At least 56 janitorial workers for Ohio-based ABM Industry Groups are losing their jobs over a new contract for services at Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy campus. ABM Industry Groups, LLC, based in Cleveland, Ohio informed the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development that it would no longer provide janitorial services for Chesapeake Energy effective July …
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Oklahoma gasoline prices unaffected by Colonial pipeline attack
After the Russia-based DarkSide ransomware gang hit the Colonial Pipeline, the company began limited shipments Monday night. Oklahoma most likely won’t be affected by the shutdown according to AAA Oklahoma. The line runs from Greensboro, North Carolina to Maryland. However, Colonial’s two main lines that connect the refinery operations in Houston, Texas to North Carolina …
Wyoming’s mining industry employment hit hard in 2020
A new report shows that of the more than 16,000 jobs lost in Wyoming last year, more than a third were in the state’s mining industry. Nearly 5,900 miners were put out of work according to the report from the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services. The report showed that between the fourth quarter of …
Total reduces refinery production over Colonial pipeline incident
The shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline after being hacked prompted Total SE to reduce its gasoline production at its refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. The company did not comment about the reduced operation of its 225,500 barrel-a-day refinery. Reuters reported that production on the gasoline-producing fluidic catalytic cracker was trimmed by more than 25% of …
Energy news in brierf
** An administrative law judge rules that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz can move forward with clean vehicle emission standards without legislative approval. ** Canadian electric vehicle company Lion Electric announces plans to build a $70 million electric bus manufacturing plant in Illinois. ** By 2027, electric vehicles, including larger SUVs and vans, will cost less to produce than fossil-fuel powered vehicles, BloombergNEF predicts. …
Tiny EV manufacturer chooses Arizona for 1st US plant
Somehow it just doesn’t seem likely that one would see many of the ElectraMeccanica one-person three-wheeled electric cars going down a dusty road in Oklahoma. The company announced this week it plans a U.S. assembly and engineering plant in Mesa, Arizona. Based in Vancouver, B.C., the firm’s first U.S. plant will create up to …
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