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, …
Office update at Corporation Commission
Some office keeping procedures at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission involve the Enforcement Docket cases and a stakeholder’s survey. Because of the renovations underway at the Commission’s headquarters in the Jim Thorpe Building of the capitol complex, the Enforcement Docket will be moving from Wednesdays and Fridays, to Mondays and Fridays. The Commission anticipates future …
Ohio townships ban solar and wind farms
Not everyone is eager to jump onto the band wagon of wind and solar power. Just look at what seven townships did in southwestern Ohio. They banned commercial wind and solar projects because of the strong pushback from local residents such Mary Durbin of Tate Township in Clermont County where a public meeting was …
New industry with sale of carbon credits as part of well plugging programs
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s idea of using carbon credits as part of an effort to fund its plugging of thousands of abandoned or orphaned wells, isn’t the only such move in the oil and gas industry. Take for example, the Houston-based CarbonPath company which also offers a new class of carbon credits or offsets …