** Every anti-energy regulation at the EPA, the Department of Energy, the Interior Department, and the Army Corps of Engineers will sunset unless specifically designated for re-promulgation under Trump’s new “Zero-Based Regulatory Budgeting” executive order.
** The date for the International Linemen’s Rodeo has been set for October 15-18 of this year in Overland Park, Kansas. The Lineman’s Rodeo attracts the best linemen from around the world to compete in events based on traditional lineman tasks and skills. The Rodeo has grown to over 300 teams and 450 apprentices.
** Gasoline prices have eased in 31 states as oil has fallen to below $65 a barrel since Trump came into office. But California isn’t one of them.
** Ohio lawmakers consider legislation that would give the state sole authority to regulate carbon capture and storage projects, trumping local zoning and landowner pushback.
** South Dakota regulators reject a carbon pipeline developer’s request to pause permit proceedings on its project, instead ordering the company to show how it will move forward under a new state law prohibiting eminent domain.
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** Mudadala Energy, owned by Abui Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund, is buying a stake in Kimeridge Texas Gas and Commonwealth LNG as the United Arab Emirates company enters the U.S. shale industry.
** Verene Energia (Verene), a power transmission platform, and its owner CDPQ, a global investment group, have announced an agreement with Equatorial S. A. to acquire its power transmission business unit, Equatorial Transmissao S.A., which owns and operates seven power transmission lines. The transaction, expected to be worth $891.38 million, is CDPQ’s fourth investment in the power transmission sector in Latin America.
** Lower oil prices could reduce Colombian state-run oil firm Ecopetrol’s profits by up to 12 trillion pesos ($2.76 billion) this year, the company’s president warned on Friday. Ecopetrol may also have to scrap production at some fields and focus on those with lower costs, president Ricardo Roa told journalists on the sidelines of an industry event.
** A government raid on an empty warehouse in Abkhazia has raised concerns about the unregulated energy consumption of crypto-mining operations. The facility appeared deserted, but it housed racks of computers that ran nonstop to generate digital currencies such as bitcoin.