Oil isn’t the only industry from which clothes and everyday things we use are manufactured. So is the industrial hemp industry and its first hemp plant has opened in Kansas. Great Bend is the site of the South Bend Industrial Hemp operation which is taking advantage of more and more of the crop being …
Kansas Senator accuses EPA of inaction
A state senator in Kansas and former mayor of El Dorado, home to one of the state’s three oil refineries contends the state is positioned to make a strong economic comeback after the pandemic, but claims refineries are still facing headwinds because of inaction by the EPA. Sen. Michael Fagg, writing in the Wichita …
Crude oil prices drop to lowest levels in 3 weeks
Crude oil prices suffered a second straight day as both US and prices overseas lost more than $2 a barrel and tumbled to their lowest levels in three weeks. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery dropped $2.13 to $63.36 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude …
Rep. Lucas wants briefing on Colonial Pipeline attack
Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas joined Wednesday by the chairwoman of a House Committee in asking Energy Secretary Granholm to brief them on the Colonial Pipeline Company ransomware attack. Lucas is the Ranking Member and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology which has broad authority over all energy …
Supreme Court overturns well investment debate
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling in a lawsuit over arbitration between a Wynona well servicing company and a Bartlesville investment advisory group. In a ruling announced this week, the high court ruled in favor of Focus Group Advisors, LLC of Bartlesville, an investment advisory firm that was sued in …
Texas Gov. signs bill barring cities from banning natural gas
Texas has followed Oklahoma in creating a law that bans cities and local governments from banning natural gas as a fuel. The move by Oklahoma was first made in 2020 in response to the effort a few years ago by California to ban natural gas use. Oklahoma Rep. Terry O’Donnell, R-Catoosa and Sen. Mark …
Will BLM headquarters remain in Colorado?
Is the Bureau of Land Management under the Biden administration and new Interior Secretary Deb Haaland considering sending the BLM headquarters back to Washington, DC? Reports indicate the BLM has started a survey of its employees how to revamp the headquarters to improve operations. E & E News said the intent is to …
Power plant at center of Texas and New Mexico fight
A fight is underway over a natural gas plant on the Texas-New Mexico border near El Paso as nearby residents make the claim the plant is worsening the region’s already poor quality. The Newman Power Station sits between El Paso, Texas and Chaparral, New Mexico and its operators plan to use natural gas to …
Energy news in brief
** The Biden administration will waive sanctions on the corporate entity and CEO overseeing the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany, according to two sources briefed on the decision. The decision indicates the Biden administration is not willing to compromise its relationship with Germany over this pipeline and contradict’s Biden’s campaign rhetoric in which …
Petroleum Alliance staff makes new hire
The Petroleum Alliance, Oklahoma’s largest trade association representing the entirety of the state’s oil and natural gas industry, has announced the addition of veteran environmental and regulatory affairs professional Angie Burckhalter to its staff. Burckhalter joins the Alliance as Senior Vice President of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs and brings with her more than 30 …