February 8, 2022 archive

Alec driving laws to blacklist companies that boycott the oil industry

    A growing effort is underway in Oklahoma, Texas and other oil and gas states to adopt state laws to block boycotts of the oil industry. Much of it is led by the American Legislative Exchange Council which is a conservative lobby group considered by many to be quite influential. ALEC is promoting  the Energy …

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Other energy stories and their headlines

** President Bidensaid that the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany will not go forward if Russia invades Ukraine. “If Russia invades, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of Ukraine, again, then there will be no longer Nord Stream 2. We will bring an end to it,” Biden said at a joint press conference with …

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Continental Resources CEO vows ‘conservative’ approach this year

  Following the surprise move by Continental Resources to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources Co.’s Delaware Basin assets in a $3.2 billion deal, Continental CEO William Berry maintains the company will have a conservative approach in the remainder of 2022. It’s what he told Hart Energy in a recent interview. “—we see no reason for companies …

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First EV rolls off assembly line at Ford’s Kansas City plant

  Ford’s Kansas City car-manufacturing plant just produced its first electric vehicle, the 2022 E-Transit van, the electric version of the popular Ford Transit cargo van. The company announced Tuesday the E-Transit is its second EV following the brand’s Mustang Mache-E reported the Kansas City Star. Click here for Kansas City Star.