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Monday energy headlines
** General Motors (GM) has agreed to place battery manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs) under its main agreement with the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, UAW President Shawn Fain announced on Friday. ** Exxon Mobil is expecting a third-quarter operating profit of between $8.3 billion and $11.4 billion, as increases in oil, gas and fuel …
GRDA moves to replace last coal-fired unit in Choteau
Oklahoma’s Grand River Dam Authority recently inked a deal to acquire another large advanced class gas turbine from Mitsubishi Power to continue supplying electricity for the region. In doing so, the Authority will replace its last coal-fired unit at its energy center in Choteau. A formal signing ceremony featured representatives from the Authority and …
Wyoming to sue BLM over land plan?
The Bureau of Land Management is likely to be taken to court over its plans to set aside 3.6 million acres of land in Wyoming. Who might sue? The state of Wyoming. Gov. Mark Gordon is reported to be exploring opitions for legal action against the BLM over its controversial Rock Springs Resource …
Enable Transmission gas line explodes in Arkansas
An investigation is underway in Arkansas where a natural gas transmission line ruptured and burst into flames, sending flames nearly 300 in the air. It was Wednesday night near the Jessieville area of the state, which is in west central Arkansas. The flames and explosion forced the closure of a nearby state highway and …
Government report shows Oklahoma has low electricity rates compared to most others
A new government report about residential electricity prices in the U.S. ranked Oklahoma 41 for the lowest amount paid during June of this year. The U.S. Energy Information Administration showed Oklahoma’s average retail price for electricity was $12.63, far from the $41.74 in Hawaii and $31.80 in Connecticut. The lowest was Washington State with …
ConocoPhillips workers join union in Canada
A move by some ConocoPhillips workers to join the United Steelworkers union in Canada drew a round of applause from the union leadership. It happened in Montney, B.C., a small town north of Fort St. John where ConocoPhillips operates an unconventional gas field development. Over 30 workers at the Montney facilities will become members …
New speaker likely to get support from oil and gas industry
The nation’s oil and gas industry is likely to support whoever House Republicans might choose in the coming week to be the replacement for ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That’s what E&E News reports, stating that whoever succeeds McCarthy, will “almost certainly be a friend of fossil fuel interests and a likely skeptic of the …
Ten more years of nuclear waste site operation in New Mexico
New Mexico has approved another 10-year operation of the nuclear hazardous waste site near Carlsbad. The New Mexico Environment Department approved a final order approving the Proposed Final Permit for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Hazardous Waste facility. Approval came after 9 months of public comment. “The new permit will benefit New Mexico and …
FCC takeover of Internet fought by Sen. Lankford and others
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford says the last thing the FCC should bedoing is reinstating what he calls the “heavy-handed Obama-era regulations” of the internet. “Our country faces real challenges. A lack of public-utility regulations for the internet is not one of them.” He and more than 40 other senators sent a letter to …
Oil and gas industry helped develop new oilfield waste rules in Texas
State regulators in Texas face criticism for allowing the oil and gas industry to help develop newly-released hazardous oilfield waste rules over the past two years. What upsets critics is that the public only gets a month to comment on the new rules while industry representatives started giving their input back in 2021. They …