** Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) following the satisfaction of all necessary closing conditions, including a favorable arbitration outcome regarding Hess’ offshore Guyana asset. ** The US energy industry’s long nuclear winter may finally be giving way to spring. None other than Westinghouse, the …
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Tribe’s newly created Environmental Protection Commission sparked response from Corporation Commissioners
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners and staff are busy looking into what prompted the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribe’s attempt to enforce its own environmental regulations on oil and gas operations within its tribal boundaries. Commissioners, as OK Energy Today reported last week, quickly responded with assurances to the oil and gas operators that they were …
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** President Trump, joined by industry and political leaders, announced a sweeping federal initiative—potentially totaling $70 to $90 billion in energy investments—aimed at boosting U.S. power capacity to support the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and data infrastructure. ** The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the start of a new pilot program to accelerate …
Corporation Commissioners at odds with Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) has issued guidance to oil and gas operators in the state after receiving a letter issued by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes asserting tribal jurisdiction over certain environmental regulations. “Oklahoma oil and gas operators should know we are reviewing this matter closely and they should be assured the …
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** GE Vernova, the energy spin-off of GE, is investing an additional $80 million in its flagship grid solutions factory in Pennsylvania over the next two years to modernize the electric grid and meet growing demand. ** A former mining client of President Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and top campaign fundraiser Brian Ballard is …
First rare earth mine in U.S. in 70 years opens in Wyoming
The opening of the first new rare earth elements mine in the U.S. in 70 years took place this week in Wyoming. Gov. Mark Gordon and U.S. Sens. John barrasso and Cynthia Lummis welcomed Energy Secretary Christ Wright to Ramaco’s Brook Mine near Ranchester, Wyoming. The mine was also the first new coal mine …
Arkansas firm develops method to fight “forever” chemicals
An Arkansas company has created a method of combatting the existence of those “forever” chemicals. Montrose Environmental Group, through a subsidiary called ECT2 in Little Rock has developed advance PFAS treatment technologies. Its creation involves the use of a foam fractionation process that can capture and concentrates PFAS from water using air injection reported …
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** U.S. efforts to break China’s dominance of the rare earths market and to drive investment in its own industry have moved up a gear with a Washington-backed plan to create a separate, higher pricing system. ** In a sign that range anxiety in electric cars could soon be a thing of the past, US …
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** The U.S. House Appropriations Committee releases proposed legislation that would slash funding for the Department of Energy’s office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 46% and shift money toward nuclear, critical minerals, and fossil fuels. ** Texas industry associations and energy experts say Trump’s budget bill is “pulling the rug out” from under …
What Senators say about EPA’s Jet Plane contrails website
The Environmental Protection Agency’s recent creation of a website to address conspiracy theories about jet plane contrails and their impact on the weather prompted Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin to suggest there are more important things to worry about. He and Sen. James Lankford responded to the move by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. Mullin’s …