February 7, 2017 archive

Crude Oil Futures Drop Lower on Tuesday While Natural Gas Posts Gain

Crude oil futures continued plunging lower on Tuesday while traders awaited weekly government data on domestic petroleum supplies, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, March West Texas Intermediate crude fell by 84 cents, or 1.6%, to settle at $52.17 a barrel. On London’s ICE Futures Exchange, April Brent crude, the global benchmark, …

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Permits to Drill February 8, 2017

  Caddo County BIA 5-8-9 #1H, February 07 2017 08 8N 9W SWNWNENW API: 01523276 Lat: 35.188265747771744, Long: -98.17419082555395 KAISER-FRANCIS OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 15734 ft, HOXBAR(10300) Canadian County SOUTHERN STAR 28-13N-7W #1H, February 06 2017 28 13N 7W SWSESESE API: 01724971 Lat: 35.5663952545367, Long: -97.94266463081617 PALOMA OPERATING CO INC DH, DR, 10100 ft, MISSISSIPPI(8898), …

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California Fearful of Pruitt in Charge of EPA

The pending confirmation of attorney general Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has some California regulators so afraid of him, they are pushing ahead with their own fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles. They fear that once Pruitt takes over, federal car rules might not survive in the Trump administration. Pruitt has …

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Number 2 US Senate Democrat Voices “No Confidence” in Pruitt as EPA Chief

It should come as no surprise that another Democrat in the U.S. Senate has publicly announced opposition to Attorney General Scott Pruitt to take over at the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how Politico’s Morning Energy Report stated the news: “DURBIN LATEST ‘NO’ ON PRUITT: No. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin invoked a novel rationale in …

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GOP Legislator Opposes Raising Taxes—-Wants Wind Subsidies Cut and Fat from Education

  It’s one thing for Democrats to criticize the governor in her plan to raise taxes. But now she’s opposed by Representative Kevin Calvey, a Republican from Oklahoma City. He’s also calling for a big cut in the subsidies for the wind industry in the state. Calvey said the state could save another $200 million …

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Whistleblower Reveals NOAA Manipulated Global Warming Records

Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine and others on a U.S. House committee want voters to know about the story revealing the manipulation of global warming data.It headlines their website for the Committee on Science, Space and Technology. “Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data.” As reported by The Mail newspaper …

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Wind Coalition Says Governor’s Wind Taxes are “Misguided”

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin didn’t score any points with the wind industry after delivering her State of the State address on Monday in which she proposed new taxes on wind farms and wind-generated electricity. Jeff Clark, the President of the Wind Coalition responded by saying the governor’s proposal misses the mark. “It is a misguided …

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Governor’s Tax Plans Ridiculed by Democrats

  Democrats in the state don’t think much of Gov. Mary Fallin’s tax ideas unveiled in Monday’s State of the State address. They think it is “burdensome taxes on the middle-class and working families in the form of $1.1 billion in new taxes on Oklahomans that can least afford it.” One of her plans is …

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Hundreds of former EPA Employees Voice Opposition to Scott Pruitt

As the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on confirming Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency, nearly 450 former EPA officials have sent a letter to the Senate in opposition to Pruitt. The letter was coordinated by the Environmental Integrity Project,a nonprofit founded 14 years ago by former EPA officials. The …

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WTI, Brent and Natural Gas Tumble on Monday

Crude oil futures settled lower on Monday as weary traders took losses across the energy sector, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, March West Texas Intermediate crude fell 82 cents, or 1.5%, to settle at $53.01 a barrel. On London’s ICE Futures Exchange, April Brent crude declined by $1.09, or 1.9%, to …

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