The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver has come down with another ruling against the fossil fuel industry. This time, it was against two oil and gas firms. POLITICO reported a climate change lawsuit brought by several Colorado localities against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy will remain in state court rather than be bumped up to …
July 8, 2020 archive
Judge won’t reverse his ruling in Dakota Access Pipeline case
The judge who ruled the Dakota Access Pipeline to be shut down next month won’t change his mind. As POLITICO reported, the Dakota Access Pipeline won’t get immediate relief from the order issued on Monday by a federal judge requiring that the pipeline be emptied of oil within 30 days while the Army Corps of Engineers …
Oil and gas firms criticized for receiving coronavirus aid
The oil and gas industry along with coal-using companies are being criticized by environmental-friendly groups for receiving an estimated $3 billion in coronavirus aid from the U.S. Government. One company singled out by The Guardian was Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries, a chemical manufacturer. Another was a coal-fired power operation in southwest Kansas. The following …
Appeals court backs sale of controversial wind energy line in Missouri
Missouri landowners fighting Invenergy’s more than 700 mile transmission line to carry wind-powered electricity from Western Kansas to Illinois have lost another court case. A state appeals court ruled in favor of a controversial wind electricity project Tuesday, putting the Grain Belt Express transmission line another step closer to construction according to the St. Louis …
How the coronavirus has changed the oil and gas industry
If there’s one thing we have all come to understand it is the fact that COVID-19 and its world-wide pandemic have changed not only our personal lives, but the economies of the nations of the world. Of the states. Counties and cities. A simple review of the announcements from the U.S. Energy Information Administration …
2-square mile solar farm goes online in Texas
Duke Energy’s 1,300 acre Holstein Solar Farm in Texas has come on line and is the company’s largest solar project to date. The 200-megawatt, alternating-current Holstein Solar farm began commercial operation June 1. Located near Wingate in the west-central area of Texas, the farm has more than 709,000 solar panels and can power the …
NGL Energy signs long-term water disposal deal in the Permian
NGL Energy Partners LP announced Wednesday that the Partnership recently signed a new long-term produced water transportation and disposal agreement with a super major producer in the Permian Basin of Texas. The new agreement is with a producer operating in Loving County within the core of the Delaware Basin and includes a fifteen-year acreage …
Four newly-drilled wells completed in NW Oklahoma
Four wells were completed this year in the northwest part of Oklahoma by Bce-Mach LLC, an Oklahoma City-based energy company. Completion reports filed this week showed the wells were drilled in Alfalfa and Woods Counties. The Means 13-25-11 3h, located at 12 25N 11W in Alfalfa County is located 6 miles south of the …
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