U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) unveiled his first legislative package as a new member of the senate, introducing three bills to restore American energy independence. His measures not only target leasing of oil and gas operations on federal lands but puts the power in the hands of states to regulate fracking on federal land. The …
Lawsuit challenges oil and gas lease sales in New Mexico’s Permian Basin
A lawsuit was filed this week by conservation groups challenging the Biden administration’s approval of nearly 6,000 acres of oil and gas leases in New Mexico’s share of the Permian Basin. The Interior Department approved the sales in May of 2021. Conservation group members from Carlsbad contend the department refused to reveal the costs …
Senator’s bill would develop bigger EV charging network in Oklahoma
A group encouraging development of an electric vehicle charging market in Oklahoma says legislation filed by a state senator is a big step toward removing existing market barriers to providing EV charging. The bill was filed by Sen. Chuck Hall of Perry while in the House, it will be carried by Rep. Kyle Hilbert …
Is bankruptcy close at hand for nation’s largest owner of oil and gas wells?
A report suggests the largest owner of oil and gas wells in the U.S. is close to bankruptcy and if that happens, there is the possibility that up to 70,000 oil and gas wells in Appalachia could be abandoned. Environmental Health News issued the report this week about Diversified Energy Company headquartered in Birmingham, …
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** The Energy Information Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy believes the price of petroleum products (crude oil, gasoline and diesel) will decline 5% to 10% this year from its previous predictions. EIA’s forecast crude oil will average $77 per barrel in 2023, which is $11 less than its previous prediction of $86. ** U.S. natural gas futures …
Record $25 billion in taxes and royalties from Texas oil and gas industry
All of the increased drilling in the Permian Basin of West Texas helped produced nearly $25 billion in taxes and royalties in 2022. The Texas Oil and Gas Association unveiled the figures this week showing a record $24.7 billion, far more than than the $16 billion reported in 2019 reported Bloomberg. Click here for …
Blackrock Inc. remains a major investor in two Oklahoma energy firms
Investment firm Blackrock Inc. certainly has been criticized for its anti oil and gas stance in the past few years and targeted with laws like Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, but it remains a large investor in ONEOK and ONEGAS. A filing made this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed Blackrock, considered …
Energy Secretary at odds with Oklahoma Representatives over Strategic Petroleum Reserve
The gauntlet’s been thrown as far as Oklahoma members of the House are reportedly concerned in the fight over the bill they support to stop the President from using the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for political purposes. All five members indicated their support last week for the Protecting America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve from China Act …
Oklahoma’s collapsed wind tower among growing number throughout the world
The collapse of a wind turbine last June in northern Oklahoma near the town of Ames was jus one of a growing number of such incidents in the wind power industry. Such collapses, often involving some of the tallest wind towers in the industry have also occurred in Colorado, Germany and Sweden reported Popular …
OGE to release quarterly results
After an improved earnings report in the third quarter of 2022, OGE Energy Corp., parent company of OG&E plans to release the fourth quarter results in February. The company announced it will hold a quarterly conference call to discuss the newest results at 8 a.m. Central time on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. In the …
