With temperatures edging above 100 degrees or higher this week across Texas, the demand for electricity is expected to break records this week predicted ERCOT, the state’s grid operator. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas believes the demand from its 26 million customers, which represents about 90% of the state’s power load, could hit …
Lights are back on for thousands of PSO, OGE and OAEC customers across Oklahoma
Electrical power was finally restored to nearly all of the customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company and Public Service Company of Oklahoma following the severe weather that hit on June 17. At one point, an estimated 300,000 customers lost power in the storms that included at least one tornado in the Panhandle. As …
Interior Secretary unaware of what her own staff was doing to end oil and gas leasing
A new report by a government watchdog group found that non-elected officials in the Biden administration’s Interior Department intended to go far beyond a simple pause of new oil and gas leases by the federal government. And they were doing it without the knowledge of then-newly appointed Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the former Congresswoman …
Weather Service reaches out to Spanish speaking residents of Southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansas and its fast-growing Spanish-speaking population are the focus of efforts by the National Weather Service to inform residents in both Spanish and English. Already some radio stations alert their listeners in English and Spanish as announcers translated the immediate weather alerts and warnings. However, the National Weather Service in Dodge City is …
Energy updates from Sen. Lankford
In his latest newsletter to constituents, Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford focused on some energy matters—paying less at the pump, Iran’s nuclear program and preserving the nation’s power grid supply chain. He also referred to the Waters of the U.S. Supreme court decision. Paying Less at the Pump – As I predicted, the so-called “Inflation …
ERCOT wins Supreme Court support in lawsuits stemming from 2021 winter storm Uri
A court victory for ERCOT, the operator of the power grid in Texas. The Texas Supreme Court ruled that ERCOT cannot be sued from the 2021 deadly winter storm Uri, the same storm that resulted in historic natural gas prices and rolling blackouts in Oklahoma. It was a 5-4 ruling in which the …
1,100 barrel a day oil well in Garvin County
A well near Lindsay produced 1,100 barrels of oil a day according to a completion report filed by Marathon Oil Company. The Dean 0404 1-30-19sxh, located at 30 4N 4W which is only about 5 miles southwest of Lindsay in Garvin County, also had production of 1,100 Mcf of natural gas when completed in …
Oil and Oklahoma energy stocks declined in Friday’s trading
Friday’s trading saw oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks finish on the down side and analysts blamed it on increased worries about interest rate hikes and how it could affect demand. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 35 cents or 0.5% to finish at $69.16 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark …
Wyoming coal mine takes a direct hit from a tornado
The six workers injured at a northeast Wyoming coal mine that suffered a direct hit from a tornado Friday night are recovering. Cleanup work at the North Antelope Rochelle Mine is also underway after coal rail cars were flipped when the powerful storm hit. The Cowboy State Daily reported the large open-pit coal mine …
Numbers of active rigs continue falling across the U.S.
Another week and another drop in the number of oil and gas rigs active in the U.S. While Oklahoma held steady over the past week with no change of its 42 active drilling rigs, the U.S. count fell by 5 to 682, reported Baker Hughes Co. on Friday. The decline included 6 oil rigs, …