Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor and others representing 12 other states that sue the President Biden administration for taking steps to consider the “social cost of carbon” in federal regulations don’t have standing ruled a federal judge. The lawsuit, filed last spring opposed President Biden’s executive order that directed federal agencies to calculate an …
Completion reports for Sept. 1, 2021
CANADIAN COUNTY Citizen Energy Iii Llc Mississippian(10113): Oil 301 Gas 2885 Water 963 Flow 31 11N 6W Big Brown 6-7-10-6 1mxh, January 27, 2020 HH, OIL, TD: 21186 ft Lat: 35.37842, Long: -97.87411 API: 35017254540000 ELLIS COUNTY Mewbourne Oil Company 21 18N 24W Goldfinger 21/28 Bo 1h, January 06, 2020 HH, PLUG, TD: 13931 ft Lat: 36.02739, Long: -99.76147 API: 35045238120001
Sandia uncovers hidden factors affecting solar farms during severe weather
Sandia National Laboratories researchers combined large sets of real-world solar data and advanced machine learning to study the impacts of severe weather on U.S. solar farms, and sort out what factors affect energy generation. Their results were published earlier this month in the scientific journal Applied Energy. Hurricanes, blizzards, hailstorms and wildfires all pose risks …
Halliburton’s 3Q 2021 earnings conference call
Halliburton Company will host a conference call on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, to discuss its third quarter 2021 financial results. The call will begin at 8:00 AM Central Time. The company will issue a press release regarding the third quarter 2021 earnings prior to the conference call. The press release will be posted on …
Fraud and lies weren’t intentional in Arkansas wind farm scam
One of the two men charged with fraud in a northwest Arkansas wind farm scam testified this week the lies he told were not intentional. The claim came from Jody Davis, CEO of the company who according to the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette tried to shift blame to others for bilking investors out of hundreds …
Energy Transfer to get more electricity from Texas solar projects
Dallas-based Energy Transfer has announced its commitment to buy 120 MW of energy from a 200 MW solar plant planned for construction in Texas next year. The midstream oil and gas company announced it signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement with San Francisco-based SB Energy for 120 megawatts of electricity from its Eiffel Solar project in northeast Texas. …
Crude prices remained steady after OPEC+ decision
US benchmark crude oil prices rose slightly while the global benchmark Brent crude slipped in Wednesday’s trading after OPEC and allies agreed to stay with their existing crude oil production increases. It left analysts saying prices finished the day “steady.” West Texas Intermediate crude rose 9 cents before finishing the day at $68.59 a barrel. …
Phillips 66 contributes $500,000 to American Red Cross for Hurricane Ida relief efforts
A half-million dollar donation was made this week by Phillips 66 to the American Red Cross to help relief efforts with Hurricane Ida recovery. “We stand with our many employees, friends and neighbors across southeastern Louisiana,” said Phillips 66 Chairman and CEO Greg Garland. “We know it’s going to take the combined efforts of …
Majority of court-ordered oil and gas leases to be in Wyoming
Still more details are emerging over the Biden administration’s compliance with a federal judge’s ruling to end the government pause on oil and gas leasing, some of the latest includes the possibility that nearly 700,000 acres in Western states will be open for lease. An estimated 568,000 acres in Wyoming are included and environmentalists …
Energy news in brief
** OPEC +’s current production agreement will stay in place per an announcement the group made on Wednesday. It will maintain the 400K bbl/day hike scheduled for October. Reports stated the group took less than an hour to make the announcement. ** A federal court declines to hear Republican-led states’ challenge to the Biden administration’s plans to account …