What’s called a “glare” study required by the FAA has utility Evergy calling off plans for a large solar array at Kansas City’s new airport. The Energy News Network reported Evergy had plans to put the 5-megawatt project atop a six-story parking garage but in November, backed off the idea. Click here for the story …
The U.S. Forest Service decided this week to open up more than 200,000 acres of the Little Missouri National Grasslands in North Dakota to oil and gas drilling and environmentalists don’t like it. The announcement was welcomed by North Dakota’s congressional delegation according to a report by Inforum. Click here for the story from …
Some biofuels groups are not finished in their fight to stop 31 oil refineries including one in Oklahoma from receiving exemptions from U.S. biofuel blending obligations. Neither is the Justice Department. A coalition of biofuel operators filed a brief this week with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Trump administration’s 2019 decision …
(Devon’s energy goal in STACK?) We stand corrected! Devon Energy is not drilling a four-well single pad in Blaine County as reported earlier in the week, a report based on permits to drill issued earlier by state regulators. It will be a six-well pad. Two more permits to drill at the same site near the …
Despite an increase in U.S. crude oil stockpiles oil prices continued to hang around the $48 a barrel mark in this week’s trading and it apparently is because of the growing news about COVID-19 vaccines making their way around the world. With the vaccine already being used in Great Britain and other countries seeing …
The landscape of Oklahoma remains nearly void of oil and gas rigs—those skyward reaching and rumbling giants that used to break the night time sky with their bright lights. Now one has to drive for miles and miles before seeing any oil rig activity in the dark that envelops Oklahoma. How quickly the industry …
Another slide in U.S. crude oil prices resulted in another rumble across the oil and gas industry. West Texas Intermediate crude for January delivery dropped 8 cents to $45.52 in Wednesday’s trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Global benchmark Brent crude for February delivery managed a 14-cent increase as prices finished at $48.98 on …
Final rule changes that will make it more difficult for the incoming Biden administration to create new rules to protect the environment were announced Wednesday the EPA. The rule changes limit the costs and benefits of any proposed changes by the incoming administration in 2021. The final version has yet to be published in …
Entergy Arkansas joined with the Arkansas Department of Education in announcing this week a $482,000 grant to fund development of 20 new Career and Technical Education courses for high school students and adults this summer. The 20 new Trade and Industry CTE courses will be available to high school students in July 2021, while …
Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy is being opposed by some firms in its Chapter 11 reorganization efforts. A review of the latest filings showed at least 91 separate court entries were made on Monday of this week in the Southern Texas District of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Another eleven were made on Tuesday, Dec. …