Hit with a jury’s decision to pay more than $660 million in damages for defamation of Energy Transfer company, Greenpeace says it has no intention of coughing up the money and will appeal this week’s decision by a North Dakota jury. “The fight against Big Oil is not over today,” Greenpeace International General …
March 2025 archive
Would the Northeast actually give Williams a red carpet treatment?
When Williams CEO Alan Armstrong recently said he would not build a natural gas pipeline in New York and other New England states because of their past opposition to natural gas, he was speaking from experience. And he doesn’t like what he remembers who his firm was treated by those states. He vowed not …
Wind eases in Oklahoma but wildfire threat is still high
Despite a drop in the strong winds that hit 70 mph in some areas of Oklahoma on Wednesday, firefighters still anticipate a weekend of potentially more wildfires in the state. A Thursday report by the Oklahoma Forestry Services stated that conditions continue to degrade “posing significant resistance to control” and not requiring the kind …
Energy briefs
** A North Dakota jury on Wednesday found Greenpeace liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages over its role in months-long protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016 and 2017. ** A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Environmental Protection Agency from terminating $14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups …
Oklahoman Hamm among oil execs who met with President Trump
Oklahoma oil billionaire Harold Hamm was among the oil executives who met with President Trump Wednesday at the White House where they discussed his plans to increase domestic energy production. Hamm, founder and CEO of Continental Resources and one of Trump’s biggest political donors joined other executives in their first sit-down with the President …
$36 million solar farm completed in central Kansas
A $36 million project near Russell, Kansas is the latest solar farm to go operation in the state of Kansas. Owned by Sunflower Electric Power Corporation, the 143-acre solar project is made up of more than 44,000 solar panels. A report in the Great Bend Tribune indicated the power company announced the completion …
APA cuts energy workforce by 15%
APA Corp., the company formerly known as Apache confirms it cut about 300 employees from its global workforce which amounts to a nearly 15% reduction. It still has about 2,000 employees. APA, with operations from the Permian Basin to the North Sea, had been criticized by investors for being stretched too thin. Click here …
North Dakota jury convicts Greenpeace in Energy Transfer pipeline trial
A North Dakota jury says Greenpeace is liable for hundreds of milions of dollars in damages over the role it played in the disastrous 2016 and 2017 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. A jury returned the verdict after two days of deliberations and decided in favor of Energy Transfer, the owner and operator of …
Crude oil prices rose Wednesday as Fed held interest rates steady
A couple of things affected the price of crude oil on Wednesday, keeping any large gains from occurring. One was U.S. government data showing a draw on fuel inventories while at the same time U.S. crude stocks rose. At the same time, there was the impact of the Federal Reserve move to hold interest …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen about carbon capture and opponents
Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen talk energy, focusing on the growing opposition to carbon capture in Oklahoma and the efforts of the legislature to create its rules and regulations.