Despite the increase in crude oil prices both in the US and overseas, the number of active oil and gas rigs in the U.S. fell by 12 in the past week reported the Texas based monitoring firm, Enverus Rig Analytics. The company said numbers fell to 435 as of Feb. 10. However, Enverus said …
Environmental groups have gone to court challenging a $500 million transmission powerline to carry wind-powered electricity from the wind farms of Iowa into Wisconsin. They want renewable power but not the way it’s being transmitted. The Cardinal-Hickory Creek line is the target of the lawsuit filed this week against the Rural Utilities Service and …
** The Interior Department on Thursday took steps to strengthen the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) by rescinding Trump administration policies that significantly undermined the landmark conservation program. Secretarial Order 3396 revokes an order signed on November 9, 2020 (Secretarial Order 3388) that unilaterally imposed new restrictions to inhibit the availability of LWCF funding for federal …
By a narrow vote, a New Mexico legislative committee passed a bill this week to ban the use of fresh water in certain circumstances for oil and gas exploration. The oil and gas industry has already been encouraged to reduce its reliance on fresh water since the Produced Water Act of 2019. But the …
Texas oil company Fleur de Lis Energy, LLC will have to pay nearly $2 million in fines for several crude oil and wastewater spills in Wyoming. The Environmental Protection Agency announced the $.19 million agreement this week. The spills happened between the fall of 2016 and the spring of 2018 reported the Associated Press. One …
The parent company of Public Service Company of Oklahoma and its employees were recently honored as recipients of the Edison Electric Institute’s Emergency Response Awards for Emergency Assistance given in 2020. The award went to American Electric Power but PSO helped with the honors as its workers in Oklahoma responded to more requests for …
Some 400 workers at the American Airlines maintenance center in Tulsa could be among 13,000 company-wide to get furloughs in the coming days and weeks. The number of 400 was reported in Tulsa and also by the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development. American Airlines based in Fort Worth, Texas announced earlier this month that …
Wind power company Excel Energy announced it is one of the first U.S. energy providers to reach 10,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity, a milestone powered by the company’s 10 new wind projects in Colorado, Texas, New Mexico and the Upper Midwest. The projects were completed in the past few years and the company …
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards is taking his case against the Biden administration’s anti-oil and gas steps directly to some of its leaders. He’s at odds with the President’s move to put the fossil fuel industries in the bull’s eye and wants the White House to reconsider its ban on new oil and gas …
The ban on new drilling and leasing on federal lands has left New Mexico state confused and they want a clarification from the Biden administration. New Mexico’s Secretary of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources sent a letter this week asking the Department of Interior to clarify how right-of-way permits fit into the new policy, …
