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Permits to drill for April 24, 2023

Canadian County BROKEN BOW LAKE 1208 #21-16-4MXH, January 13 2023 28 12N 8W NWNENENE API: 01725904 Lat: 35.4926681314765, Long: -98.04497983442221 CAMINO NATURAL RESOURCES LLC MU, AM, 21404 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(10725), MISSISSIPPI(10725), WOODFORD(11013) Canadian County BROKEN BOW LAKE 1208 #21-16-6MXH, January 26 2023 28 12N 8W NWNENENE API: 01725905 Lat: 35.49277801940065, Long: -98.04497983669079 CAMINO …

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Broadband bill a step closer in legislature to being sent to Governor

  A bill designed to help the state’s Oklahoma Broadband Office provide hundreds of millions of dollars in expanded rural broadband service, won unanimous support Monday in the Oklahoma Senate. But it’s still a few steps away from possibly being signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt. House Bill 1977 …

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OGE restores power to 93% of those who lost power in recent tornadoes

  Oklahoma Gas and Electric reported Monday that an estimated 93% of the 23,000 customers who lost electrical power following last Wednesday’s tornadoes had their power restored. In a storm update, the utility explained that it had more than 2,800 OG&E personnel working overnight and early this week in the …

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Summary of fast energy reads

** Two men were sentenced for conspiring to attack U.S. electric substations in a plot motivated by white supremacy and intended to sow civil unrest and economic distress, the U.S. Justice Department said. Christopher Cook, 21, of Columbus, Ohio, was sentenced to 92 months in prison, and Jonathan Frost, 25, of …

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Texas residents oppose LNG terminals approved by Biden administration

  The recent decision by the Biden administration to approve two new liquefied natural gas terminals along the Texas coast isn’t exactly being welcomed with open arms by the people in the Rio Grande Valley. They’re fighting the plants and so are environmentalists. As The Hill reported, the Texas residents …

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Corporation commissioners stick to state’s Open Meeting Act

  Theoretically, if two of Oklahoma’s three Corporation Commissioners hold even an informal gathering where issues at hand are discussed, it is considered an illegal meeting. Such is the case in point raised last week during the contentious public discussion prior to the commission’s 2-1 vote in favor of approving …

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Fatigue crack blamed for massive oil spill on Keystone pipeline in Kansas

  The formal determination of the cause of the Keystone Pipeline leak that flooded 500,000 gallons of crude oil into a Kansas creek last December was announced Friday by operator TC Energy. “The primary cause of the rupture was a progressive fatigue crack that originated at a girth weld connecting …

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PSO promotes fuel-free power program along with Earth Day

  Public Service Company of Oklahoma boasted on Earth Day over the weekend that its $2.4 billion renewable energy plan involving the acquisition of three solar farms and three more wind-farm operations will reduce customers bills. In taking note of Earth Day, the utility said its proposed Fuel-Free Power Plan …

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Crude finished week with a loss despite weak gain on Friday

  While crude oil prices rose less than a dollar on Friday, they still finished the week with a loss. Uncertainty about the world economy weighed heavily on the minds of investors West Texas Intermediate crude for June deliveries finished up 74 cents or 0.96% to close at $78.11 a …

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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 …

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