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$50,000 sign-on bonus for railroad jobs in Wyoming
How’ s this for a sign-on bonus? $50,000 to go to work for Union Pacific railroad in Wyoming and a few other states. It’s what the railway company is offering because it is so short-handed of workers. As the Cowboy State Daily reports, the bonus can be larger than the annual salaries in some …
Completion reports for April 20, 2023
completions: none were processed today
Permits to drill for April 20, 2023
Atoka County SCURVY DOG #1-32/8H, April 20 2023 32 2N 12E NWNENWNE API: 00520486 Lat: 34.60697151331314, Long: -96.06358153065862 BLACKBEARD OPERATING LLC MU, DR, 24500 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(11558), WOODFORD(11933), HUNTON(12133), SYLVAN(12135) Atoka County SCURVY DOG #2-32/8H, April 20 2023 32 2N 12E NWNENWNE API: 00520487 Lat: 34.60697151683568, Long: -96.06351506920014 BLACKBEARD OPERATING LLC MU, DR, 24500 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(11658), WOODFORD(12033), HUNTON(12233), …
Crude oil fell another 2% in Thursday’s trading and OK energy stocks continued struggles
An increase in the nation’s gasoline inventories is blamed for a $20 a barrel drop in crude oil prices on Thursday. The gain in the amount of gasoline added to continuing and nagging fears of a possible recession in the U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.87 or 2.4% to $77.29 a barrel in trading …
Senators say gas stove ban is another government “overreach”
Oklahoma U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin think the Department of Energy ban on the sale of nearly all gas stoves in the country is not only “misguided,” but “illogical and harms hard-working Americans that are already struggling due to skyrocketing inflation.” It’s what they wrote in a letter sent this week to …
3 dead from tornadoes while utilities work to restore electrical power
The estimated dozen tornadoes, strong winds and large hail that left at least three dead in the McClain County town of Cole also resulted in nearly 23,000 OG&E customers without power Wednesday night. The utility reported that as of late Thursday afternoon, it had trimmed the outage total to 14,625 customers. Some 1,700 operations …
Senator Mullin blasts Biden nominee for ignorance of business issues
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin put President Biden’s Secretary of Labor nominee, Julie Su, on the hot seat this week, grilling her about her lack of qualifications for the position. It came during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in which the GOP Senator took Su to task for her lack …
Commissioner labels $6.6 billion approval in storm costs “whitewash” and “damage control”
“The stench of these rotten deals is so pervasive, people on the outside are beginning to pinch their noses and look toward the Jim Thorpe Building with wrinkled brows wondering what the hell is going on at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.” It’s what Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony declared in a 180-page opinion filed in …
Oklahoma and United Kingdom agree to more energy trade
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt traveled to the United Kingdom this week to sign a memorandum he hopes will result in increased energy trade for the state. He signed the memorandum with UK Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston and said it was meant to benefit both Oklahoma and the UK with each other’s innovations …
$6.6 billion in winter storm costs approved by Oklahoma regulators on a split vote
$6.6 billion. Get ready for the sticker shock coming in your future utility bills. It’s the cost that will have to be eventually borne by consumers in the fuel cost adjustments approved Thursday for 3 major utilities by Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners on a 2-1 vote. The Commission approved the requests for Oklahoma Natural …