December 1, 2021 archive

$2 billion carbon pipeline gets more support in Iowa

  Support is reportedly growing for a proposed $2 billion carbon sequestration pipeline and storage project in Southeast Iowa, one involving Texas-based Navigator CO2 Ventures. The Des Moines Register reported the announcement. Click here for Des Moines Register  

Thursday’s energy news headlines

** San Diego decides it will no longer invest its financial reserves in the fossil fuel industry because it contradicts the city’s climate goals. ** Nevada regulators authorize NV Energy to spend $100 million over the next three years to build electric vehicle charging infrastructure along major travel corridors and incentivize EV deployment. ** The U.S. Department of Energy launches an …

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Expansion of Permian Basin natural gas ops

  Fort Worth-based Brazos Midstream has expanded its holdings in the Permian Basin with the acquisition of two facilities on either side of the region. The Carlsbad Current Argus reports the natural gas processing company made the acquisitions in the eastern Delaware sub-basin near the Texas-New Mexico border and in the Midland Basin more eastward …

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Shale industry groups rip Sen. Warren’s letter

  Massachusetts U.S. Sen Elizabeth Warren’s attack last week on natural gas companies including some from Oklahoma drew returning criticism this week from the leaders of Appalachian shale industry trade groups. The Democratic Senator, who grew up in Oklahoma and is a vocal critic of the oil and gas industry wants to force the natural …

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SE Colorado county to get millions from Xcel Energy

  Xcel Energy agrees to pay a Colorado county $25 million annually for five years after the 2035 shutdown of its Comanche coal power plant to offset lost property tax revenues. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the payment came as a result of the shutdown of a coal-fired power plant six years earlier than anticipated.   Click here …

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Oklahoma Senators and Reps want more time from EPA on methane regs

  Oklahoma’s congressional delegation is urging EPA Administrator Michael Regan to give more time for public comment on the agency’s proposed regulation of methane emissions from oil and gas operations. “The proposed rule would unquestionably have a significant and wide-ranging impact on oil and gas businesses, most of whom are small businesses, who employ thousands …

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