September 27, 2021 archive

More than 60 wells to be plugged around Denver’s airport

   Saying their aim is to make Denver International Airport “one of the greenest airports in the world,” city leaders in the mile-high city unveiled plans to plug 64 oil and gas wells around the major aviation center. The wells have been idle since 2018 and had been in operation before the airport was built …

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Mammoth Energy’s financial risks grow over lawsuit settlements

Oklahoma City energy companies Mammoth Energy and Gulfport Energy have reached a settlement in their lawsuits and counter lawsuits filed two years ago. But the settlement has increased financial risks for Mammoth Energy. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement of suits over Mammoth’s Pressure Pumping and Sand Supply Contracts it …

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Nebraska faces another possible pipeline controversy

  After helping defeat the Keystone XL pipeline which had been slated to run through their state, environmentalists in Nebraska are gearing up to fight two high-pressure pipelines to capture carbon dioxide and transport it to North Dakota and Illinois. It means the stage is already set for yet another pipeline fight in Nebraska reported …

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Energy news in brief

** PennEast Pipeline said on Monday it would cease development of the natural gas pipeline it proposed to build from Pennsylvania to New Jersey because the project had not yet received all the required permits. ** The Biden administration puts the brakes on oil and gas drilling permit approvals after coming under fire for issuing too many. ** Widening …

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