Attorney General Gentner Drummond is leading a group of 24 state attorneys general and one state legislature in challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new methane emissions rule. The coalition has filed a petition in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to block the …

    A plan by New Mexico Gas Company to build a LNG storage facility outside Rio Rancho, New Mexico was recently denied by the state’s Public Regulation Commission. The project had been opposed by residents and environmentalists and the PRC decided the cost was its main objection. “It just …

  Tesla’s 10-million-square-foot factory in East Austin, Texas is installing an estimated 70,000 solar panels to help provide electrical power to the EV manufacturing plant. At the same time, the EV maker has shifted more of its battery cell production from a German factory to Gigfactory Texas according to Electrek. …

  The number of active oil and gas rigs in Oklahoma fell by one to 44 in the past week, while nationally, there was a gain of seven to reach a total of 629 reported Baker Hughes Co. on Friday. Oklahoma’s count of 44 compares to the 62 rigs reported …

Despite a slight dip in crude oil prices on Friday, they still finished the week more than 3% higher because of rising demand from US refiners completing planned overhauls. Once again, natural gas prices slipped in Friday’s trading. West Texas Intermediate crude dropped 17 cents or 0.21% to close trading …

    Nearly $1 million in federal funds aimed at helping Native American tribes with what are called climate resilience projects is going to four tribes in Oklahoma. It’s part of $120 million in funding for 146 Indian projects across the U.S., according to an announcement by the Interior Department. …

  A new report contends oil and gas wells, pipelines and compressors across the U.S. are emitting three times the amount of methane into the atmosphere as the government claims. The lead author of a study in journal Nature says it’s cost more than $9 billion a year in climate damage. …

    A federal judge recently ruled Entergy Arkansas is on the hook for a $135 million refund ordered by federal regulators. And it won’t be ratepayers who’ll be coughing up the money. The ruling stems from a system agreement that Entergy Arkansas had to operate as a pool with …

    The Oklahoma Supreme Court recently ruled against two pilots who survived the crash of a single-engine Cessna airplane  14 years ago and sued Cessna Aircraft Company. The Justices upheld a lower court ruling that said Cessna was not responsible for a fire that broke out in the plane …

What’s up at Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen? This week we discuss the sudden rise in gasoline prices just as the clock springs forward one hour. Why do we have to suffer this every year at the same time? Plus ‘spy’ planes and why they represent new jobs in …