A semi-truck driver was killed Sunday when a coal train derailed off a bridge and onto the roadway near Pueblo, Colorado. The derailment left part of Colorado’s Interstate 25 shut down in both directions. Crews for BNSF Railway helped with the cleanup of the ten rail cars that slid off the tracks and over …
Kansas and Missouri electric utilities accused of lagging behind on climate action plans
Three large electric utilities in Kansas and Missouri are being criticized because they haven’t followed through on their climate action plans. The criticism is largely from the Sierra Club. The group contends that after three years, two of the largest electric utilities in Kansas and Missouri – Ameren Missouri and Evergy – have regressed …
Westwin Elements
Westwin Elements representatives answered questions Wednesday ranging from plant safety to whether the full-scale version of its cobalt-nickel refinery is guaranteed for Lawton. There wasn’t a lot of details about the refinery — details still are under discussion, Westwin officials said — but the company’s technical team was able to answer many resident-posed questions about the process …
Colorado County votes to restrict oil and gas drilling near reservoirs
A county at the edge of Denver, Colorado is banning all oil and gas exploration within one mile of existing water reservoirs. Arapahoe County, where Littleton is the County Seat and Aurora is the largest city made the move in the past week after Civitas Resources announced plans for drilling in the region of …
Missouri approves Grain Belt Express transmission line
After years of working to win approval in Missouri, developers of the 800-mile Grain Belt Express,the power line that will carry wind energy from southwest Kansas across Missouri and Illinois and eventually to Indiana, have received it. The Missouri Public Service Commission, on a 4-1 vote, approved the plan in which the Grain Belt …
Will Williams Cos. have another strong quarter?
Williams is the latest Oklahoma energy company to announce a release date for its third quarter earnings and no doubt, its shareholders will be anixous to see if the strong second quarter carried into the third quarter. The Tulsa-based company, with 33,000 miles of pipelines across the country, plans to make the release after …
LSB to be part of new ammonia production plant in Houston’s Ship Channel
Oklahoma City-based LSB Industries Inc., a producer of industrial and agricultural chemicals, is part of a group of firms planning construction of an ammonia production plant in the Houston Ship Channel. LSB, led by President Mark Behrman, will build the 1.1 million tons per year low-carbon production and export plant along with Air Liquide Group, …
Lower winter heating bills predicted by EIA
The government is out with a prediction that Americans will pay less on heating this winter compared to last winter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration report stated that the forecast applies to U.S. households where natural gas is used for heating. There will also be a decline in expenses for homes that use …
3Q earnings to be released by Alliance Resource Partners
Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., the coal company headquartered in Tulsa but with major operations in the east, plans to release its third quarter financial reports later in the month. The release will be made on Friday, October 27 and management will discuss the results during a conference call starting at 9 a.m. Central Time. …
Vital Energy plans to double amount of company shares
Vital Energy’s board of directors has called for a special meeting in November for shareholders to vote on a proposed doubling of the number of shares held in the Tulsa company. At the Tuesday, November 21 meeting, shareholders will be asked to amend the company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to increase the …