Longer drone flights by the Choctaw Nation of Olahoma have been approved by the Federation Aviation Administration. What it means for the large Oklahoma based tribe is “Beyond Visual Line of Sight” drone operations in the area of base operations. Marcus Hartman, the Aviation Operations Senior Manager for the tribe said the approval is …
Tulsa’s NGL Energy Partner LP announced that it’s expanding a water pipeline system in far southeastern New Mexico and in the Permian Basin. The company said its NGL Water Solutions is commencing expansion of its Lea County Express Pipeline System from a capacity of 140,000 barrels of water per day to 340,000 barrels per …
A Houston based oil and gas company agreed to pay nearly $35 million to settle claims it underpaid royalties for oil and natural gas removed from leased federal lands in the San Juan Basin of northern New Mexico. Hilcorp San Juan made the $34.6 million agreement, according to an announcement by the U.S. Department …
An investigation By Congressman Frank Lucas’s House Science and Space and Technology Committee found evidence of inappropriate influence in the Biden Administration’s Contracting Rulemaking. The White House chose two environmentalist groups with significant ties to Democratic donors to do work over dislosure of greenhouse gas emissions and setting emisson reduction targets. They were …
** Sunoco LP and NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS) (“NuStar”) announced that the parties have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Sunoco will acquire NuStar in an all-equity transaction valued at approximately $7.3 billion, including assumed debt. ** A major U.S. energy developer, Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, has initiated the process of shuttering two major coal-fired power …
Other major cities hopped on the band wagon to ban natural gas cooking and heating and now Chicago might do the same. Like others that banned natural gas, they were largely Democratic cities. A city council member who is a Democrat says she will introduce the measure this week to forbid natural gas in …
The idea of ever reaching net zero as promoted by President Biden and other world leaders is being labeled “fairytale” thinking by the leader of Siemens Energy, the maker of wind turbines used throughout Oklahoma and across the world. Joe Kaeser is chairman of Siemens Energy and recently stated that energy bills will have to …
Kansas legislators were recently informed that Evergy was able to maintain normal operating conditions for extreme weather despite frozen coal, because of high winds that powered the big utility’s wind farms. It was a reference to earlier January weather where high winds and frigid weather hit the region. The explanation was made before a …
Arkansas-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. is moving ahead with plans to construct a solar array that could offset more than 80% of the electricity demand at its corporate headquarters in the city of Lowell. The 4.99-megawatt array was approved by the Arkansas Public Service Commission two years ago but the company is just …
Lithium extraction in the Smackover Formation of southern Arkansas has some people worried about what it might mean for small communities and the environment. While ExxonMobil announced last year to move forward with using the heavy amounts of brine in the formation to begin extraction of lithium by 2027, it created an excitement in …
