Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is blunt in his response to the corn industry’s criticism of Renewable Fuel Standard waivers granted by the EPA to 31 refineries in the U.S. Here’s how POLITICOS’s Morning Energy Report noted what the Senator had to state. The Trump administration is considering reallocating the volumes of ethanol that were …
The issue of waivers granted 31 refiners from Renewable Fuel Standards is a hot one in Iowa where corn growers are upset over the Trump administration’s recent decision. POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report explained how the EPA’s internal watchdog is being asked to determine how the agency decided to grant the vast majority of exemptions …
Pembina Pipeline Corp. increased its bet on the future of Canada’s turbulent oil-sands industry, agreeing to buy Kinder Morgan Inc.’s Canadian unit and the U.S. portion of a key pipeline for about $3.3 billion. Bloomberg News reports the deal makes Pembina a major player in the oil-storage business, giving it 10 million barrels of capacity …
After four weeks in Boise, the NASA and NOAA Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality, or FIREX-AQ, research project will spend the next two and a half weeks in Salina exploring trace gasses and aerosol in smoke. The overall objective of the project is to improve the understanding of how wildfires …
Helmerich & Payne, Inc. in Tulsa announced today its wholly owned subsidiary, Helmerich & Payne Technologies, LLC, has acquired DrillScan, a leading provider of proprietary drilling engineering software, well engineering services and training for the oil and gas industry. No terms were revealed in the announcement. DrillScan will operate as part of H&P Technologies, H&P’s …
A member of the board of directors at Tulsa-based ONE Gas Inc. has also joined the board of directors of Denver-based Whiting Petroleum Corporation. Whiting announced Michael G. Hutchinson, a retired partner at Deloitte and Touche will join the company’s board of directors effective Sept. 1, 2019. Hutchinson retired in 2012 and previously was the …
The Chinese national charged with stealing nearly $1 billion in technology from the Phillips 66 research center in Bartlesville isn’t the only foreign national facing such charges in the Oklahoma and Kansas region. A researcher at the University of Kansas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of hiding the fact that he was working full time …
An illustration of a spacecraft powered by nuclear thermal propulsion. (Image: © NASA/Marshall) From Space.com news Humanity’s next giant leap could be enabled by next-gen nuclear tech, NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said. During the sixth meeting of the National Space Council (NSC) today (Aug. 20), the NASA chief lauded the potential of nuclear thermal propulsion, …
A team of E&E News reporters will journey 6,000 miles over eight weeks to report on how electric vehicles are changing transportation, jobs and everyday life. The energy news group’s Electric Road Trip will start in Houston on Sept. 9, traveling through the Southeast and Midwest and down the West Coast. And yes, they are even …
As Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy continues its growth in oil exploration and move away from being the nation’s second-largest gas producer, it is catching the attention of analysts and investors. Good attention. Read what Motley Fool reported about the company’s decision two years ago. Click here.
