In a move that could affect Oklahoma energy companies and their oil and gas exploration in Wyoming, the Biden administration plans to consider new measures to protect greater sage grouse, a bird species with the highest population in the state. Wyoming leaders say such moves will possibly limit or create more restrictions for drilling …
Energy news headlines for Tuesday
** Biden’s $1.7 trillion Build Back Better bill probably won’t get handled by the U.S. Senate until the second week in December because the Senate has yet to finish its defense policy bill and a bill to fund the government past Dec. 3. ** The Coast Guard named another ship as a party of interest as …
Midwest opposition grows to biggest ever carbon capture project
It’s billed as the world’s largest carbon capture and sequestration project—the $4.5 billion, 2,000 mile pipeline network throughout the upper Midwest. But opposition is reported to be growing too. Bloomberg reports the Midwest Carbon Express would be capable of storing up to 10 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, slashing the emissions of …
Oklahoma gasoline prices still lowest in 7-state region
Gasoline prices dropped only slightly in the past few days in Oklahoma as the state joins the nation in observing the Thanksgiving holiday this week, an observance that means millions of Americans will hit the road for travel. Oklahoma’s average dropped 3 cents from $2.99 to a Monday morning average of $2.96 reported the …
More natural gas-fired capacity coming online
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Monthly Electric Generator Inventory The government predicts that more than 27 gigawatts of new natural gas-fired capacity will come online in the U.S. in the next few years and some will come in Oklahoma and Texas. The additional 27.3 gigawatts will be added between 2022 and 2025 reports the U.S. Energy …
Lucas praises retiring Democratic congresswoman
Before Texas Democratic Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced her retirement Saturday from the U.S. House where she had served for nearly 30 years, she had the praise and friendship of Oklahoma Republican Congressman Frank Lucas. She chairs the House Committee on Science and Technology. He is the Ranking Republican and the two worked together …
Oil and gas–still ‘King’ in SE New Mexico
Despite the efforts of Joe Biden’s administration and those of Democrats behind his goals, oil and gas are still heavy contributors to the budget of New Mexico. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports the industry contributed $2.8 billion to the state budget in 2020, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here for Carlsbad Current-Argus.
National Park Service to be led by first Native American director
The first Native American to lead the National Park Service has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate in a voice vote last week. It was considered to be unanimous approval for Charles “Chuck” Sams III to be the new director of the Service which means he will be in charge of the seven sites …
Feds to remove ‘squaw’ from names of government places
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland ordered her department to begin the removal of the world “squaw” from place names on federal land. The word is considered to be highly offensive to Native Americans because of its racist-related reference to women. Squaw is used in at least 650 place names on federal lands reported Reuters. It …
Plutonium from South Carolina to be shipped to New Mexico
If a report is correct, plutonium from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina will be transported for storage to New Mexico next year. It will be trucked to a salt mine repository for entombment, reported the Aiken Standard newspaper in South Carolina. The underground storage site is the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in …
