Energy news in brief

** Denver’s -Whiting Petroleum Corporation  announced today  on April 14, 2020, it received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange that the Company’s common stock is not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing standard that requires the average closing price of a listed company’s common stock be at least $1.00 per share over a consecutive 30 trading-day period.

** Murphy Oil Corporation announced  a change in the location and time of its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. In the interest of the health and safety of everyone given COVID-19 and guidance from public health authorities, the 2020 Annual Meeting on May 13, 2020 will now be held via virtual-only format.

** Tortoise, a mid-stream company based in Leawood, Kansas announced its board has approved reverse stock splits for its four operating subsidiaries.

** Concho Resources Inc., a major Permian Basin operator based in Midland, Texas will host a conference call on Friday, May 1, 2020 at 8:00 AM CT to discuss first-quarter 2020 financial and operating results. The Company plans to announce first-quarter 2020 results on Thursday, April 30, 2020, after close of trading.

** General Motors plans to offset all of its power usage at its southeastern Michigan facilities in three years with wind and solar under an agreement with DTE Energy.

** North Dakota regulators consider plans for a redesigned 200 MW wind project that was rejected last year over its impact on wildlife.

** Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa calls the state’s more than 40% wind energy portfolio a “big milestone.”

** It’s not just meat packing plants where the coronavirus has hit hard. More than 100 people associated with a North Dakota wind turbine factory have tested positive for COVID-19.

** Some U.S. lawmakers are disappointed that a $19 billion agriculture aid package does not include funding for the struggling biofuels industry.

** A public hearing on a proposed natural gas processing plant in North Dakota will be held online later this week.

** An annual report from the American Lung Association finds several California cities had the worst air quality in the U.S. from 2016-2018, making residents more vulnerable to coronavirus.

** Two environmental groups have filed a federal lawsuit aiming to stop a proposed underground natural gas pipeline from Idaho to Wyoming, citing threats to wildlife.

** A change in net metering policies in Utah has led to a sharp decline in solar installations.

** 80,000 of PG&E’s wildfire victims begin voting on the utility’s plan to pay them for their losses and resolve its bankruptcy case.