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 …
May 2021 archive
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 …
Completion reports for May 10, 2021
GRADY COUNTY Travis Peak Resources Llc Mississippian / Woodford: Oil 724 Gas 1 Water 3767 Flow 36 8N 6W Blue Horseshoe 36_25_24-8n-6w 1mhx, September 04, 2019 HH, OIL, TD: 23045 ft Lat: 35.11729, Long: -97.78867 API: 35051246220002
Permits to drill for May 10, 2021
Blaine County SLAGELL #2-20-29-32XHM, May 10 2021 17 14N 13W SWSESWSW API: 01124263 Lat: 35.68267602990751, Long: -98.61174761721733 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC MU, DR, 28119 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(13300), WOODFORD(13828) Caddo County CART AND GUNTER 17-9-11 #1H, May 10 2021 20 9N 11W NWSENWNW API: 01523318 Lat: 35.24536266264186, Long: -98.39154477761284 KAISER-FRANCIS OIL COMPANY HH, DR, 15700 ft, MARCHAND(10100)
Devon Corporation commences private exchange offers and consent solicitations for outstanding notes of WPX Energy, Inc.
Devon Energy Corporation announced Monday that it is commencing private exchange offers and related consent solicitations with respect to the series of nearly $2 billion in outstanding notes of WPX Energy, Inc., a wholly-owned, direct subsidiary of Devon. Devon said it was also soliciting consents from the eligible noteholders to amend the WPX notes and …
Crude oil prices managed a small increase in Monday’s trading
Monday’s crude oil prices rose just a few cents in trading in the US and in Europe, but at least you can say they increased. West Texas Intermediate crude for June delivery rose 2 cents to $64.92 a barrel on the NYMEX. Global benchmark Brent crude for July delivery increased 4 cents to $68.32 …
Energy news in brief
** Limetree Bay said Sunday air quality testing near its U.S. Virgin Islands refinery found zero concentrations of sulfur dioxide, hours after the National Guard said it found elevated levels of the chemical during its own testing. ** California’s energy policy and planning agency wants to transition new homes away from gas-powered appliances. The California Energy Commission …
February 2021 weather triggers largest monthly decline in U.S. natural gas production
The federal government reported this week that the February 2021 winter storm that hit Oklahoma and Texas hard resulted in the largest monthly decline of natural gas production on record. The Energy Information Administration reported that at the same time, residential sector consumption reached a record high. The historic results came as a record-breaking …
Another Biden Interior nominee expected to win committee support
President Biden’s number two pick for the Interior Department goes this week before Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and others on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Tommy Beaudreau was nominated for deputy Interior secretary and did not undergo the kind of critical questioning that Interior Secretary Deb Haaland did during her confirmation …