** The Biden administration signals support for a controversial LNG export terminal and pipeline proposed for Alaska. ** The White House on Tuesday welcomed moves taken by Saudi Arabia to help Ukraine in its war with Russia as President Joe Biden ponders how tough to be against the Saudis for joining an oil output cut. ** U.S. climate envoy …
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** South Carolina U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham pledges to hold a hearing on electric vehicle batteries and sourcing issues if Republicans win control of the U.S. Senate in next month’s midterms. ** The U.S. military said Monday it’s ready to begin draining 1 million gallons (3.79 million liters) of fuel from three pipelines as part of an initial step …
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** The Biden administration is ready to sell additional volumes of crude oil from the strategic petroleum reserve after the end of the 180-million-barrel release plan and then it would begin replenishing the SPR once prices fall to $67-$72 per barrel. ** President Joe Biden’s top energy adviser said the oil output cut by Saudi Arabia …
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** The Biden administration maintains that the SPR is still the largest strategic reserve across the globe. It has about 400 million barrels remaining, which Biden says is “more than enough for any supply emergency.” ** The US now has just a 25 day supply of diesel, and that’s the lowest level since 2008. On top …
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** President Joe Biden is reportedly set to release 14 million more barrels of oil from the federal government’s stockpile. That last batch of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve could bring down creeping gas prices. ** New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration sued Exxon Mobil, Shell Oil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and the American Petroleum Institute …
Court says EPA didn’t follow its own definition of “small refinery”
In something of a stinging ruling from the Denver Federal Appeals Court, the EPA has lost a court battle with Suncor Energy over whether its two refineries around Denver, Colorado fit the definition of “small refineries” in the Renewable Fuel Standard Program of the Clean Air Act. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, …
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** While President Biden on Wednesday afternoon formally announced the designation of Camp Hale, Colo., as a national monument, Colorado members of Congress have also called on Biden to issue a Federal Lands Policy and Management Act mineral withdrawal for the site, which would bar new mining and oil and gas leasing in the area. ** U.S. dry …
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** President Joe Biden warned Tuesday that Saudi Arabia would face “consequences” after OPEC+ last week announced the biggest cut in oil production since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. ** As the Biden administration launches its historic Inflation Reduction Act, there’s a warning the U.S. will need twice as many electricians to carry out some of …
EPA sued over coal-fired power plants in Texas
The Environmental Protection Agency was sued this week by two environmental groups over its administration of eight coal-fired power plants in Texas, including one from which power is obtained by Public Service Company of Oklahoma. The lawsuit by the Sierra Club and Environmental Integrity Project comes after the EPA allowed the Texas Commission on …
EPA targets general aviation airports with new emissions plans
A decision by the Environmental Protection Agency might have general aviation airports like Wiley Post in Oklahoma City and others finding themselves the target of more restrictive rules pertaining to emissions from aviation fuel. Here’s what happened. The EPA on Friday declared that lead in aviation fuel endangers public health. It’s a decision that …