Mewbourne Oil, operator of wells in Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexio, has been fined $5.5 million by the Justice Department over violations of the Clean Air Act. Mewbourne will also have to spend another $4.6 million to make sure its oil and gas battery pads comply with regulations. The government contended the wells produced …
(AP Andrew Harnik, File) Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird led a 9-state coalition this week in joining Oklahoma and 9 other states that filed suit last week against the Securities and Exchange Commission over its new rule forcing public traded companies to reveal some climate-related information to potential investors. “Not only will this …
** A major environmental group has sued to challenge new rules issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring public companies to report climate-related risks, arguing they do not go far enough to protect investors. The Sierra Club and the Sierra Club Foundation filed the lawsuit on Wednesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the …
Back-to-back national champions at the University of Oklahoma. Not a sports team but rather five graduate students at the University’s Mewbourne College of Earth and Energy who recently named winners in the U.S. Energy Department’s 2023 Geothermal Collegiate Competition for their design of a system to heat a greenhouse for the Osage Nation. Another …
** U.S. power consumption will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday. EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,099 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2024 and 4,128 billion kWh in 2025. ** U.S. energy firm CNX Resources said on Tuesday …
The Defense Department says there should be no harmful environmental impact as the National Guard proposes to replace the existing mission of planes at the Will Rogers Air National Guard base in Oklahoma City and replace the planes with new close air support aircraft. The Guard will replace its current fleet of 13 MC-12 …
** A Texas appeals court recently declared an 1872 jobs agreement between Palestine, Texas, and Union Pacific to be unenforceable. The ruling moves Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) a step closer to its goal of closing a rail car shop in the east Texas town of 18,000. ** Enbridge Inc. concluded its acquisition of The East Ohio Gas Company …
** Top European energy companies on Friday asked U.S. regulators to reject Venture Global LNG’s request for a one-year construction permit extension to its Louisiana export plant. Shell PLC, Italian utility Edison, Repsol, Orlen SA, and Galp Energia SA oppose the request because they believe Venture Global LNG has completed its plant but has failed to give …
The same day the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday finalized rules creating more restrictions on methane emissions, the state of Texas filed suit against the agency. The Texas Railroad Commission followed through on its approval in January to file suit which was filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton. The Commission issued a statement in …
** The world’s largest nitrogen fertilizer plant, which would make ammonia out of natural gas, could be headed for a former coal mining site in rural West Virginia. TransGas Development Systems, a New York-based company, is seeking an air quality permit for a facility in Mingo County with six ammonia manufacturing units capable of producing up …
