Every politician in a Republican primary will tell you they support oil and gas. Ron Durbin is the candidate with a plan that goes beyond the bumper sticker. "Drill baby drill" is the beginning of the sentence. The rest is: refine it in Oklahoma, pipe it to Oklahoma industrial corridors, and use it to power the semiconductor plants, robotic factories, arms manufacturers, and defense suppliers that will define the next generation of Oklahoma jobs.
Tulsa sits atop some of the largest natural gas reserves in the United States. Cheap, abundant natural gas is not just an energy resource. It is an industrial recruitment tool. Every energy-intensive manufacturer in America, every aluminum smelter, every AI data center, every semiconductor fab, looks for a state that can deliver cheap, reliable power for decades. Oklahoma is that state.
The Oklahoma Industrial Energy Strategy
Oklahoma once hosted thriving manufacturing communities along Highway 66, in the Arkansas River basin, in Muskogee, Pryor, Sand Springs, and across the Tulsa metro. Manufacturing moved to China and hollowed those communities out. Ron's industrial energy strategy targets those existing industrial areas first, using Oklahoma's natural gas advantage to attract the manufacturers who replace what was lost.
Create federally-designated Industrial Energy Corridors connecting Oklahoma's major gas-producing basins to industrial zones in Tulsa and along the Arkansas River. Fast-track federal permitting for pipeline expansion and power plant construction. Mandate a maximum 90-day federal permitting timeline for new natural gas-fired power plants within designated industrial zones.
Work with the Oklahoma Department of Commerce to position Oklahoma as the destination for semiconductor fabrication, robotic manufacturing, and AI data center investment. Support LNG export infrastructure connected to Oklahoma production through the Port of Catoosa. Protect Oklahoma mineral interests by requiring energy producers on federal lands to maintain corporate offices and minimum employment within the state.
Absolute opposition to any federal carbon pricing mechanism, methane fee, or production restriction on natural gas. These policies destroy Oklahoma's industrial competitive advantage.
Oklahoma energy. Oklahoma jobs. Oklahoma future.
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