Efforts by a Kansas legislator to curb wind farm growth are drawing criticism from proponents who contend it will only hurt the state. It also shows the divisions that exist between those who want wind powered electricity and those who aren’t so eager to have it. Another example perhaps of “not in my backyard.” …
Plan to turn New Mexico into hydrogen hub reintroduced in legislature
New Mexico legislators are still battling over efforts to make their state a hub of “blue hydrogen” production. Conservation groups are upset that Democrat Rep. Patty Lundstrom of Gallup has reintroduced hydrogen hub legislation reported the Santa Fe New Mexican. Click here for Santa Fe New Mexican
Headlines of other energy stories
** The nation’s largest electric grid operator PJM Interconnection is so clogged with requests from energy developers seeking connections to its regional transmission network in the eastern United States that it is proposing a two-year pause on reviewing more than 1,200 energy projects, most of them solar power. ** The Biden administration is considering a Chevron …
Train crew rescues woman floating on Oklahoma’s Texoma Lake
A woman found stranded on an air mattress afloat Oklahoma’s Lake Texoma can thank a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train crew for her rescue late last week in southern Oklahoma. As NBC News reported, two crew members on the train spotted the woman floating on the lake and immediately notified authorities who found the …
Crude oil pushes higher to $92 in U.S.
Crude oil prices hit their highest mark in the U.S. since the fall of 2014, settling at more than $92 a barrel. West Texas Intermediate crude for March delivery shot up $2.04 or 2.3% to settle at $92.31 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for April delivery rose …
Two Kingfisher County sites yield nearly 10,000 barrels of oil a day
We’re long past the point of sounding like a broken record with reports on massive STACK completions reported by Ovintiv Inc. But the company filed reports in the past week showing an astounding 5,000 barrel a day of oil production from a 3-well single pad site and more than 4,500 barrels of oil from …
Bezo’s aerospace company to expand into Denver
South Denver is apparently about to be the site of an operation of billionaire Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin, the aerospace company headquartered in Washington state. The Denver Gazette reports Blue Origin is advertising for 50 jobs in Denver. Blue Origin completed its third human space-flight, the first with six astronauts on board in December …
420,000 gallon oil, water spill cleaned up near Carlsbad
The state of New Mexico says it’s completed cleanup from a 420,000 gallon spill of oil-contaminated water last fall at a site about 5 miles east of Carlsbad. The spill was initially reported in October 2021 reported the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Click here for Carlsbad Current Argus
Other energy news headlines
** The interior solicitor in the Biden administration said in an opinion released Friday that the mineral rights under the original Missouri River riverbed belong to a North Dakota tribal nation. ** ConocoPhillips said traders should be worried about strong oil production growth coming out of the U.S. this year and in 2023, potentially echoing the …
OK Treasurer says New Year sees gross receipts swell
Gross Receipts to the Treasury show Oklahoma’s economy is doing very well at the start of the new year, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel announced. January gross receipts of $1.5 billion are up by more than 27 percent compared to the same month of last year. Twelve-month receipts of $15.5 billion measure growth of more …
