Oklahoma’s oil and gas drilling efforts suffered a big loss of four rigs over the past week as the state had only 38 rigs active in the patch, according to the latest rig information released Friday by Baker Hughes Co. The 38 active rigs compares to 44 reported in the state a year ago …
June 7, 2024 archive
Pressure forces FERC to admit mistakes and lower wind farm transmission costs in western Kansas
Lower bills will greet western Kansas electricity customers after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was caught not enforcing its own rules regarding transmission costs from wind farms in the state. FERC recently decided, under pressure from Kansas U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran, to make sure customers of the utilities transmitting power from …
Energy briefs
** A project centered in Utah is being developed to make cleaner ammonia with help from an unlikely source: nuclear energy. It’s a project that, if scaled, could eliminate the more than 1% of global carbon pollution production that is generated from ammonia-making, according to the Innovation News Network. ** Solar accounted for 75% of electricity generation capacity added …
Judge allows $10 SunZia transmission line to proceed
Years too late. It’s what a U.S. District judge has ruled in dismissing legal claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who tried to stop construction of the $10 billion energy transmission line to carry wind powered electricity from New Mexico to California. Judge Jennifer Zipps said the opponents were not only too late …
Chesapeake Energy’s annual shareholders meeting results released
Results of Chesapeake Energy’s recent annual shareholders meeting were released in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The seven members proposed for the company’s board of directors were approved by shareholders. They will serve as a director until the next annual meeting of shareholders. Director Nominee Votes For Votes Against …
Devon Energy releases results of shareholders meeting
Devon Energy has made known results of its early April annual meeting where 11 directors were chosen by shareholders for the current fiscal year. The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated there were 632,639,718 shares of Devon’s common stock outstanding. The eleven directors were: Barbara M. Baumann, John E. Bethancourt, Ann …