October 10, 2022 archive

Cleanup plan okayed for bad biofuels plant in Nebraska

  The State of Nebraska has taken an initial step at cleaning up an abandoned biofuels plant that created millions of gallons of pesticide-contaminated wastewater stored in holding ponds. The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy recently approved a plan to dispose of the estimated 115 million gallons held at AltEn, the failed plant near …

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3Q results to be releases by ALLETE Inc.

  The parent company of Oklahoma wind farm operator ALLETE Clean Energy plans to release its third quarter financial results in early November. The financial results of ALLETE Inc., a firm headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota will be released before the stock markets open on Wednesday, Nov. 9 of this year.   Following the release, ALLETE …

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DUCS to decline from record year in 2020

  Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), September 2022   Based on the EIA’s latest Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), drilled but uncompleted wells (DUCs) in all U.S. DPR regions totaled an estimated 4,283 wells in August 2022, the least in any month since the government started estimating DUCs in October 2013. The decline in DUCs in …

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** A backup of more than 2,000 boats and barges on the Mississippi River is being cleared as two closures along the waterway reopened on Sunday. ** In an opinion piece, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) proposed pausing arm sales to Saudi Arabia in a move to urgently “fortify” national security, after …

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Energy industry to pay attention to pig case before Supreme Court

  A U.S. Supreme Court case to be heard Tuesday will focus on the efforts of California to control the living conditions of pigs. Sounds silly doesn’t it? But it’s also a case that could have a direct impact on the oil and gas industry across the U.S. and one that the energy industry will …

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