September 25, 2020 archive

Xcel Energy’s 229-turbine wind farm in eastern Colorado begins operations

Xcel Energy-Colorado has completed construction of the 500-megawatt Cheyenne Ridge wind farm on the Eastern Plains of Colorado. The Denver Post reported the 229-turbine facility in Cheyenne and Kit Carson counties near I-70 in eastern Colorado will provide enough energy to power about 270,000 homes, Xcel Energy said in a statement Wednesday. The project, owned …

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Oil and gas companies must monitor fracking emissions as Colorado adopts first-in-the-nation rules to reduce air pollution

  Oil and gas companies will have to control and monitor emissions from fracking and meet tighter emission-performance standards on the electric motors used at drill sites, under some first-in-the-nation rules passed Wednesday night by Colorado air quality regulators. The Colorado Sun reported the new rules for the so-called pre-production phase of drilling are in …

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HollyFrontier to release 3Q results

  Refinery operator HollyFrontier Corporation and its Holly Energy Partners, L.P. plan to release third quarter financial results on September 30. The release will be made Wednesday before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. But it won’t be until Nov. 5, 2020 when company executives at HollyFrontier will hold a webcast …

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Blackstone finalizes exit from Cheniere Energy

  Blackstone’s finalized the sale of its 42% stake in Cheniere Energy Partners. The company announced that its Blackstone Energy Partner closed the nearly $7 billion deal. The funds were also managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Blackstone spent 8 years with investments in Cheniere including $1.5 billion to help the company build the first two …

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Texas electric cooperative achieves first energy accomplishment

  A Texas electric cooperative becomes the first in the state to install a utility-scale battery storage system at a substation. Pedernales Electric Cooperative recently energized a new battery storage system adjacent to its Johnson City substation, making it the first cooperative in Texas to utilize battery storage. The Corridor News reported the installation consists of three …

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Only slight interest in new drilling in Oklahoma

  Who’s drilling and where in Oklahoma. Some of the latest drilling permits issued by the Corporation Commission show Mack Energy Company based in Duncan plans to drill the SW Wildcat Jim Deese Unit #17-1 well in Carter County at 12 2S 3W.  The site is several miles southeast of Ratliff City. A permit to drill …

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