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• Texas joins Oklahoma and other states in creating EV fees for highway use
  It’s been two years since Oklahoma adopted a highway-use fee for electric vehicle users in the state,...
  It’s been two years since Oklahoma adopted a highway-use fee for electric vehicle users in the state, a fee to offset the loss of gasoline taxes that go toward highway maintenance.
  
  Within a few weeks, electric vehicle drivers in Texas will get the same news. They will be forced to pay $200 a year to register their cars and trucks that run on battery-powered electricity.
  
  It makes 30 states across the U.S. that charge EV owners. Oklahoma’s legislature created the use fee under the “Driving on Road Infrastructure with Vehicles of Electricity (DRIVE) Act of 2021,” an act Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law in April of that year.
  
  E&E News reports that it’s made for some unhappy EV drivers.
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• Closing Oil & Gas Prices
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery...
  Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $1.61 to $79.38 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for October delivery fell $1.44 to $83.45 a barrel.
  
  Wholesale gasoline for September delivery rose 2 cents to $2.87 a gallon. September heating oil fell 1 cent to $3.02 a gallon. September natural gas fell 7 cents to $2.59 per 1,000 cubic feet.
  
  
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• Stocks post losses after Fed minutes point to lingering inflation and rate risks
  U.S. stocks posted back-to-back losses Wednesday after Federal...
  U.S. stocks posted back-to-back losses Wednesday after Federal Reserve minutes of its July meetings showed concerns about inflation revving back up. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell about 180 points, or 0.5%, ending near 34,765, according to preliminary FactSet data. The S&P 500 Index SPX gave up 0.8% and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP closed 1.2% lower. All three benchmarks booked back-to-back loses, while the S&P 500 ended at its lowest level in more than a month. Minutes of the Fed’s July 25-26 meeting said “Most participants continue to see significant upside risks to inflation, which could require further tightening of monetary policy.”
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• Ohio Utica's oil potential back in the spotlight
  Oil exploration is making a comeback in Ohio's Utica fairway,...
  Oil exploration is making a comeback in Ohio's Utica fairway, with companies such as Ascent Resources Utica and Encino Energy's EAP Ohio reporting impressive results from their newest wells. Ascent's two-well Lavada RCH GR pad and three-well Jackalope WSG GR pad yielded 2,691 barrels per day and 4,405 bpd on average, respectively, during initial months of production, while Encino/EAP Ohio generated 1,118 bpd on average from each of its four new wells in Carroll County during their first 182 days online.
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• N.D.'s oil and gas production had a strong June
  North Dakota produced 1.17 million barrels per day of crude oil in June, marking a 3% month-over-month...
  North Dakota produced 1.17 million barrels per day of crude oil in June, marking a 3% month-over-month increase and the highest level since December 2020, while natural gas output climbed by 3% to over 3.25 Bcf/d, according to the state's Mineral Resources Department. Mineral Resources Director Lynn Helms expects the momentum to persist into the following month and noted that oil producers are moving into non-core drilling areas, which calls for increased investments in gas capture and transportation infrastructure.
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