May 15, 2023 archive

Oil recovery finished at Keystone pipeline leak in Kansas

  TC Energy says it has completed the recovery of the several thousand barrels of crude oil that leaked from the Keystone pipeline in northern Kansas. The Canadian Company issued a recent statement saying its work at the site of the Mill Creek spill near Washington, Kansas will continue into the third quarter, but the …

Continue reading »

Researcher contends electric vehicles will only increase vehicle-related emissions

  A researcher with the Manhattan Institute, Mark P. Mills, contends electric vehicles aren’t what the Biden administration and others claim about them being emission free…instead, he says they will only increase global vehicle-related emissions. What? It’s what he recently wrote, contending the federal government is pouring untold millions, maybe billions into an vehicles that …

Continue reading »

Death of Tesla plant worker investigated

  The 2021 death of a 57-year old worker on the Tesla construction site southeast of Austin was one of more than 1,300 construction deaths in the state of Texas in a 10-year period. An investigation by the Texas Observer found Texas did not report the death as required by Travis County as part of …

Continue reading »

Biden to begin refilling nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve

  At the same hearing where GOP leaders criticized Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Democrats for their “rush-to-green policies making energy unaffordable, Granholm announced the government will start refilling the drained Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning as early as next month. It was during a recent U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing where Granholm explained …

Continue reading »

Fast energy reads

** Politico will host its first-ever Energy Summit on Thursday. The event features conversations with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi and Jigar Shah, director of the DOE’s Loan Programs Office. ** The nation’s coal-fired power plant fleet is projected to decline by more than half by 2050, according to the U.S. Energy …

Continue reading »

Americans are keeping cars longer

  Despite the Biden administration’s push for Americans to switch from gas to electric vehicles, car owners are balking and instead are keeping their cars longer according to a new study. The average age of U.S. cars and light trucks this year climbed to a record 12.5 years, reflecting the impact of supply constraints on …

Continue reading »

ONEOK to move into oil transportation in $18 billion acquisition of Magellan Midstream

  ONEOK announced a more than $18 billion deal to acquire Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. Magellan will be merged into a newly created 100% wholly-owned subsidiary of ONEOK and allows for the firm to move from its natural gas focused into transporting refined products and oil. In the merger agreement, valued at $18.8 billion, …

Continue reading »