December 12, 2022 archive

$2 billion capital program for Phillips 66 in 2023

  Phillips 66 announced a 2023 capital program of $2 billion, including $865 million for sustaining capital and $1.1 billion for growth capital. Approximately 50% of growth capital supports lower-carbon opportunities. The capital program is consistent with the company’s commitment to maintain a $2 billion annual budget through 2024. “The 2023 capital program reflects our …

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Moving up the corporate ladder at Alliance Resource Partners

  A new executive was named by Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. The company’s Board of Directors of its general partner, Alliance Resource Management GP, LLC named Cary P. Marshall as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. The appointment will be effective April 1, 2023 and follows the partnership’s previously announced retirement of Brian Cantrell, …

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Why isn’t Energy Department spending more on finding fraud and abuse? Rep. Lucas wants answers

  Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas raised questions about why the Inspector General at the Energy Department is underfunded. As Ranking member of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, he and Texas Republican Rep. Randy Weber, who is also on the committee, sent a letter to the Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. The …

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New Mexico urged to join regional power grid

  New Mexico state leaders are considering the recommendation of a new study that encouraged the state to partner with other western states on a regional power grid. The report by Advanced Energy Economy explained that by doing so, New Mexico would gain nearly 18,000 jobs and save power users millions of dollars on their …

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Supreme Court is asked to consider issue of trains and blocked streets

  Oklahomans have long  faced the troubling issue of trains blocking streets and now the U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to consider the issue nationally. Courts across the U.S. have ruled that only the federal government can enforce rules affecting railroad operations but the state of Ohio now wants the Supreme Court to set …

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Tulsa and Osage Nation launch drone corridor effort

  With the help of the Osage Nation, the city of Tulsa wants to become a drone corridor in Oklahoma. The effort involves  Osage Nation’s Skyway 36, an autonomous flight technology center north of downtown Tulsa. Skyway 36 is part of the Tulsa Regional Advanced Mobility Corridor project according to the Tulsa World. Click here …

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