The recent cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline, one of the largest pipelines in the U.S. brought the seriousness of the issue to the attention of energy companies nationwide. Only now are some of them awakening to what could happen. A report by the newsletter Truthout, showed how even the American Petroleum Institute has changed its political …
June 3, 2021 archive
Electric co-ops form coalition for EV chargers
The growing surge of electric vehicles prompted 31 electric cooperatives in the Upper Midwest to form a coalition to create a regional EV charging network in Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They formed the CHARGE EV network near major highways and interstates with hopes of assuring Midwest drivers they can take long drives without the fear …
Energy news in brief
** The world’s coal producers are currently planning as many as 432 new mine projects with 2.28 billion tonnes of annual output capacity, research published on Thursday showed, putting targets for slowing global climate change at risk. ** Foxconn plans to announce within the next month whether it will assemble hundreds of thousands of electric vehicles at a new …
Abandoned wells lead to lawsuit
New Mexico filed suit against a Texas oil and gas company over abandoned well operations just north of the Permian Basin in southeast New Mexico. Northstar Operating Company based in Midland, Texas and its two well operators Cano Petro and Cross Border Resources were sued by the State Land Office according to a report …
Oklahoma energy firms cited in GHG emissions report
A handful of Oklahoma energy companies were among some of the top firms cited in a first-of-its-kind report detailing methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide emissions. The Benchmarking Methane and other GHG Emissions of Oil and Natural Gas Production in the United States report by Ceres and the Clean Air Task Force showed the emissions …
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