** Murphy Oil Corporation will host a conference call and webcast beginning at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, November 5, 2020 to discuss third quarter 2020 earnings. The company plans to release its financial and operating results before the market opens that morning.
** Houston-based RES announced the acquisition of Carolina Environmental Contracting , a construction firm specializing in stormwater solutions across North Carolina since 1991.
** U.S. Geological Survey Director James Reilly is delaying the release of a study that shows how oil and gas drilling in Alaska threatens the survival of polar bears. Reilly refused to make public the study by USGS scientists — which has been ready for at least three months.
** Colorado Gov. Jared Polis releases a draft climate plan calling for an 80% drop in emissions from electricity generation and for most cars in the state to be electric by midcentury.
** California lawmakers want new oil and gas development on federal land to be barred as part of the state’s final 2021 spending bill.
** A recent change to Wisconsin’s tax law would allow a city to slightly raise property taxes to replace revenue lost from former power plants.
** A Louisiana shipbuilding company will build and operate a ship to help run and maintain offshore wind farms in the Northeast U.S.
** Peabody Energy will lay off 350 union employees at an Alabama coal mine as it halts operations for six months due to weakening demand.
** A last-ditch effort is underway to approve seismic surveys of potential oil reserves in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge before the end of Trump’s first term. An application to conduct seismic surveys was submitted to the Interior Department in late August.
** Electric truck maker Nikola says it is still on track to complete its Arizona manufacturing facility by 2023 despite its CEO’s departure.
** Alaska’s major oil companies face a challenge from a citizen ballot initiative led by an oil and gas attorney that would boost production taxes.
