A subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy just reached a 15-year deal to supply 2 million tons of LNG a year to a Singapore based company. The supply of LNG will come from the natural gas produced by Chesapeake Energy and its operations in Louisiana. The Heads of Agreement with Gunvor Singapore Pte Ltd …
March 2023 archive
ROFRs failed to make legislative deadline in Oklahoma
Those “Right of First Refusal” efforts in the Oklahoma legislature are dead this session. A bill that would have allowed “right of first refusal” to utilities involved in new electric transmission projects didn’t even get a hearing last week in a House committee before a deadline. NonDoc reported SB 1103 was advanced by the …
Suncor’s Colorado refinery about to reopen
The oil refinery shutdown in Colorado that caused the state’s average gasoline prices to jump 16% since late December 2022 might be about to end. Suncor announced that after reopening Plant 2 at the refinery in Commerce City, it is now making preparations to do the same with Plants 1 and 3 according to …
House GOP leadership ready to launch energy bills
A big energy challenge is about to be formally launched by Republican leaders in the U.S., a package endorsed by Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas in his capacity as chairman of the House Science and Technology committee. Lucas was among a handful of key committee leaders who supported the energy package pushed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. …
Quick energy reads
** California officials arrest a man suspected of blowing up two Pacific Gas & Electric transformers and leaving thousands of Bay Area utility customers without power late last year. ** Many state and national leaders took to social media after a second Norfolk Southern train derailed in Springfield Saturday afternoon. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown said he is …
Train derailment across state line near Wellington, Kansas
The same day a second Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio, 18 cars of a Union Pacific freight train jumped the tracks just across the Oklahoma state line near Wellington, Kansas. Happened Saturday evening around 5 o’clock according to Union Pacific. There were no injuries and no hazardous materials involved. The 18 cars were …
US House hearing to explore research at FAA
A subcommittee of a House committee chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas intends to hold a hearing this week exploring the Federal Aviation Administration’s research and development, some of which is carried on at the FAA’s Mike Monroney Center in Oklahoma City. The Space and Aeronautics subcommittee chaired by Rep. Brian Babin has jurisdiction …
Guy embezzled $9 million in cow poop to green energy scheme
A California man faces charges of embezzling nearly $9 million from investors in a cow poop to green energy scheme. Prosecutors say Raymond Brewer, 66, convinced investors he was turning cow poop into the green energy and then not building any of the anaerobic digesters to convert the manure to methane gas reported GIZMODO. …
XTO operation in New Mexico faces challenge from enviros
Environmental group WildEarth Guardians went after XTO Energy and its Permian Basin operations in southeast New Mexico. It filed a petition asking the federal government to object to a New Mexico state permit for emissions of potential air pollutants from the XTO Energy’s Wildcat Compressor Station according to the Carlsbad Current-Argus. WildEarth Guardians argued …
Bill to put more restrictions on oil and gas wins early approval in New Mexico legislature
A bill the oil and gas industry says would increase their costs and at the same time harm the revenue the industry provides to New Mexico, won an early approval in a legislative committee. Supporters claim the bill would reform the state’s oil and gas regulations. It would also make multiple amendments to New …