The wind industry made huge gains in 2020 and a new study by the American Clean Power Association said it was a record year as there was an 85% increase in new wind power capacity over 2019. Developers in Oklahoma, Texas and other wind-power states added enough megawatts of capacity to power millions of …
Grouse leads to ruling overturning Trump administration move
The protection of the greater sage grouse prompted a U.S. District judge in Montana on Thursday to overturn a Trump administration move that allowed mining and other development on 10 million acres in parts of six western states. Judge Lynn Winmill said the Trump decision to cancel a previous effort to ban mining in …
Permits to drill for February 11, 2021
Permits to drill issued on February 11, 2021. Grady County WRIGHT #2H-25-36, January 16 2020 25 10N 8W NNNWNWSE API: 05124748 CITIZEN ENERGY III LLC MU, AM, 19755 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(12300) Kay County OTTO #1-19, February 11 2021 19 27N 2E NWSENESE API: 07124925 Lat: 36.80194112340219, Long: -97.12266817542297 TRUEVINE OPERATING LLC SH, DR, 4400 ft, VERTZ(1985), ENDICOTT(2060), TONKAWA …
Lots of losses by Oklahoma energy stocks in Thursday’s trading
Skip to content Oil prices fell and energy stocks followed suit on Thursday. Benchmark US crude oil, West Texas Intermediate for March delivery finished down 44 cents to $5.824 a barrel. It was the first decline in the past 9 days of trading. Global benchmark Brent crude oil for April delivery dropped 33 cents to …
Energy Transfer announces better environment group
The Texas company heavily targeted by Native Americans and environmentalists over its Dakota Access pipeline has turned more of its focus on creating a better environment. Energy Transfer announced Thursday the creation of a new group within its Partnership to develop alternative energy projects “aimed at continuing to reduce its environmental footprint throughout its …
AG Hunter urges Biden to rescind his Keystone pipeline order
Instead of joining 14 other Republican attorneys general in writing the President to protect his killing of the Keystone XL pipeline, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter did it on his own. In an announcement on Thursday, Hunter said he sent a letter dated Feb. 11 to President Biden in which he urged him to …
Rig monitoring firm reports drop in US rig numbers
Despite the increase in crude oil prices both in the US and overseas, the number of active oil and gas rigs in the U.S. fell by 12 in the past week reported the Texas based monitoring firm, Enverus Rig Analytics. The company said numbers fell to 435 as of Feb. 10. However, Enverus said …
Renewable power transmission line fought by enviros
Environmental groups have gone to court challenging a $500 million transmission powerline to carry wind-powered electricity from the wind farms of Iowa into Wisconsin. They want renewable power but not the way it’s being transmitted. The Cardinal-Hickory Creek line is the target of the lawsuit filed this week against the Rural Utilities Service and …
Energy news in brief
** The Interior Department on Thursday took steps to strengthen the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by rescinding Trump administration policies that significantly undermined the landmark conservation program. Secretarial Order 3396 revokes an order signed on November 9, 2020 (Secretarial Order 3388) that unilaterally imposed new restrictions to inhibit the availability of LWCF funding for federal …
Oil and gas industry targeted with water bill in New Mexico legislature
By a narrow vote, a New Mexico legislative committee passed a bill this week to ban the use of fresh water in certain circumstances for oil and gas exploration. The oil and gas industry has already been encouraged to reduce its reliance on fresh water since the Produced Water Act of 2019. But the …