July 17, 2020 archive

Oil and gas sector blames Democrats for some of the industry decline

  Some oil and gas leaders in Colorado say COVID-19 has damaged their industry but they also blame Democrats in the state legislature for the decline in the sector. Their charge came in a recent virtual roundtable on the industry held by the Northern Colorado Legislative Alliance.   BizWest previously reported oil producers in Weld …

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Corporation Commission’s headquarters closed to staffers after employee tests positive for COVID-19

  COVID-19 has forced another shut-down of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s headquarters at the state capitol after it was opened only for employees. The latest shutdown occurred Friday when a second employee who works at the Jim Thorpe building tested positive for COVID according to an announcement by Tim Rhodes, Director of Administration for the …

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Energy news in brief

** The United States and India signed a preliminary agreement on Friday on cooperating on emergency crude oil reserves, including the possibility of India storing oil in the U.S. emergency stockpile, officials said. ** The Army Corps of Engineers will publish the final environmental impact study for the contentious Pebble Mine in Alaska on July 24, according …

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  The moratorium that one county in North Dakota has in effect for wind farm permits will continue following action by commissioners this past week. It is in Mercer County where the commissioners want their planning and zoning board to take a closer look at the county’s wind farm policies. As the Bismarck Tribune report, …

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Texas gas companies to spend $6 million encouraging voters to oppose corridor

  Two Texas companies with natural gas plants in Maine are planning to spend $6 million on TV ads against a high-profile transmission project that will benefit Central Maine Power and Hydro-Quebec. Maine Public Radio reports Calpine and Vistra, which are Texas-based companies with natural gas plants in Maine plan to use the campaign ads …

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Fayetteville manufacturer receives $1 million federal grant

  An electronics manufacture firm based in Fayetteville, Arkansas has received a $1.1 million federal grant to develop high-temperature communication electronics for directional drilling. Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. received the grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Talk, Business and Politics, an Arkansas-based website reported it is one of …

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Tulsa “very much in this” to win Tesla truck plant

  As county commissioners in Austin, Texas this week adopted millions in tax breaks to attract a $1.1 billion Tesla truck plant, officials and leaders in Tulsa believe they remain in the race for the decision to be made by Elon Musk. But the Tulsa World reported this week, in the ongoing battle with Austin, …

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Was Elon Musk exposed to COVID-19 when he visited with Oklahoma Governor?

  Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt’s testing positive for COVID-19 has raised questions among some about whether Tesla’s Elon Musk might have been exposed during his recent trip to Tulsa. Tulsa is one of two finalists for the company’s new Gigafactory. The other being Austin, Texas. It looked like Texas was the winner after Tesla made a …

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Blueknight Energy Partners declares quarterly distribution

  Quarterly cash distributions have been announced by Tulsa-based Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. The company’s board of directors declared a cash distribution on the partnership’s common units of 4 cents per unit as well as a cash distribution of $0.17875 per unit on the preferred units. The distributions are for the quarter that ended June …

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