oil

NEPI Announces a New Plan: "Building America's Energy Future: A Portfolio of Promising Policies"

Rich Fisher — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:55:35 +0000

Our guest on ST is Tony Knowles, the president of the National Energy Policy Institute (or NEPI) and former governor of Alaska. Based here at the University of Tulsa, and created in 2008 with a donation from the George Kaiser Family Foundation (which also donates funds to Public Radio Tulsa), NEPI is a think-tank aiming to provide policymakers with better research and scholarship with which to design and implement energy policy.

Ambassador Molly Williamson, Formerly of the U.S. State Department, on "The Geopolitics of Oil"

Rich Fisher — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:02:40 +0000

Our guest on this edition of ST is Molly Williamson, a highly experienced former Foreign Service Officer who served six U.S. Presidents over the course of a long, far-flung career, eventually achieving the rank of Career Minister. Throughout the 1990's and early 2000's, she held important positions within the U.S. Departments of Energy, Commerce, State, and Defense.

"Oil Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran"

Ricf Fisher — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 18:46:22 +0000

On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with Paasha Mahdavi, who is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science at UCLA. As part of the University of Tulsa Collins College of Business Lecture Series, Mahdavi will deliver a free-to-the-public talk on "Oil Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran" on Wednesday the 13th at 7pm in the Tyrrell Hall Auditorium on the TU campus. Mahdavi's ongoing research concerns the study of national oil company governance and the political consequences of oil nationalizations, and he joins us today by phone.

Detailed Notes on State-Run Oil Companies: A Chat with Dr. Mark Thurber of Stanford University

Rich Fisher — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 19:45:21 +0000

On this edition of our show, we speak by phone with Dr. Mark Thurber of Stanford University, who will give a lecture this evening (Monday the 28th) at 7pm in the Tyrrell Hall Auditorium on the University of Tulsa campus. His address is presented as part of the TU Collins College of Business Energy Lecture Series; Dr. Thurber will be discussing state-run oil companies, which actually control most of the world's oil production. A well-respected expert whose scholarship has focused on the role of state-owned firms in the most crucial energy markets around the globe, Dr.

At TU's National Energy Policy Institute: "Hydraulic Fracturing vs. Mountaintop-Removal Coal Mining"

Rich Fisher — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:27:20 +0000

Oil output in the U.S. is poised to surpass that of Saudi Arabia within the next decade, as has been widely noted, but what about the serious if not alarming environmental costs associated with this surge in production? On this edition of StudioTulsa, we speak with Dr. Brian Lutz of the Department of Biology and the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. He'll soon deliver a free-to-the-public address on "Hydraulic Fracturing vs.

Oklahoma oil, gas rig count drops by 6

Associated Press — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 14:48:16 +0000

HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. is down by 16 this week to 1,973.

The Houston-based oilfield services company Baker Hughes Incorporated reported Friday that 1,296 rigs were exploring for oil and 670 for natural gas. Seven were listed as miscellaneous.

Of the major oil- and gas-producing states, Oklahoma shut down six rigs, while Texas gained three. Louisiana picked up one. The count was unchanged for Arkansas.