That’s the headline from a newspaper in Nebraska as its editors spoke out in complaint about Biden’s decision to kill the Keystone XL pipeline that would have shipped oil from Canada to Cushing in northern Oklahoma. The editorial came from the Norfolk Daily News which complains about the “wanton devastation of jobs.” Click here …
July 21, 2021 archive
Prohibition of bans on natural gas spreads across U-S
Ever since Oklahoma and four other states enacted laws in 2020 to stop cities and municipalities from creating bans on natural gas use, the movement has evolved to at least 19 states total with such laws. As S&P Global reports, those laws now stretch across most of the southern U.S. and from the Rockies …
Texas Gov. Abbott given $1 million from Texas pipeline tycoon
After Kelcy Warren’s Energy Transfer Partners made billions from the deadly Texas blackouts in February, he gave $1 million to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The Texas Observer explored how the natural gas industry was able to reap billions from the actions of the governor. Click here for Texas Observer.
Energy news in brief
** Massive amounts of radioactive waste brought to the surface by oil and gas wells have overwhelmed the industry and the state and federal agencies that regulate it, according to a report released today by the prominent environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council. The waste poses “significant health threats,” including the increased risk of cancer to oil and …
Baker Hughes predicts drillers won’t expand operations in remainder of 2021
Baker Hughes is betting on a slow down in shale drilling in the U-S in the second half of the year. The company suggests that even as prices hit the mid $70 range in recent weeks, there’ll be a slow down because explorers are still hesitant for investments in break-neck drilling operations. Click here …
Cheniere agrees to 15-year deal with Canada’s biggest natural gas producer
A subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. LNG has reached agreement for a long-term gas supply agreement with Tourmaline Oil Marketing Corp., a unit of Tourmaline Oil Corp., Canada’s largest natural gas producer. Cheniere’s subsidiary Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, LLC will receive 140,000 MMBtu a day of natural gas under the agreement reported Zacks …
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