I’m an early riser. Sometimes around 4 a.m. but usually anywhere from 4:30 a.m. to 5:30 a.m., a time which gives me a good view of the night sky in addition to enjoying the peace and quiet–a good time to write. Or take an occasional early-morning phone call from some of my more fervent …
Odessa, Texas is known for being the heart of oil country. As in Permian Basin. As in Midland-Odessa. But the west Texas city has also become home to one of the largest utility-scale solar generation facilities in Texas. 174 Power Global has completed and energized its Oberon Solar Power Facility near Odessa according to a …
When Oklahoma’s legislature approved a new state law in May that prevented cities and local governments from banning natural gas hookups in new buildings, it joined a list of other states doing the same thing. The movement pushed by the natural gas industry has caught the attention of some journalists critical of the effort, …
The COVID-19 has forced operators of the Mesa Royalty Trust, one formed to cover producing oil and gas properties in the Hugoton field of southwest Kansas and the San Juan Basin fields of New Mexico and Colorado to suspend any distribution in August. The Trust announced over the weekend that there would be no …
While SandRidge Energy reported a $216 million net loss in its second quarter, one company executive has just acquired 200,000 shares in the struggling firm. A filing with the Securities Exchange Commission on Friday showed Salah Gamoudi , SandRidge’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer acquired the common stock in an August 11 transaction. …
ConocoPhillips announced that it has completed the previously announced $390 million transaction to acquire additional Montney acreage in Canada from Kelt Exploration Ltd. The company also assumed approximately $30 million in financing obligations for associated partially owned infrastructure. The company now has 295,000 net acres in the Montney with 100 percent working interest. “The liquids-rich …
The nation saw a slight increase of 10 oil and gas rigs in the past week to reach a total of 254 while in Oklahoma, the numbers were unchanged at eleven active rigs. The country’s storage yards are packed with rigs as energy companies realize the COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause layoffs, bankruptcies and …
Deadlines in two separate federal courts arrive this week in the fight over efforts to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. The oil and gas industry and environmentalists are closely watching the case that could determine whether a three-year-old crude pipeline, which serves as the main crude artery from the Bakken …
EPA’s online dashboard shows the agency has now received nearly 100 petitions for small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard mandates dating back to 2011. Since June, EPA has received two new petitions for each of 2011 and 2012, three new petitions for each of 2013, 2014 and 2015, plus one more for …
** Jerome Bettis sued energy company EQT for $66 million in a federal court on Thursday alleging racial discrimination. The Hall of Fame running back who won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers is part owner of a trucking company called IntegrServ. He claims that EQT backed out of a business agreement with IntegrServ that was …