The Trump administration’s decision to exempt 31 small refiners from biofuel blending requirements has been challenged by a coalition of biofuel industry groups. They filed suit claiming the 2018 exemption decision was carried out in secret. Before the suit was filed, President Trump stated he had solved the fight, according to S and P Global …
Houston’s Marathon Oil Company filed more completion reports this week indicating it had production of more than 2,700 barrels a day on a multi-unit well site in Blaine County, 1,500 from two multi-unit wells in Canadian county and 1,700 barrels a day from two wells at the same site in Kingfisher county. The Blaine County …
Click to watch Sen. Inhofe’s remarks. U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) senior member of the Environmental and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned a federal panel of witnesses at an Environmental Public Works (EPW) hearing to receive testimony on Improving American Economic Competitiveness Through Water Resources Infrastructure. Witnesses included Rickey Dale “R.D.” James, Assistant Secretary of …
The government says the U.S. is sending crude oil to more countries and nations around the globe than it is importing from. The announcement came this week from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In the first seven months of 2019, the U.S. imported crude oil from 27 nations in a given month. Ten years earlier, …
** A University of Illinois researcher maintains that construction of taller wind turbines with shorter blades can significantly reduce the deaths of birds. The researcher also urged construction of the wind towers farther from critical bird habitats. ** In Minnesota, one county is considering new restrictions on solar farms. Leaders want new solar projects to …
WOTUS is drying up. Even as the Environmental Protection Agency under the Trump administration took steps this week for removal of the Waters of the U.S. rule fought by Oklahoma’s farm groups and members of congress, some have filed suit challenging the move. The EPA’s repeal of the Obama-era rules was published in the Federal …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin will be a part of a congressional hearing next week exploring the Trump administration’s expanded use of small refinery waivers under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Democrats in charge of the Environment and Climate Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the hearing for Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m. Central …
Oil and gas companies fighting climate change lawsuits and regulations in three states took their case to the U.S. Supreme Court and lost this week. POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report had more about it: OIL GETS 1-2-3 PUNCH AT SCOTUS: Big oil companies lost an intermediate but closely watched battle over climate change at the Supreme Court on …
“Here we go again on our own, going down that winter road that makes us groan…” It’s how Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet describes the weather Oklahoma will endure on Thursday. “Come on, sing it! No no, ignore the hair spray, that will dissipate. Okay, even for the follicularly challenged like myself, that’s too …
In a regularly-scheduled meeting on Thursday, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission will consider at least 8 requests for multi-unit wells. They fall under the proposed orders of the daily signing agenda and include four such multi-unit requests for Kingfisher County and one each for Custer, Dewey, Grady and McClain counties. Newfield made two of the requests …