3,000 acre solar farm wins preliminary approval in Nebraska

  Nebraska is a step closer to its biggest solar energy installation. A County Planning Commission approved the 3,000-acre project near Lincoln this week according to Nebraska Public Media. Click here for Nebraska Public Media.  

Cadillac takes first all-electric SUV on the road

  Cadillac brought its EV show recently to the Dallas area, showing off the company’s first all-electric SUV. A pre-production version of the 2023 LYRIQ car was on display this week in Grapevine as WFAA reported. Click here for WFAA report.  

Energy news headlines for Friday

** Environmentalists are fuming after the Department of the Interior auctioned leases to drill for oil in an 80-million-acre section of the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday morning. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sold 308 tracts covering 1.7 million acres to fossil fuel giants such as Chevron and ExxonMobil. ** U.S. oil majors Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp were …

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New natural gas pipeline opens in Permian

  The Double E natural gas pipeline owned largely by Summit Midstream Partners LP has gone operational in New Mexico and Texas. With a 70% equity interest in the $450 million joint venture, Summit said the 135-mile line will transport about 1.35 billion cubic feet a day of gas from southeast New Mexico and west …

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Crude oil prices took a hit in Wednesday’s trading

  Major drops in crude oil prices were recorded Wednesday as they fell to their lowest since October and Oklahoma energy stocks suffered as well. It’s a sign of growing worries after OPEC and the International Energy Agency warned this week of a forthcoming oversupply. COVID-19 is still a stickler as the rising number of …

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Cushing crude oil inventories holding steady

  While the nation’s crude oil inventories declined in the most recent reported week, crude oil stocks maintained at the Cushing hub in northern Oklahoma improved only slightly according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA reported 26.6 million barrels of oil were stored at Cushing as of the week of November 12. It …

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Public hearings start on Oklahoma’s proposed EV charging station rules

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners are moving ahead with plans to create new rules governing Electric Vehicle Charging Stations in the State. A notice of proposed rulemaking was filed this week as the commission plans to eventually adopt the rules in February 2022. The Commission’s Public Utilities Division plans its first technical conference on Dec. 8, …

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PSO issues requests for proposals for purchase of wind and solar generation resources

  Public Service Company is attempting to expand its reliance on renewable energy sources in Oklahoma and this week announced a search for suppliers of wind and solar powered electricity. PSO submitted Requests for Proposals for renewable energy resources to supply the needs of its 562,000 customers in eastern and southwestern Oklahoma. The subsidiary of …

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North Dakota reaches record number of producing wells

  Those Oklahoma energy companies carrying out oil and gas exploration in North Dakota helped the state reach a new all-time high of 17,041 producing wells. The North Dakota Department of Mineral Resources released the figures this week in its newest oil and gas production report. The Minot Daily News reported the new figures are …

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Other energy news headlines

** Airzona Rep. Paul Gosar will lose his seat on two committees he sits on, Natural Resources and Oversight and Reform, for posting a video depicting violence against a Democratic colleague. The Arizona Republican’s ouster from Natural Resources, where he also serves as the ranking member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, is a major blow for …

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