Western Caucus Chairman Steve Daines (MT), sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael …