Customers of Black Hills Energy Corp. in northwest Arkansas could see their monthly bills go up by nearly $9 if Arkansas regulators approve the utility’s rate hike request filed last week. The move would affect nearly 180,000 customers in 20 counties according to a report by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Click here for Arkansas …
Sierra Club says SWEPCO’s plans aren’t good enough
The Sierra Club is critical of Southwestern Electric Power Co.’s plan to extend the life of an Arkansas coal plant to 2038 without providing an economic analysis of retiring it a decade sooner. The group responded after SWEPCO, a utility of American Electric Power recently released its Integrated Resource plan reported KUAR radio. Click here for …
Colorado adopts new methane emissions rules for oil and gas
Air regulators in Colorado have adopted what is described as a “sweeping” set of rules slashing methane emissions from oil and gas operations in the state but environmentalists aren’t totally happy. They’re called “first-in-the-U.S. rules” that give the industry leeway reports the Colorado Sun. Click here for Colorado Sun.
So much for a White Christmas in Oklahoma!
You want a White Christmas in Oklahoma. Forgetta about it! Or as Oklahoma Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet put it in his Monday weather update, “A white Christmas? Yeah, from falling ash! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! HAHAHAHAHA!! HAHA! HA! haha ha” In other words, McManus said it will be more like Christmas in Australia than …
Helmerich and Payne finalizes deal with largest drilling company in Middle East
The largest drilling company in the Middle East, ADNOC Drilling Company PJSC and Tulsa-based Helmerich & Payne, Inc. jointly announced the finalization of a Rig Enablement Framework Agreement reached in September. The Framework Agreement will advance ADNOC Drilling’s land rig operational performance, as well as support its ambitious growth and expansion plans. Focused on …
Gasoline prices hold steady in most of Oklahoma but fall nationally
Gasoline prices were unchanged in the past week in Oklahoma with an average of $2.89 per gallon while nationally, they fell 3 cents to an average $3.30 per gallon. The American Automobile Association reported Oklahoma’s $2.89 average was the same as a week ago, 9 cents cheaper than a month ago but 95 cents …
Tribe wants Supreme Court to reject appeal of Dakota Access Pipeline
The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe isn’t giving up in its fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline. It’s asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal of the five-year-old lawsuit reports the Bismarck Tribune. Click here for Bismarck Tribune.
Colorado oil driller sees the industry’s future in electric rigs
Could it be that Civitas Resources is paving the way for a new kind of oil and gas exploration? Electric drilling. It’s being carried out in a Denver, Colorado suburb where the state’s largest oil and gas producer has eliminated some diesel-powered pumps reports Reuters. Click here for Reuters.
Other energy headlines for Tuesday
** Denver-based SM Energy Co. on Dec. 20 set new emissions reduction targets and unveiled plans to eliminate routine flaring by 2023. The new environmental targets set by SM Energy, whose operations are focused in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford shale plays, were largely driven by the company’s shareholders. ** The White House on Sunday ripped …
Carbon pipeline company fights for confidentiality in Iowa
A company planning to build a $4.5 billion carbon capture pipeline across Iowa is fighting a state agency to prevent disclosure of the 15,000 landowners in the path of the line. Summit Carbon Solutions is asking the Iowa Utilities Board to reverse its order according to the Des Moines Register. Click here for …