Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Americana
JCShepard.com | June 21, 2026 | Category: Policy, Economy Rural America is about to feel the energy transition in a very literal way: not as a headline about megawatts and gigatons, but as center pivots moved for a transmission line, prime farmland plowed under for a bright new data center lighting up the night sky, […]
Oil drilling rig counts are at an all-time high… or dropping off, depending which report you read which week for which area. Overall, industry source Baker Hughes reports relatively stable activity, declining slightly to levels just below last year nationally. Last week there were 895 rigs drilling in Texas, 199 in Oklahoma, and 186 in […]
North Dakota surpassed Alaska this summer to become the 2nd largest oil-producing state in America, behind Texas. There are 1/3 more wells now producing 3/4 more oil than a year ago and over twice as much crude produced as two years ago. Most of those wells are in the Williston Basin’s Bakken Formation, a shale […]
