Those energy companies with at least 100 employees or more will apparently fall under the latest government edict coming from the Biden administration for COVID-19 coverage. How their leadership will react remains to be seen but Axios reported Thursday that the mandate will apply to more than 80 million Americans working the private sector. …
More Carter County drilling planned in Southern Oklahoma
Here’s where some of the latest drilling will take place in Oklahoma according to drilling permits approved by state regulators. Kodiak Oil and Gas received yet another permit to drill in Carter County. The HHU #826 is located at 27 4S 2W or about a mile northeast of the Black Gold Casino in Wilson. In adjacent Garvin …
Missouri natural gas pipeline operator loses court appeal
U.S. natural gas company Spire Inc. lost a round in federal appeals court this week where it is fighting a June ruling to shut down its STL natural gas pipeline in Missouri. Reuters reported that two panels of judges of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit rejected intervenor Spire’s petition …
Benton, Arkansas plant acquired by chemical maker
An Arkansas materials processing plant formerly owned by French proppant manufacturer Saint-Gobain has been acquired by specialty chemical producer U.S. Vanadium. The plant is located in Benton near Hot Springs and according to Arkansas Business will help the company prepare more vanadium. Click here for Arkansas Business.
Outlook not bright for oil and gas employment says State report
For every new job that opens in Oklahoma’s oil and gas and mining sector, there are three others who are out of work. The unemployment figure is the highest in the state according to an August report announced by the Oklahoma Office of Workforce Development. The same report suggests the state’s oil and gas …
Anadarko Basin makes big increase in rig activity
The number of rigs running in the U.S. rose by 13 in the last week to 607 as of Sept. 8, according to Enverus Rig Analytics. The count is up 3% in the last month and 60% YTD. The largest week-over-week changes occurred in the Anadarko Basin, adding five to reach 53, and the …
Texas energy center sold in $3 billion deal
Encap Flatrock Midstream, a company with operations in Oklahoma City joined Moda Midstream LLC in announcing the sale of the Moda Ingleside Energy Center in Texas. Enbridge Inc. is the buyer in the $3 billion agreement. The Ingleside operation has 15 million barrels of storage and is the nation’s largest crude export terminal by …
Wind farm development takes a hit in SE Nebraska
County officials at Beatrice, Nebraska propose tougher restrictions on wind farm development. News Channel Nebraska reported the actions by Gage County officials might make it nearly impossible for the development of any wind farms in the northern part of the county. Click here for News Channel Nebraska.
Governor reveals how she’ll use oil and gas revenue
The new budget-writing process is underway in the state of New Mexico and Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she intends to spend part of this year’s record-high oil and gas revenues on cleanup of abandoned oil and gas wells. Click here for Associated Press report.
Energy news in brief
** U.S. energy expenditures, or the amount of money spent by consumers to purchase energy, fell to $1.2 trillion in 2019, down 5% in real terms compared with 2018, according to the latest data in the EIA’s State Energy Data System. ** Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation and Cimarex Energy Co. announced that, in connection …