** Denver-based Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. announced second quarter 2020 financial and operational results. Cash and cash equivalents increased by $68 million to $125 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2020. Total liquidity was $207 million at the end of the second quarter 2020.
** Concho Resources Inc. announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share on the Company’s outstanding common stock. The quarterly dividend is payable September 28, 2020, to stockholders of record at the close of business on August 7, 2020.
** Noble Energy, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 2 cents per common share payable on August 24, 2020, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on August 10, 2020.
** A letter sent by Atlantic Coast Pipeline developers reveals it remains uncertain what they plan to do with land they gained control over for the project, in some cases through eminent domain.
** A petition signed by 53,000 Ohioans pressures anti-abortion lawmakers to also oppose pollution from fossil fuels.
** Dutch charging station company, EV Box looks to plug in to U.S. electric vehicle growth. The firm expects about 100 employees by the end of 2020 at a new North American headquarters outside Chicago.
** Power generation dropped 7.6 percent nationwide in May as businesses closed. With many businesses closed and bars and restaurants shuttered, demand for electricity has been falling nationwide.
** WEC Energy Group is investing about $235 million to acquire an 85% ownership interest in a wind farm under construction in South Dakota.
** U.S. coal production in 2019 was at the lowest level since 1978, according to new federal data, with further declines expected for 2020.
** Officials in Boulder, Colorado, have reached an agreement with Xcel Energy that could end the city’s yearslong effort to form a municipal utility if voters approve it in November.
** Ohio Republicans say they will vote Thursday to strip House Speaker Larry Householder of his title after his alleged role in a $60 million bribery scheme to bail out uneconomic power plants.
** Massachusetts lawmakers advance a plan to create a new office to monitor the impact of offshore wind on fisheries and wildlife.
** National Oilwell Varco blames the spread of coronavirus for driving drilling activity to record lows and creating economic damage to the oil and gas industry. NOV reported that cost-cutting measures helped the Houston oil-field equipment maker narrow its losses to $93 million in the second quarter compared with a $5.4 billion loss one year earlier,