Blackstone’s sale of shares in Cheniere Energy was discussed nearly a year ago

  Eleven months after The Blackstone Group said it was interested in selling its 41% stake in Houston’s Cheniere Energy, it has made the sale. One totaling an estimated $7 billion according to reports. In September 2019, as OK Energy Today reported,  the private equity firm had 202 million shares in Cheniere, the company with …

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Amtrak trims service of Southwest Chief

  American Airlines isn’t the only passenger transportation industry hit hard by COVID-19. So is Amtrak, a company reducing its Southwest Chief rail service across Kansas. It appears that in 2020, COVID-19 has done what no other threat could do in the nearly 50 years of operation of the Southwest Chief — reduce the frequency …

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Tulsa impact of 19,000 lost jobs at American Airlines still up in the air

  The extent of the impact at the airlines maintenance center in Tulsa isn’t known at this time, but American Airlines plans to eliminate 19,000 jobs in October because of the sharp downturn in travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Flight attendants will bear the heaviest cuts, with 8,100 losing their jobs reported …

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Half Million Acres including some in Oklahoma on Oil Auction Block as Greens Fear Land Rush

The Interior Department plans to resume its auction of oil and gas drilling rights, the first since March, of more than 500,000 acres of federal land, including some in northwest Oklahoma. The sales will begin Aug. 26 and continue over the next six weeks reported Bloomberg Law. Environmental groups are calling the lease upcoming lease …

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Coronavirus-killing spray wins approval from EPA

  The EPA issued its first-ever approval of a product, SurfaceWise2, that kills the novel coronavirus for up to seven days after being applied to a surface. The electrostatic spray manufactured by Allied BioScience can now be used by American Airlines inside its planes and at orthopedic clinics — but only in Texas according to …

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Energy news in brief

** Arena Energy, one of the largest offshore oil and gas companies operating in the Gulf of Mexico, has filed for bankruptcy protection, the latest casualty of the coronavirus-driven oil crash. ** In the biggest reshuffling in seven years, Exxon Mobil Corp, Pfizer Inc. and Raytheon Technologies Corp. were kicked out of the Dow Jones …

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Storm forces permanent shutdown of Iowa’s only nuclear power plant

  NextEra Energy Resources, the wind farm company with major operations throughout Oklahoma has decided to permanently close its nuclear power plant in Iowa following the Aug. 10 storm that caused millions in damages across the state. The Duane Arnold Energy center is Iowa’s only nuclear facility. “After conducting a complete assessment of the damage …

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Halliburton plans 3Q earnings release in October

  Just weeks after announcing a second quarter loss of $1.7 billion, Halliburton Company will host a conference call on Monday, October 19, 2020, to discuss its third quarter 2020 financial results. The call will begin at 8:00 AM Central Time. The Company will issue a press release regarding the third quarter 2020 earnings prior …

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All of Xcel Energy’s customers will help pay for its $100 million electric car plan

  Even those who don’t drive electric cars will be expected to help pay for Xcel Energy’s $100 million plan to put 1.5 million electric cars on the roads in the states it serves by 2030. Xcel Energy serves 3.3 million electricity customers in 8 states — Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, …

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Oklahoma regulators to take possible vote on natural gas prorationing plan

  After taking comments from producers last week on a proposed plan to continue with a 50% gas prorationing rate, the Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners might vote on the proposal during a Wednesday regular meeting. The issue is on the agenda that includes a possible vote on whether to keep the rate the same level as …

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