An oil company that no longer exists faces a $344,000 fine in Colorado but the state doesn’t expect to really collect it. The Colorado Sun reports the fine was necessary for the state to seize a $20,000 bon d from bankrupt, Houston-based Alta Mesa Resources LP. Click here for Colorado Sun story.
While President Biden has targeted the oil and gas industry with more drilling restrictions, the approvals of companies to drill on U.S. public lands is also on pace in 2021 to reach the highest level since George W. Bush was president. The Interior Department gave approval to nearly 2,500 permits in the first half …
A power outage over the weekend at a Kansas City wastewater plant resulted in several million gallons of untreated wastewater being dumped into the Blue River. KC Water officials confirmed the incident this week explaining the treatment plant was unable to treat the wastewater because of the power outage caused by overnight storms reported …
