Kevin Stitt on Energy & Oil

	Kevin Stitt on Energy & Oil

Let's continue to embrace our "More of Everything" approach

Let's continue to diversify our energy grid and embrace our "More of Everything" approach. We are proud that Oklahoma ranks fifth in the nation for natural gas production, and sixth for oil production. And we're also ranked 10th in the nation for renewables. My administration will continue to lead with efforts like becoming the nation's Hydrogen Hub. Oklahoma's affordable and reliable grid is the envy of the world and an undeniable competitive advantage. Source: 2023 State of the State Address to the Oklahoma legislature , Feb 6, 2023

EPA is weaponized to restrict drilling on federal lands

Stitt said that Joy Hofmeister, his opponent in the governor's race, joined the "Biden party," which he said has villainized the oil and gas industry. "My opponent joins the Biden party in the same year they canceled the Keystone Pipeline," Stitt said. Hofmeister switched parties from Republican to Democrat in 2021 in order to run against Stitt for the governor's seat.

Stitt said the Biden administration has been weaponizing Environmental Protection Agency laws and has restricted drilling on federal lands. "They have a Russian tanker at the Boston harbor trying to deliver natural gas to the East Coast instead of just building new pipelines," Stitt said. The United States has not imported any petroleum gases from Russia since 2019; a Russian tanker made news for attempting to deliver natural gas in Boston in 2018, when former President Donald Trump was still in office.

Source: The Journal-Record on 2022 Oklahoma Gubernatorial race , Oct 12, 2022

Protect oil and gas industry from radical liberals

We'll support our oil and gas industry and protect it from radical liberals in Washington. Source: 2021 State of the State Address to the Oklahoma legislature , Feb 1, 2021

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