Williams seeks FERC approval for gas pipeline expansion

    Williams Cos. is asking approval of federal regulators for a 54-mile natural gas pipeline in North Carolina and Virginia that’s part of a planned gas infrastructure buildout across the Southeast. The request by the Tulsa-based company was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking permission to construction a methane gas pipeline for Virginia …

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** Ford’s chief executive revealed that he drives a $30,000 Chinese-made electric sedan — and got ripped by critics, who called it a “slap in the face” to employees of the Detroit-based automaker. Farley, who has been CEO of Ford since October 2020, said he drives a Xiaomi SU7, an electric sedan that retails for $30,000 that he had …

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Energy Transfer announces increased cash distribution on shares

  Ahead of its release of third quarter earnings, Energy Transfer announced an increase in its quarterly cash distribution. The Dallas company, which merged 3 years ago with Oklahoma’s Enable Midstream Partners, said the new cash distribution is $0.3225 per share or $1.29 on an annual basis. This cash distribution per Energy Transfer common unit …

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ALLETE Clean Energy sells a Wisconsin wind farm

  ALLETE Clean Energy, part of US energy company Allete Inc. and the owner of two Oklahoma wind farms, including its biggest in Johnson and Pontotoc Counties, announced the sale this week of another wind project in southwestern Wisconsin. ALLETE sold the Whitetail wind project to Invenergy. It acquired the project three years ago and …

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Big slide in earnings for Phillips 66 in 3Q

  Phillips 66 third quarter earnings took a punch to the face, tumbling from $1 billion in the second quarter to $346 million. The Houston-based company said its adjusted earnings were $859 million versus $984 million in the previous quarter. Part of the drop was related to the $41 million in costs of the planned …

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Largest container ship handled at Port of Houston

(Business wire) The Port of Houston recently handled its largest vessel ever to date—a 11,356 TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit) ship named the Cassiopeia. It took two days for 7,327 moves to be completed or about 31 per hour.   The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority has an ongoing Houston Ship Channel …

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Colorado fights proposed oil by rail project

    Colorado leaders have taken their fight against a proposed oil by rail project through their state to the U.S. Supreme Court. They’re fighting the 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway, a multibillion dollar plan to ship oil from the Uinta Basin of Utah through Colorado and eventually to places such as Oklahoma’s Cushing Hub. Colorado …

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ONEOK announces higher third quarter earnings

  Earnings rose for ONEOK, Inc. in the third quarter of the year. The company announced higher third quarter 2024 results and provided 2024 financial guidance on a consolidated basis that includes contributions from EnLink Midstream and the pending Medallion Midstream acquisition. ONEOK also increased its 2024 financial guidance on a stand-alone basis to be comparable …

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Expand Energy earnings report released showing 3Q loss

    Despite a $114 million or 85 cent a share loss in the third quarter,  Nick Dell’Osso, Expand Energy’s President and Chief Executive Officer called it a strong quarter. Nearly a month after Chesapeake Energy’s merger with Southwest Energy was completed, the company released its third quarter earnings report showing $422 million in net …

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Corporation Commissioner David chosen as officer of Southwest Power Pool committee

  Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner David was elected this week to serve as an officer on a Regional State Committee of the Southwest Power Pool, the 14-state electric grid that includes Oklahoma. She was chosen secretary/treasurer at the groups’ quarterly meeting held in Little Rock, Arkansas. Her new term on the Regional State Committee will begin …

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