Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole suggests the Biden administration’s depletion of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve raises a “unique threat to our nation” as China and Iran increase their oil production and war is underway in the Middle East. How can he make such a claim? Look no further than Joe Biden as President. “President Joe …
Attorney General’s latest lawsuit? Massachusetts and its pig law
From Facebook to pigs….it’s what the Oklahoma Attorney General’s office did this week in handling lawsuits. The AG led the filing of a lawsuit this week against Meta and then on Wednesday, announced the joining of another litigation effort. Gentner Drummond’s latest is a fight over pork regulations in Massachusetts where a new law bans …
Government reports 24% drop in active gas rigs since start of 2023
Data source: Baker Hughes Company The number of natural gas-drilling rigs in the U.S. has been dropping since the start of the year. That’s according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration which reported the decline has totaled 24% since then. On October 20, the Baker Hughes Company reported 118 natural gas-directed rigs were active in the United …
Kansas AG picks new law firm to handle winter storm price gouging lawsuit
Weeks after a federal judge dismissed a natural gas price gouging lawsuit stemming for high prices during 2021 Winter Storm Uri and filed by the Kansas Attorney General against a natural gas marketer who also operates in Oklahoma, AG Kris Kobach hired a new law firm to represent Kansas. Reports indicate Kobach picked Hilgers Graben, …
Legislators focus on water concerns in Oklahoma
As work is underway for the approaching Oklahoma Governor’s Water Conference, Oklahoma legislators were told this week they should do more to develop the underground storage of water in the state. It was the advice of at least one university professor who spoke at an interim study on underground aquifers. Todd Halihan, a professor and …
Oilman Harold Hamm to celebrate diabetes research he funds in OKC
For the first time since 2019, OU Health Harold Hamm Diabetes Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, will present its Connect + Cure Gala on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum. The biennial event was put on hold in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Diabetes is …
NextEra Energy to focus on improvements to existing wind farms
Even as NextEra Energy took part this week in an Oklahoma legislative committee study of a possible Right of First Refusal law in the state, the company was releasing quarterly returns and stating it plans to repower 740 megawatts of wind operations through 2026. A major player in Oklahoma’s wind industry, NextEra Energy indicated …
Energy briefs
** Chevron Corp.’s mega deal to acquire Hess Corp has thrown into question the future of Hess Midstream Partners. The terms of the deal so far do not specify whether Chevron will purchase Hess Midstream LP, which transports crude, gas and water in and around North Dakota. ** Hess Corp. will continue selling its toy …
Report says government incentives lowered EV costs by $49,000
If it weren’t for government incentives and subsidies, similar to those that helped the wind industry get launched, electric vehicles would cost tens of thousands of dollars moroe than they do. Nearly $49,000 more. So claimed a first-of-its-kind analysis published by think tank Texas Public Policy Foundation. Energy experts Jason Isaac and Brent …
Senate confirms new FAA Administrator
President Biden’s nominee to be the new Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration received an endorsement from Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford as the Senate voted 98-0 for confirmation of Michael Whitaker. “I met personally with Michael Whitaker to discuss the value and importance of the Air Traffic Control Academy in Oklahoma City and to …