Imagine three wells on a single pad producing more than 5,000 barrels of oil a day. It’s what Ovintiv did earlier this spring in completing three Canadian County wells, each producing from 1,400 barrels to nearly 2,000 barrels a day. The Jorge wells are located at 7 14N 7W in Canadian county and at …
Energy briefs
** A new directive that the Biden Administration quietly issued in September 2023 will accelerate the shift from the government buying fossil fuel vehicles to electric vehicles. The administration directed U.S. agencies to begin considering the social cost of greenhouse gases when making purchase decisions and implementing their budgets. ** U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday the United …
Dems want moratorium on carbon capture pipelines
A dozen Democrats in Congress want President Biden to stop approval of any new carbon dioxide pipelines in the nation until updated federal safety regulations are finished. They’re targeting some of the carbon capture and storage projects underway in Iowa, North Dakota and a few other states. But those projects also face opposition by …
Crude oil prices make small gains while OK energy stocks had a weak recovery
Crude oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks recorded weak gains in Tuesday’s trading that left U.S. oil prices still just less than $90 a barrel. Both US and overseas crude oil prices rose slightly higher but still felt the pressure from a stronger U.S. dollar and what Reuters described as “darkening global economic signals.” U.S. …
Oil and gas operations in New Mexico to face environmental crackdown by state
Drillers and oil and gas operators in New Mexico will be targeted in the next six months by the State Environment Department in a crackdown on compliance assurance activities. The NMED promised in a release this week that it will “significantly increase” compliance activities in the Permian and San Juan Basins. The state plans …
Oklahoma House study to focus on workforce development
Two Oklahoma legislators want to examine workforce development in the state, especially taking a look at students with a disability and vocational rehabilitation in rural and urban schools. Reps. Ellyn Hefner of Oklahoma City and Jared Deck of Norman, both Democrats, plan to do so at an interim study Wednesday before the House Common …
ERCOT seeks bids to prevent another winter storm power failure
Texas doesn’t want to continue to be haunted by the 2021 Winter Storm Uri and what it did to the state. This week, ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas reached out seeking bids from power producers to make sure the kind of power failures experienced two years ago don’t happen again. ERCOT hopes …
Fall’s here for Friday night football!
Oklahoma Climatologit Gary McManus says we should get a taste of fall this weekend…..or at least on Friday when night time temperatures enter the 30s and 40s in various parts of the state. That’s right, the 30s in the Panhandle. “Better celebrate today, FALL summer fans, because the FALL fall is about to hit the …
Gov. Polis launches pitch for eastern Colorado passenger rail service
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is hoping to land a trainload of money from federal taxpayers as he pushes for development of a passenger rail line from Pueblow to Fort Collins. “I’ve got to kick this thing into high gear,” he proclaimed at a recent publicity tour aboard a battery-and-hydrogen-powered train car at a federally …
Latest Kansas wind farm features light-reduction system
A wind farm featuring a new aircraft detection nightime lighting system has gone online in central Kansas. The system is one of the first in the state and was installed to reduce night-time light pollution for residents i n Marion County. The Sunflower Wind farm, a 200 MW operation by Orsted, is located in …





