The latest heat wave hitting Texas is likely to result in the state’s grid to receive the heaviest demand for electricity on Friday, June 16. That’s what ERCOT predicted, indicating if it happens, it will smash the record of 80,038 megawatts set eleven months ago according to KHOU TV news in Houston. Click here …
Other energy highlights
** The inflation rate is down slightly but is still two times higher than the Federal Reserve’s ideal rate of 2%, according to Tuesday’s Consumer Price Index Report, which showed that the prices of U.S. goods and services increased 4% in May compared to the previous 12 months. ** In a weekend speech to Georgia Republicans, former President …
Newest producing wells are in Kingfisher and Canadian Counties
Among the latest completion reports filed on Oklahoma wells is a June 2022 well in Kingfisher County by Ovintiv USA Inc. with production of more than 1,000 barrels of oil a day. The Kretchmar 1507 2h-2x, drilled at 35 16N 7W, a site about a mile southeast of the city of Kingfisher produced 1,003 …
Stitt’s veto of motor vehicle bill overridden by Oklahoma House
The Oklahoma House, in a special session this week, voted to override Gov. Stitt’s veto of a bill that extended the compact agreement with some Native American tribes that focused on motor vehicle licensing or registration. The vote was 74 to 11 according to the McCarville Report. Next stop, the State Senate. Click here …
Another weak day in trading for oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks
Crude oil prices and Oklahoma energy stocks took dives in Monday’s trading—crude oil by 4% and some energy stocks by 6%. The drop in crude came after analysts pointed to increasing global supplies and concerns about demand growth. Their worries were expressed as the U.S. Federal Reserve meets later in the week. West Texas Intermediate …
Oklahoma regulators to get update on open records requests
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners meet Tuesday afternoon and will get a briefing on public information requests made of the agency. Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony made the request for the agenda item which pertains to Open Records requests that might be pending with the Commission. He asked for a report on the number of requests for …
Cleanup recovers 1,125 barrels of oil from contaminated Garfield County creek
Nearly 2,000 barrels of oil and oil water have been recovered to date since the early June oil spill into a creek near the northern Oklahoma town of Kremlin. An update from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission showed 1,125 barrels of oil were recovered during the cleanup operation along the 9-Mile Creek. Another 802 barrels …
Oklahoma launches study of alternative highway funding
A statewide transportation research project mandated by the Oklahoma legislature is getting underway with a pilot project and it needs some help from Oklahomans across the state. It is called Fair Miles Oklahoma, an Oklahoma Department of Transportation research program aimed at identifying alternative approaches to funding the state’s transportation needs. The pay-per-mile pilot …
Reports show more BCE-Mach III activity in northwest Oklahoma
A series of three wells drilled in Kingfisher County by BCE-Mach III LLC was reported to Oklahoma regulators. They were among four BCE-Mach wells to be drilled in the past 12 months in northwest Oklahoma. Completion reports were filed, indicating one of the Kingfisher County wells was completed in January of 2023 while the …
Texas Railroad Commissioners fight Biden’s fossil fuel war
The Texas Railroad Commission has decided to stand up and fight the Biden’s Department of Transportation over its Railway Safety Act of 2023, a measure that could give the DOT the power to limit the transportation of fossil fuel-based energy products on freight cars. Railroad Commission chairman Christi Craddick, along with Commissioners Wayne Christian …