The efforts of some Iowa landowners to block surveyors from entering their property for development of a controversial liquid carbon dioxide pipeline landed recently in court. Navigator Heartland Greenway asked a district judge in Woodbury County to end the delay tactics of the landowners and allow surveyors to go about their work reported the …
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** Ian’s death toll rises to at least 62 people as search and cleanup efforts continue in Florida and the Southeast, even as flooding issues continue to worsen in parts of the state. ** More than 100,000 customers in Puerto Rico still don’t have power more than two weeks after Hurricane Fiona knocked out its grid. ** BNSF Railway Co. aims to invest …
Hamm’s $10 million gift to Bismarck university to boost engineering
A note in the Williston Daily Harold of North Dakota mentioned how Oklahoma billionaire Harold Hamm’s recent $10 million donation to a Bismarck university might do something toward eliminating an engineering shortage in the state. Hamm, the founder of Oklahoma City-based Continental Resources, contributed the $10 million to the new Hamm School of Engineering …
Tribal leaders critical of Biden administration’s oil and gas restrictions
Some Native American leaders are critical of the Biden administration’s efforts to restrict oil, gas and coal production by tribes on their lands. They contend the administration has a set of double standards, expressing support for increasing tribal sovereignty but at the same time limiting fossil fuel production reported Fox News Digital. Click here …
Colorado geologist to take another shot at Alaska’s North Slope
Colorado geologist Bill Armstrong, the owner of North Slope Energy, a firm based in Denver, is well known for his role in the discovery of a giant Alaska oil field in 2013. Now he plans a new venture in Alaska’s North Slope—this time on federal land west of the existing development reported The Anchorage …
Nearly 100 OGE workers help restore power in hurricane-ravaged Florida
A team of 95 OG&E linemen and support personnel are assisting with power restoration in Melbourne, a community located in southeast Florida, after Hurricane Ian left behind heavy flooding, widespread power outages and extensive damage. OG&E Manager of Distribution Construction and Storm Response Lead Chad Guthrie is supporting the team’s restoration efforts. The fleet …
World’s largest carbon capture project to be in Wyoming
A pair of climate tech companies, one from Texas and the other from California, is set to break ground in Wyoming on what will become the world’s largest carbon capture and storage project to help industries meet their net-zero goals and slow down the Earth’s rapidly warming climate. Click here for The Hill
Supreme Court to hear Idaho couple’s challenge to EPA’s wetlands rule
Supreme Court justices on Monday will hear arguments in a case that could rock the Biden administration’s efforts to be more restrictive with the country’s clean water regulations. The Court will consider the case of Idaho landowners Michael and Chantell Sackett who have been battling the federal government since 2007 when they planned to …
Crude oil and OK energy stocks investors nervous about OPEC+ meeting
While crude oil prices in the U.S. dropped into the $70s on Friday, they also made their first weekly gain in more than a month. Oklahoma energy stocks finished mixed for the day. Analysts are eager to see whether OPEC+ on Wednesday might agree to cut crude output. West Texas Intermediate crude for November …
Oil and gas rig numbers see little change nationally and in Oklahoma
The latest rig report from Baker Hughes showed Oklahoma’s count slipped by one to 64 while nationally, the count gained one to reach a total of 765. Baker Hughes reported Oklahoma’s count of 64 compared to 40 a year ago. Nationally, the count included a gain of two oil rigs for a total of …