September 12, 2022 archive

More abandoned wells than first thought in New Mexico

  A report indicated the number of abandoned wells in New Mexico increased by nearly 200 in the past year. Before the enactment of the President’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the state had 741 such wells. After the law was enacted, New Mexico recounted and found more than 1,000 so-called orphaned wells that need …

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** Sen. Bernie Sanders and environmental groups are threatening to derail oil and gas gains obtained by Sen. Joe Manchin in the President’s new climate law. There are growing chances Manchin might lose Democratic support for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a natural gas line he supports. ** A federal judge orders the Biden administration to reinstate an …

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Who’s behind AERO the nonprofit that wants to deregulate energy in Oklahoma?

  An Oklahoma nonprofit pushing to deregulate Oklahoma’s energy market is making a name for itself, but its leaders still refuse to be transparent about the source of their funding. The Alliance for Electrical Restructuring in Oklahoma or AERO has attracted its critics reported the Ada News. Click here for Ada News

The conundrum of supplying LNG to Europe

  It sounded simple. Supply energy starved European countries with LNG from the U.S. After all, the U.S. has nearly an unlimited supply of natural gas right? But the issue has come home to roost in Washington D.C. and in some U.S. states where renewable energy was and is being pushed strongly. Check out the …

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