November 19, 2020 archive

Colorado oil and gas group urges “impartiality” in state’s greenhouse reduction plan

  An oil and gas group in Colorado is urging the governor to consider all stakeholders and not target the oil and gas industry in designing a Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction roadmap. The American Petroleum Institute Colorado, in a public comment to the plan announced Sept. 30 by Gov. Jared Polis said the plan should …

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Energy news in brief

** A federal appeals court denies a request to stop work on the Mountain Valley Pipeline, upholding an agency’s finding that the pipeline won’t significantly affect endangered and threatened species according to the Roanoke Times. ** More than 100 green groups signed onto a letter Wednesday urging top appropriators on the Hill to remove a provision in the Senate’s latest …

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Energy bankruptcies on the increase

A published report indicated the number of bankruptcies filed by energy companies increased in the third quarter of 2020 as they became apparent victims of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the latest of course was Oklahoma City-based Gulfport Energy which went to bankruptcy court with a Chapter 11 filing last weekend. The Houston Chronicle reported …

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New transmission lines for parts of New Mexico and Texas

  A 10-year project to build a new transmission line in New Mexico is close to completion according to Xcel Energy. Well, maybe not that close. It could take another two to three years to finish. The story from KVIH TV news.