“A very dangerous situation to the public.” It’s the description from Oklahoma Corporation Commission official Brandy Wreath regarding a Panhandle wind farm that has been allowed to exist with what he called “dangerous and dilapidated” wind turbines for several years. Some are burned out. Others have turbine hanging from their towers where there are …
Federal regulators have approved Enable Midstream Partners, LP’s $540 million Gulf Run Pipeline project to transport natural gas from some of the most prolific natural gas producing regions of the U.S. to the Gulf Coast. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave approval under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act allowing the transportation of …
Phillips 66 announced it is contributing $250,000 to Greenwood Rising, a new center in Tulsa’s historic Greenwood District that honors the victims and survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 and the legacy of the city’s Black Wall Street. The center was dedicated this week, nearly 100 years to the day after one …
Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice says President Biden continues to put American jobs at risk with his decisions against oil and gas. The latest one is his suspension of drilling leases in Alaska which prompted the Republican Representative to comment, “President Biden’s decision to suspend drilling is yet another win for foreign oil and will …
Some are calling it a major blow for big oil and gas in Texas—the quiet death of corporate property tax exemption. The program, known as Chapter 313 was allowed to die after delivering $10 billion in tax cuts over the past 20 years reported The Intercept. Click here for The Intercept story.
The northern New Mexico Kit Carson Electric Cooperative announced it is installing nine more electric vehicle charging stations in and around Taos, the region called the Enchanted Circle. The cooperative’s board of trustees approved the additional EV chargers with the belief that the future of transportation is shifting toward a carbon-free environment that relies …
The proposed merger between Public Service Company of New Mexico and Avangrid won approval this week from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The deal still needs final approval from state regulators and if supported the combined company would serve more than 4 million electric and natural gas customers in New Mexico, Texas, New York, Connecticut, …
A year after doubling the size of its plant operations in Tulsa, Whirlpool Corporation announced it is investing $15 million more in the factory. The company said it was part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen its national manufacturing capabilities and bring even more innovation, top-ranking consumer products and high-quality jobs to the region. …
South Dakota-based POET, the world’s largest producer of biofuels, has acquired the bioethanol assets of Flint Hills Resources’ in their entirety, expanding the company’s production capacity by 40 percent. Flint Hills Resources is a subsidiary of Koch Industries based in Wichita, Kansas. POET is a world leader in green bioproducts, with an ever-growing suite …
** The Biden administration moved forward with its plans to pause — and potentially halt — oil and gas drilling on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The Department of the Interior (DOI) announced that it suspended leases that the previous administration auctioned off to oil and gas developers just weeks before Donald Trump left office. ** A federal …