A southern Oklahoma wind farm is part of tech giant Amazon’s ramp-up of its renewable energy capacity around the world. The company announced this week the addition of nine new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects including a Murray County wind farm with 118 megawatts of power. It is one of several projects in …
** Exxon Mobil on Monday floated a proposal for a public-private carbon storage project that would collect planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. petrochemical plants and bury them in deep under the Gulf of Mexico. ** The Biden administration has removed Trump-appointed atmospheric scientist Betsy Weatherhead from her role overseeing a comprehensive report on how climate change …
Kansas City Southern, the railway with a 100-mile stretch of line in Eastern Oklahoma finds itself the target of a bidding war as Canadian National railway is making a $33.7 billion cash-and-stock offer for the railway. The bid is more than Canadian Pacific’s $25 billion cash-and-stock proposal made last month reported the Associated …
Energy Transfer is putting up a fight in federal court to keep open its Dakota Access oil pipeline, arguing the systems shutdown would be even more harmful than previously anticipated. Their arguments were made Monday in U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia after a key permit was scrapped. Energy Transfer contended that …
Crude oil prices on Monday recovered much of what they lost on Friday. West Texas Intermediate crude oil for May deliver, considered the benchmark U.S. oil, rose 25 cents to $63.38 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent Crude went up 28 cents to finish the day at …
Oklahoma congressmen Kevin Hern and Markwayne Mullin, members of the Congressional Western Caucus and the House Energy Action Team will hold a roundtable Friday in Tulsa where American energy independence will be the topic of discussion. Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise, the Republican Whip in the House will also take part in the session where …
Just a few months after it acquired Oklahoma City-based Enable Midstream Partners in a $7.2 billion deal, Dallas-based Energy Transfer launched its 25th anniversary celebration. The company is considered the leading midstream provider in the U.S. with more than 90,000 miles of pipeline in 38 states and Canada, international offices in Canada and Beijing …
An Iowa Democratic congresswoman wants the President’s $2.2 trillion infrastructure measure to include lots of money for the biofuels industry in her state. Rep. Cindy Axne started campaigning Biden administration officials to make sure the renewable fuels industry isn’t left out of the American Jobs Act being drawn up by congressional leaders. Radio Iowa …
Some Native American legislators in Kansas contend a new state law there making it a misdemeanor to trespass near oil and gas pipelines unfairly targets Native American protesters. Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, a Democrat signed the bill into law last week and it takes effect July 1. It’s already a felony in the state …
Kiss Monday’s 70 degree weather goodbye in a hurry. It appears winter wants to take one final punch at the state as a hard freeze is anticipated Tuesday and Wednesday. Gary McManus, State Climatologist with the Oklahoma Mesonet observed it this way in his Monday morning newsletter. “Yeah, that’s gonna sting. Like I said last …
