November 2, 2022 archive

AG files charges over robocalls

  Attorney General John O’Connor announced the national Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force has filed for a court order compelling the production of information from two voice service providers over their alleged involvement in illegal robocalls. “Americans are sick and tired of robocalls,” said Attorney General O’Connor. “They invade our privacy and interrupt our days. Some …

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Halliburton CEO professes Permian Basin growth might be “over”

  The head of Halliburton suggests the glory days of massive oil and gas production in the Permian Basin might be at an end or at least approaching it. It’s what Jeff Miller, chief executive officer of Halliburton said during a speech this week at an Adipec panel in Abu Dhabi. He said the era …

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Northeast Arkansas to get another steel plant

  Northeast Arkansas will be getting a $500 million rebar steel mill further increasing the region’s reputation as a leading steel producing area in the U.S. The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports the new firm’s project will create 200 manufacturing and other steel-related jobs. Click here for Democrat Gazette

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** President Joe Biden’s suggestion that US oil companies are profiting from Russia’s war in Ukraine was “absolutely outrageous,” according to the trade group representing American oil and natural gas companies. ** A newly formed coalition including major utility companies Dominion Energy, Duke Energy, Louisville Gas & Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, Southern Company and …

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Oil groups want stripper well exemption from new EPA methane rules

  The Biden administration has been asked by the Independent Petroleum Association of America and a coalition of 20 state drillers’ groups to exempt hundreds of thousands of the smallest wells in the U.S. from approaching EPA methane rules. The Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association is one of them and wants exemptions for so-called …

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