May 3, 2021 archive

Enable Midstream announces First Quarter 2021 financial and operating results

  Oklahoma’s Enable Midstream Partners, LP on Monday announced financial and operating results for first quarter 2021 showing $164 million in net income compared to $112 million a year earlier. The company reported increases in most areas of its first quarter finance. The Oklahoma City-based company stated its net income attributable to common units was …

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Enid considers new landfill methane remediation plan

  The city of Enid is set to possibly install a new methane collection system at its landfill and sell the leftover gas. The Enid News and Eagle reported the city is pushing a 25-year minimum deal with Scissortail Renewables LLC. Click here for Enid News and Eagle story.    

EPA says Colorado tanker spill leaked more fuel than thought

  The Environmental Protection Agency says a gasoline tanker truck that crashed in the small Colorado town of Lyons north of Boulder might have spilled far more fuel than originally estimated. Investors and crews now believe 1,000 to 1,600 gallons leaked into the soil after the tanker rolled over on a U.S. 36 highway curve. …

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Evergy to close two Kansas coal plants as part of its plan to cut carbon emissions

    Kansas electric company Evergy says it is closing two of its coal-fired plants in the state, one near Lawrence and another near St. Marys. The investor-owned utility said it will close the two plants within the next nine years. The Kansas City Star reported Evergy on Friday filed an integrated resource plan that …

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Warren Buffet says Chevron’s not an evil oil company

  While some major US investors are shying away from the oil and gas industry in an attempt to woo environmentalists, billionaire Warren Buffett isn’t. In fact, he told the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting over the weekend he supports one oil and gas giant, Chevron. As Yahoo Finance reported, Buffett rebuked environmental concerns …

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Wyoming supports coal industry with threat to sue other states

  Any state that might attempt to block exports of coal from Wyoming could end up being sued by the Cowboy state. Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed a bill into law last month creating a fund to prop up the coal industry in Wyoming and also sue states that block exports of the state’s coal …

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