Crowds started gathering late Sunday night. Not to be first in line for a concert or a footbal game in Colorado. It was for Monday’s grand opening of the state’s first Buc-ee’s store, one located on I-25 north of Denver. Hard to believe, isn’t it? People stood in line all night long to …
Crude oil prices hit 4-month high while natural gas made a gain too
Monday’s trading brought a 2% gain for crude oil prices as they hit a four-month high following word of lower crude exports from Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Plus, there were indications of stronger demand and economic growth in China, according to Reuters. West Texas Intermediate crude, considered the U.S. benchmark, went up $1.68 or 2.1% …
Senators repeat their call for Biden administration to end freeze on new LNG exports
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Energy and Natural Resources (ENR) Committee, joined Senators Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Jim Risch (R-ID) in sending a letter to President Biden’s Climate Envoy John Podesta, urging an “immediate reversal” of the Biden administration’s ban on new LNG exports. Specifically, the letter warns of the “dire …
Springfield looks into making improved natural gas from city landfill
The City of Springfield, Missouri recently launched an effort to improve its biogas production potential at a local sanitary landfill and Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant. Indications from Erick Roberts, assistant director of Environmental Services show the collected gas would go through an upgrading process to remove impurities and result in a natural gas quality. …
Biden’s war on fossil fuels hasn’t worked so far
Despite President Biden’s war on fossil fuels, the U.S. not only had increased crude oil production in 2023 but also record crude oil exports. The U.S. Energy Information Administration issued a report this week showing the U.S. crude oil exports were a record last year, averaging 4.1 million barrels a day. The amount was …
Colorado bill to ban oil and gas drilling could devastate state’s economy
While state lawmakers in Colorado push a bill to end oil and gas drilling in the state by 2030, researchers with one group say if it happens, it will pose a catastrophic threat to the state’s economy. It’s the contention of researchers at the Common Sense Institute after they studied the impact of Senate …
Ronald McDonald House in OKC gets big gift from OCC Transportation officers
(OCC officers Tina Rich and Justin Carroll deliver 150 bottles of laundry detergent to help families at Ronald McDonald House in OKC) Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) Transportation Division Enforcement Officers with the Love County Port of Entry (LPOE) organized a local drive to benefit families staying at The Ronald McDonald House in Oklahoma City. …
Transportation grants to two Oklahoma tribes total $27 million
Nearly $27 million in federal transportation funding has been announced for the Cherokee Nation and the Seminole Nation in Oklahoma. The funds are part of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot and Neighborhood Access and Equity discretionary grant program as part of President Biden’s Investing in American Agenda. The Seminole Nation is getting $25,523,382 to build …
Sen. Lankford and others challenge FCC’s broadband rule
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and a handful of other Senators are taking on the Federal Communications Commission and an order it issued to control the broadband industry. Lankford and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Utah Sen. .Mike Lee introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) joint resolution of disapproval to nullify the Federal Communications Commission’s …
Oklahoma astronaut Gen. Thomas Stafford dead at 93
Retired Air Force three-star General Thomas Stafford, the astronaut whose hometown was Weatherford, Oklahoma died this week. Stafford, who commanded the first U.S.-Soviet space linkup, was 93 when he died on Monday. He was part of four space missions and before Apollo 10, he flew on two Gemini flights. One of them was the …