Nearly three months after the Oklahoma Energy Producers Alliance filed a request for statewide prorationing of crude oil production, Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will possibly make a decision on Wednesday. The OEPA’s request was put on the agenda of the Commission’s regular meeting even as West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices settled above $40 a …
The chairman of the Oklahoma Energy Relations Board says his group is tightening its belts just like oil and gas companies are because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a June 2020 newsletter, Mike McDonald explained the OERB is looking for new ways to efficiently support education and cleanup historic well sites. “Despite low oil …
Thirteen months after a window-washing basket swung wildly out of control, smashing windows near the top of the 50-story Devon Tower in downtown Oklahoma City, the company has started replacing the windows. The Oklahoman reported Tuesday that a construction crane was moved next to the company’s headquarters tower so workers could replace the broken …
** After more than three decades, the project that kick-started Australia’s push to become a liquefied natural gas powerhouse faces a shakeup. Woodside Petroleum Ltd. on Tuesday reiterated that it would consider buying Chevron Corp.’s stake in North West Shelf and indicated that other joint venture partners could be looking to exit. ** The Trump administration overrules North Carolina’s …
The Colorado Air Pollution Control Division was sued this week for issuing an air-pollution permit allowing an Adams County oil and gas well to emit smog-forming pollution in the Metro Denver area. The lawsuit was filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club in Colorado state district court in Adams County. The …
Two hundred thousand new houses each year across ten states would be built with solar panels, if Environment America succeeds with a new campaign. New Mexico and Texas are among the states. PV Magazine reports the 8 other states are Nevada, Colorado, Minnesota, Michigan, North Carolina, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. The group aims to …
The latest solar project in Arkansas will be used to provide electrical power to the city of Hot Springs. Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock plans a major groundbreaking on Thursday reported Arkansas Business. The company, led by former Arkansas Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, had already planned a 5 p.m. Wednesday …
A federal lawsuit has been filed in Texas accusing Kinder Morgan of violating the national Safe Drinking Water Act as it builds the 430-mile long Permian Highway Pipeline. Four residents of Lanco County filed the suit claiming the Houston-based company pumped 36,000 gallons of drilling fluid into the aquifer as Kinder Morgan attempted …
The number of oil and gas firms going bankrupt in Louisiana is growing. The Advocate in Baton Rouge reports at least four such firms took the action in recent weeks. Two businesses near Lafayette, one in Houma and another in Kenner filed for bankruptcy, all of which appear to be oil and gas services …
A week after it missed interest payments on some of its debt, Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy has received another break. It is being allowed by the government to suspend production from more than 100 federal drilling leases without losing ownership of the assets. Reuters reported the findings after reviewing a federal database. The assistance …
