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Completion reports for February 6, 2023

CARTER COUNTY Yale Oil Association Inc Viola(10480): Oil 9 Water 170 Pump 34 5S 2W Maywalker 3-34, August 31, 2022 null, OIL, TD: 11805 ft Lat: 34.07657, Long: -97.39739 API: 35019264810000 MCCLAIN COUNTY Cprp Services Llc Woodford(11220): Oil 456 Gas 563 Water 976 Gas Lift 28 6N 4W Coop 0604 33-04 2wxh, December 09, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 19826 ft …

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Governor calls for diversification of Oklahoma’s energy grid

  In his State of the State address Monday to the Oklahoma legislature, Gov. Kevin Stitt spoke of protecting Oklahomans and promoting freedoms and for more steps to promote excellence in education. He touched on energy a few times in his speech to the 59th Legislature. At one point, the …

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Kansas legislators debate proposed tax on EV charging stations

  The Kansas legislature is considering a bill to create a new tax on electric-vehicle charging stations. It would amount to 3 cents per kilowatt and the revenue would support a state highway repair fund that historically relies on fuel tax revenue. Some in the legislature say the charging station …

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Legislator says new state law is corporate welfare and should be abolished

  Rep. Tom Gann, R-Inola, has filed House Bill 1381 to Repeal the Large-Scale Economic Activity and Development (LEAD) Act of 2022, a new law he says is nothing but corporate welfare. Last year, the Legislature passed House Bill 4455, the LEAD Act, which promised investment rebates for the cost …

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The politics of probing China’s connections to the U.S. EV market

  The dependency of the U.S. electric car market on China not only has the attention of Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas in his capacity as chairman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, but elsewhere in the House and Senate. Lucas focused his attention last month on the questionable …

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Oil and gas production to break records

    Alex Mills is the former President of the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers. Even though President Joe Biden’s regulatory agencies continue to throw road blocks in the path of American oil and gas producers, the industry continues to respond positively to global and domestic markets and it is …

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House approved bill includes more Western Colorado oil drilling

  The GOP-sponsored bill that won U.S. House approval to limit President Biden’s reduction of the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve also includes amendments to increase oil and gas drilling on Colorado’s Thompson Divide. The amendments were added by Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert after the Biden administration proposed a 20-year withdrawal …

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Will Keystone keep promise to clean up leak in Kansas?

  Nearly two months after the Keystone pipeline leaked 55,000 barrels of oil into a north Kansas creek, cleanup is at nearly 90%. The debate grows in Washington County where the leak happened according to a report by the Kansas News Service. Click here for Kansas News Service The post …

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Oklahoma might test highway user fees

  Oklahoma might soon launch a pilot program where taxes paid at the gas pump are replaced with user fees, much like those paid by EV users in some states. It’s called Fair Miles Oklahoma and the program will be presented Monday to state transportation commissioners reported The Oklahoman. Click …

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Permits to drill for February 3, 2023

Dewey County TERRY R NICHOLS #1-28H, December 21 2022 33 18N 18W NWNWNENW API: 04323771 Lat: 35.999531619976764, Long: -99.128268618246 DUNCAN OIL PROPERTIES INC HH, AM, 14200 ft, CLEVELAND(8859) Dewey County LADENA #1-25H, February 03 2023 36 16N 20W SENWNENW API: 04323775 Lat: 35.82555998032508, Long: -99.2817076259676 DUNCAN OIL PROPERTIES INC HH, DR, 15100 …

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