Thursday , May 16 2024

Report claims Texas is losing millions over its ban against some investment firms

  A recent move by the state of Texas to no longer do state business with 10 financial firms that ban investments in fossil fuels is reportedly costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars this year. That’s what National Public Radio reported this week. Click here for NPR

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Supreme Court ruling might be weapon against Texas nuclear waste storage site

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is using a recent U.S. Supreme Court EPA ruling to fight the federal government’s approval of a nuclear waste storage site in West Texas. Paxton says the court’s June 30 ruling, which limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to …

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Appeals court rules against NextEra Energy in a lawsuit over a Kansas wind farm

  NextEra Energy lost a fight over a wind farm before the Kansas Court of Appeals The appellate court upheld a lower court ruling in favor of opponents of a large commercial wind farm southeast of Hutchinson. The actual ruling was against Pretty Prairie Wind LLC,  a subsidiary created by …

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Permits to drill for August 29, 2022

Canadian County MACH 1306 #1H-5X, August 29 2022 08 13N 6W NWSWSESW API: 01725841 Lat: 35.61045977181053, Long: -97.86511805950225 OVINTIV USA INC HH, DR, 19023 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8375) Hughes County WOODRUFF #2-24/25H, August 29 2022 13 5N 10E NWSWSWSE API: 06324953 Lat: 34.89899908894033, Long: -96.20258000356516 TRINITY OPERATING USG LLC MU, DR, 15800 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(5600), …

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Completion reports for August 29, 2022

STEPHENS COUNTY Black Mesa Energy Llc Sycamore(9722): Oil 952 Gas 1439 Water 552 Flow 36 1S 4W Rangers 36-25-1s-4w Sxh 1, March 13, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 17460 ft Lat: 34.42024, Long: -97.57424 API: 35137276380000

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Storms left thousands without electrical power in central Oklahoma

  Monday afternoon thunderstorms that brought heavy rainfall to some areas of the state resulted in at least 9,000 customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric without power late in the day. OG&E reported late Monday that prior to the arrival of the downpours of rain and heavy lightning, the utility …

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Other headlines of energy stories

** A recently finalized federal biological assessment of ConocoPhillips’ proposed Willow oil and gas project in Alaska indicates the Biden administration is leaning toward approving the controversial plan. ** The federal Bureau of Land Management approves the first carbon dioxide sequestration project on public land at an ExxonMobil natural gas field in Wyoming. ** Colorado …

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Colorado enviros don’t like cryptocurrency miners using methane gas from oil wells

  Colorado’s ban on the flaring of natural gas from oil wells in the state has led to an interesting fight as oil operators sell their surplus methane to cryptocurrency miners. But you see, environmentalists don’t like it, even though it is in accordance with the state anti-flaring law. Environmentalists …

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Solar projects underway for Kanas electric cooperative

  An electric cooperative based in Topeka, Kansas has started work on creation of three new solar projects. FreeState Electric Cooperative and Evergy are working together on the project that will yield a combined 3.4 MW of renewable energy production reported DailyEnergy Insider. Click here for DailyEnergy Insider

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Ovintiv keeps busy in Kingfisher County

  While reporting another fairly significant oil producer in Kingfisher County, Ovintiv Inc. also plans to continue its expanding exploration in Oklahoma’s STACK play. Its expansion effort includes a project of four wells on a single pad. The company filed a completion report on a well that made its first …

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