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Rig Report: Few changes in rig counts in state, nation

Rig Report: Few changes in rig counts in state, nation

Rig Report: Few changes in rig counts in state, nation

From staff reports Oklahoma maintained a count of 45 active oil and gas rigs over the past week while nationally, the total increased by one to 593, accor ding to the latest Baker Hughes rig count released on Friday.The Sooner State total is four more than one year ago. The U.S.

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• Still on hold: Arkansas has halted its $54.1 million build-out of electric vehicle charging stations after the Trump administration froze federal funding.• The United Nations’ international climate fund asks other countries to step up after the U.S. pulled its $4 billion commitment.
A wind turbine erected in a wheat field near the Kay County community of Kildare, which is five miles north of Ponca City, collapsed last week for no apparent reason. The mishap was reported to the Kildare Fire Department at 7:23 a.m. Feb. 25, Fire Chief Travis Harris told Southwest Ledger. The incident was “bizarre” because the wind speed at the time was 3 to 12 miles per hour, he said. No injuries to humans or livestock were reported. The structure was 300 feet tall and its blades were perhaps 200 feet lo

A wind turbine erected in a wheat field near the Kay County community of Kildare, which is five miles north of Ponca City, collapsed last week for no apparent reason. The mishap was reported to the Kildare Fire Department at 7:23 a.m. Feb. 25, Fire Chief Travis Harris told Southwest Ledger. The incident was “bizarre” because the wind speed at the time was 3 to 12 miles per hour, he said. No injuries to humans or livestock were reported. The structure was 300 feet tall and its blades were perhaps 200 feet lo

Kildare Fire Department

A wind turbine erected in a wheat field near the Kay County community of Kildare, which is five miles north of Ponca City, collapsed last week for no apparent reason. The mishap was reported to the Kildare Fire Department at 7:23 a.m. Feb. 25, Fire Chief Travis Harris told Southwest Ledger.