Oklahoma

===Energy===

[[File:oil well.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|A major oil-producing state, Oklahoma is the fifth-largest producer of crude oil in the United States.<ref name="oerb2008">{{cite web|url=http://www.oerb.com/Portals/0/docs/State%20Oil%20Gas%20Impact%20Draft%2020080916.pdf |publisher=Oklahoma Energy Resource Board |year=2008 |title=The Economic Impact of Oklahoma's Oil & Natural Gas Industry |access-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413062127/http://www.oerb.com/Portals/0/docs/State%20Oil%20Gas%20Impact%20Draft%2020080916.pdf |archive-date=April 13, 2012 }}</ref>]]

Oklahoma is the nation's third-largest producer of [[natural gas]], and its fifth-largest producer of crude oil. The state also has the second-greatest number of active [[drilling rig]]s,<ref name="oerb2008" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/BHI/1397226957x0x500788/8852C779-8393-43D1-B07F-C68A059D9307/Rigs_by_State_091611.pdf |publisher=Baker Hughes |title=Baker Hughes Rotary Rigs by State |access-date=July 2, 2016}}</ref> and it is even ranked fifth in crude oil reserves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ogs.ou.edu/pdf/OKO&GLocal.pdf |author=Oklahoma Geological Survey |title=Oklahoma Oil and Natural Gas: Components and Long-Term Outlook| access-date=October 22, 2011}}</ref> While the state was ranked eighth for installed [[Wind power|wind energy]] capacity in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/docs/installed_wind_capacity_by_state.xls |author=United States Department of Energy |title=Installed Wind Capacity by State |access-date=October 22, 2011 |format=xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016123819/http://www.windpoweringamerica.gov/docs/installed_wind_capacity_by_state.xls |archive-date=October 16, 2011 |author-link=United States Department of Energy }}</ref> it still was at the bottom of states in usage of [[renewable energy]] in 2009, with 94% of its electricity being generated by [[Non-renewable energy|non-renewable]] sources in 2009, including 25% from coal and 46% from natural gas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/hf.jsp?incfile=sep_sum/html/sum_btu_1.html |title=Oklahoma Energy Statistics |publisher=US Energy Information Administration |year=2009 |access-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113125936/http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/hf.jsp?incfile=sep_sum%2Fhtml%2Fsum_btu_1.html |archive-date=January 13, 2012 }}</ref>

Ten years later in 2019, 53.5% of electricity was produced from [[natural gas]] and 34.6% from [[wind power]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Oklahoma Wind Farms Mapped|periodical=StateImpact Oklahoma {{!}} Environment, Education, Energy, Health and Justice: Policy to People|publisher=Oklahoma Public Media Exchange|url=https://stateimpact.npr.org/oklahoma/2018/09/06/oklahoma-wind-farms-mapped/|last=Joe Wertz|date=September 6, 2018|language=en}}</ref>

Ranking 13th for total energy consumption per capita in 2009,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/hf.jsp?incfile=sep_sum/plain_html/rank_use_per_cap.html |title=Energy Consumption by Source and Total Consumption per Capita, Ranked by State, 2009 |publisher=US Energy Information Administration |year=2009 |access-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111021212855/http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/hf.jsp?incfile=sep_sum%2Fplain_html%2Frank_use_per_cap.html |archive-date=October 21, 2011 }}</ref> the state's energy costs were eighth-lowest in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/state-regs/pdf/Oklahoma.pdf |author=Institute for Energy Research |title=Oklahoma Energy Facts |access-date=October 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613033035/http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/state-regs/pdf/Oklahoma.pdf |archive-date=June 13, 2012 }}</ref>

==== Oil, gas, and coal ====
As a whole, the oil energy industry contributes $35 billion to Oklahoma's gross domestic product (GDP), and employees of the state's oil-related companies earn an average of twice the state's typical yearly income.<ref name="oerb2008" /> In 2009, the state had 83,700 commercial oil wells churning {{convert|65.374|Moilbbl|m3}} of crude oil.<ref name="okcorpcommish">{{cite web|url=http://www.occeweb.com/og/2010og_report.pdf |publisher=Oklahoma Corporation Commission |title= 2009 Report on Oil and Natural Gas Activity within the State of Oklahoma |year=2009 |access-date=October 22, 2011}}</ref> A tabulated 8.5% of the nation's natural gas supply is held in Oklahoma, with {{convert|1.673|Tcuft|km3}} being produced in 2009.<ref name="okcorpcommish" />

The Oklahoma Stack Play is a geographic referenced area in the Anadarko Basin. The oil field "Sooner Trend", Anadarko basin and the counties of Kingfisher and Canadian make up the basis for the "Oklahoma STACK". Other Plays such as the Eagle Ford are geological rather than geographical.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shaleexperts.com/plays/stack-scoop/Overview?menu|title=STACK & SCOOP Overview—Maps—Geology—Counties|website=www.shaleexperts.com}}</ref>

According to ''[[Forbes]]'' magazine, Oklahoma City-based [[Devon Energy|Devon Energy Corporation]], [[Chesapeake Energy|Chesapeake Energy Corporation]], and [[SandRidge Energy|SandRidge Energy Corporation]] are the largest private oil-related companies in the nation,<ref name="OK Energy 5">{{cite web |date=December 2, 2005|url=http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=657&Itemid=286| title= Three of America's Largest Private Companies Call Oklahoma Home| publisher=Oklahoma Department of Commerce| access-date=August 1, 2007}}</ref> and all Oklahoma's Fortune 500 companies are energy-related.<ref name="Fortune 500" /> Tulsa's [[ONEOK]] and [[Williams Companies]] are the state's largest and second-largest companies respectively, also ranking as the nation's second- and third-largest companies in the field of energy, according to [[Fortune (magazine)|''Fortune'']] magazine.<ref name="Devon" /> The magazine also placed Devon Energy as the second-largest company in the mining and crude oil-producing industry in the nation, while Chesapeake Energy ranks seventh respectively in that sector and [[Oklahoma Gas & Electric]] ranks as the 25th-largest gas and electric utility company.<ref name="Devon">{{cite news |year=2007|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/snapshots/1866.html| title= Three Fortune's Snapshot: Devon energy| publisher=CNN| access-date=August 1, 2007}}</ref>

Oklahoma Gas & Electric, commonly referred to as OG&E (NYSE: OGE) operates four base electric power plants in Oklahoma. Two of them are coal-fired power plants: one in [[Muskogee, Oklahoma|Muskogee]], and the other in [[Red Rock, Oklahoma|Red Rock]]. Two are gas-fired power plants: one in [[Harrah, Oklahoma|Harrah]] and the other in [[Konawa, Oklahoma|Konawa]]. OG&E was the first electric company in Oklahoma to generate electricity from wind farms in 2003.<ref name="OG&E Energy">{{cite web| date=2012| url=http://www.oge.com/about/History/Pages/home.aspx| title=OG&E Energy, A History of Positive Energy| publisher=OG&E Energy| access-date=December 15, 2013| archive-date=December 16, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216014020/http://www.oge.com/about/History/Pages/home.aspx}}</ref>

==== Nuclear power ====
Oklahoma had no operational nuclear power plants as of March 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oklahoma |url=https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/region-state/oklahoma.html |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=NRC Web |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 1973, the [[Public Service Company of Oklahoma]] proposed the [[Black Fox Nuclear Power Plant]] near [[Inola, Oklahoma]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nuclear Power {{!}} The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture |url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=NU001 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=Oklahoma Historical Society {{!}} OHS}}</ref> Protestors disrupted project construction in 1979, several months after the [[Three Mile Island accident]], and the project was cancelled in 1982 after nine years of legal challenges.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-13 |title=Recent oil shock resurges interest in Oklahoma nuclear plant {{!}} OKG Scene.com |url=http://www.okgazette.com/p/12776/a/3540/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=LwBEAGUAZgBhAHUAbAB0AC4AYQBzAHAAeAAslashAHAAPQAxADIANwAyADkA |access-date=2023-03-14 |archive-date=March 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313005202/http://www.okgazette.com/p/12776/a/3540/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=LwBEAGUAZgBhAHUAbAB0AC4AYQBzAHAAeAAslashAHAAPQAxADIANwAyADkA |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oklahomans prevent completion of Black Fox Nuclear Plant, 1973-1982 {{!}} Global Nonviolent Action Database |url=https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/oklahomans-prevent-completion-black-fox-nuclear-plant-1973-1982 |access-date=2023-03-14 |website=nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu}}</ref>

====Wind generation====
{{main|Wind power in Oklahoma}}