Those who believe strongly in green energy and against fossil fuels are, as the old saying goes, “between a crack and a hard place” when it comes to the discovery of a new source for lithium, the mineral used in the development of batteries for electric vehicles. The source? Wastewater from fracking. So environmentalists …
Oklahoma’s oil and gas drilling efforts suffered a big loss of four rigs over the past week as the state had only 38 rigs active in the patch, according to the latest rig information released Friday by Baker Hughes Co. The 38 active rigs compares to 44 reported in the state a year ago …
Lower bills will greet western Kansas electricity customers after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission was caught not enforcing its own rules regarding transmission costs from wind farms in the state. FERC recently decided, under pressure from Kansas U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran, to make sure customers of the utilities transmitting power from …
** A project centered in Utah is being developed to make cleaner ammonia with help from an unlikely source: nuclear energy. It’s a project that, if scaled, could eliminate the more than 1% of global carbon pollution production that is generated from ammonia-making, according to the Innovation News Network. ** Solar accounted for 75% of electricity generation capacity added …
Years too late. It’s what a U.S. District judge has ruled in dismissing legal claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who tried to stop construction of the $10 billion energy transmission line to carry wind powered electricity from New Mexico to California. Judge Jennifer Zipps said the opponents were not only too late …
Results of Chesapeake Energy’s recent annual shareholders meeting were released in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The seven members proposed for the company’s board of directors were approved by shareholders. They will serve as a director until the next annual meeting of shareholders. Director Nominee Votes For Votes Against …
Devon Energy has made known results of its early April annual meeting where 11 directors were chosen by shareholders for the current fiscal year. The filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated there were 632,639,718 shares of Devon’s common stock outstanding. The eleven directors were: Barbara M. Baumann, John E. Bethancourt, Ann …
For a second consecutive day, crude oil prices recorded gains on Thursday. They rose 2% after the European Central Bank cut interest rates for the first time since 2019—something investors hope the U.S. Federal Reserve will also do in September. At the same time, OPEC+ ministers gave assurances to invesstors that their weekend output agreement …
Oklahoma regulators have agreed to allow Summit Utilities to avoid competitive bidding requirements and build and operate a hydrogen blending plant in Cushing. It paves the way toward construction of the operation. By a 2-1 vote this week, Corporation Commissioners voted to deny a recommendation of the agency’s Public Utilities Division to dismiss Summit’s …
In Fairfax, Iowa recently, a $10 million new plant, built by REGEN Fiber, owned by Alliant Energy subsidiary Travero, hosted a grand opening Wednesday to explain the process for recycling decommissioned wind turbine blades. The plant, which cost more than $10 million and employs eight people, is expected to start processing materials …