Environmental groups and others who fought the expansion of El Paso Electric’s power plant have reached agreement with the firm, an agreement that will prevent future construction in far southwest Texas. The agreement will temporarily block new fossil fuel power plant construction while pushing EPE toward a clean energy future stated the Sierra Club …
August 2021 archive
South Korean firm takes over largest wind manufacturing plant in Colorado
The world’s largest wind tower manufacturing plant located in Pueblo, Colorado is now in the hands of a South Korean company. CS wind officially took over the operation this week after it purchased the Pueblo plant from Denmark-based Vestas reported the Pueblo Chieftain. Click here for Chieftain story.
Plans unveiled by NextEra Energy for largest wind farm in Kansas
NextEra Energy Resources is unveiling plans for the largest wind farm to be built in Kansas and hopes to win approval in several months. The company has plans for the 600-megawatt High Banks Wind Energy Center to be located in Washington and Republic counties. Plans for the wind farm will be presented to county …
Energy news in brief
** The White House is facing mounting pressure from Democrats to yank federal permits for Line 3, the controversial oil pipeline under construction in Minnesota. Eight Democratic senators and nearly two dozen House members criticized the Biden administration for allowing pipeline giant Enbridge to continue building Line 3 across wetlands in a letter sent Monday that HuffPost viewed. ** Enbridge said …
Rivian gets $440 million tax deal to locate in Fort Worth
Electric vehicle manufacturer Rivian Automotive is getting a $440 million tax incentive package to build a $5 billion factory in Fort Worth. The Fort Worth city council okayed the deal and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that in return, Rivian will create 7,500 jobs by 2027. Click here for Star-Telegram.
Airships of old to be used in greenhouse gas emission monitoring in New Mexico
They won’t be the dirigibles of old but air ships will soon be floating over New Mexico in the state’s attempts to monitor greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas fields that also filled the state government’s coffers. The airships will be provided beginning in 2022 by Sceye, a firm based in Roswell …
Weaning airlines off fossil fuel by 2050 latest Biden plan
Another of the “green energy” plans of the Biden administration is being called “laughable.” It’s the proposal to get all airlines off of fossil fuels by 2050. The idea, which is likely going to be laughably impossible to implement at any point in the near future, is part of the White House’s plan to …
Completion reports for August 17, 2021
WOODWARD COUNTY Iochem Corporation Morrow Sand: Gas 88 Water 5500 Pump 13 20N 20W Crites 2-13, March 07, 2020 HH, GAS, TD: 10972 ft Lat: 36.20637, Long: -99.27961 API: 35153235840001
Permits to drill for August 17, 2021
Carter County BOND #2-33, August 17 2021 33 5S 2W E2W2SENW API: 01907308 Lat: 34.08021282397233, Long: -97.41650098432355 YALE OIL ASSOCIATION INC SH, RC, 10979 ft, SYCAMORE(8701), WOODFORD CHERT(8878), HUNTON(9420) Kingfisher County VOSS A #1, August 17 2021 19 15N 8W S2S2N2SW API: 07322813 Lat: 35.75847979876266, Long: -98.09619783235942 OVINTIV MID-CONTINENT INC. SH, RC, 10430 ft, MANNING(8981) Love County …
Oklahoma energy stocks slip as oil falls again
For the second consecutive trading session this week and the fourth in the past week, oil prices dropped in Tuesday’s trading falling about 1% in both the US and Europe. The slump also resulted in losses for many Oklahoma energy stocks. Analysts credited Tuesday’s slip to surging cases of coronavirus in Japan and a …
