March 2021 archive

Icahn gains seats on FirstEnergy Corp.

  Investment activist Carl Icahn, the billionaire who controls Oklahoma’s SandRidge Energy and refinery operator CVR Energy is at it again. This time, he has struck a deal with Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy Corp. to give him two seats on the company’s board which is being expanded to 14 members as a result of the agreement. The …

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Controversial northern Oklahoma wind farm becomes operational

A northern Oklahoma Duke Energy wind farm that was opposed by some Newkirk residents who alleged was secretly approved in 2019 by officials has gone operational. The Frontier Windpower II wind farm in Kay County is a 350 megawatt farm and the largest wind power project in the fleet owned and operated by Duke Energy …

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Tulsa’s Transco fights Virginia pipeline extension

  Transcontinental Pipeline, part of the Tulsa-based Williams Cos. operations formally came out this week in opposition to a North Carolina extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Attorneys for the pipeline filed documents in court this week calling the “MVP’s proposed location—simply irresponsible.” The Roanoke Times reported the Oklahoma-based pipeline is fighting Mountain Valley’s attempt …

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Energy news in brief

** Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Monday urged the rejection of shareholder proposals that annual reports be produced about its efforts to address climate change and promote diversity and inclusion. The proposals were disclosed in Berkshire’s annual proxy filing, ahead of the Omaha, Nebraska-based company’s scheduled May 1 annual meeting. ** Halliburton Company announced it awarded a …

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Still another state official resigns in Texas over storm power crisis

  The last of the Public Utility Commissioners in Texas resigned Tuesday night under pressure from the governor over the mishandling of the power outages during the deadly February winter storm. Chairman Arthur D’Andrea resigned, prompting Gov. Greg Abbott to state that he accepted the resignation and planned to name a replacement “who will have …

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Northwest Iowa getting another wind farm

  Northwest Iowa is the site of yet another wind farm project. One or two wind farms are built every year in that sector of the state turning Iowa into one of the top wind-powered states in the country, only behind Texas. Invenergy LLC received permission last year to build the first wind farm in …

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SE Kansas utility to expand EV charging station system

  A Southeast Kansas utility joins nine others in the Midwest planning an electric vehicle charging station buildout while also asking regulatory permission for a five-year pilot program for current EV drivers. Liberty asked the Missouri Public Service Commission to approve several pilot programs for those who already own or want to own electric vehicles, and businesses …

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Completion reports for March 16, 2021

HUGHES COUNTY Trinity Operating Usg Llc 21 7N 10E Dora 2-21/28h, September 08, 2018 SH, DRY, TD: 506 ft Lat: 35.06571, Long: -96.25579 API: 35063248450000

Permits to drill for March 16, 2021

permits: none were processed today

Angry Oklahoma farmers’ pipeline fight to go before FERC on Thursday

  The angry fight between Oklahoma farmers and Cheniere Energy over the construction of its Midship pipeline in the past three years goes before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday. The full commission is to review the dispute that arose over how Cheniere used eminent domain to acquire farmland for the 200-mile pipeline that …

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