April 29, 2021 — East Texas Rep. Trent Ashby‘s bill to protect groundwater at O&G disposal sites is has passed the Texas House and will now be considered by the Senate, where Jacksonville-area …
April 29, 2021 — Ft. Worth’s Contango O&G Co. has two new appointments to its board and is exploring its ESG options. Karen Simon will serve as a member of the Audit and …
By Alex Mills Data from a variety of sources indicate the cycle of contraction in the oil and gas industry has reversed and demand for petroleum products is returning. The International Energy Agency …
April 28, 2021 — Basic Energy Services, Inc. says it’s entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the sale of “certain non-core assets” for $6.6 million. The deal is “not including the …
April 29, 2021 — East Texas Rep. Trent Ashby‘s bill to protect groundwater at O&G disposal sites is expected to pass on third ready Thursday in the Texas House. CSHB 2201 passed on …
April 27, 2021 — The ERCOT Board of Directors on Tuesday announced the selection of Brad Jones to serve as the interim President and CEO for the Texas grid operator serving 90 percent …
April 26, 2021 — A bill to require the PUC, the RRC and the Texas Division of Emergency Management to prepare emergency severe weather plans, including extensive plans for communications, passed the Texas …
By Alex Mills April 22, 2021 — If Congress passes President Biden’s energy proposal, American consumers need to get ready to relive the days of double-digit increases in energy price. Biden’s plan is …
RRC Expertise Also Utilized to Assist National Parks Service April 21, 2021 — The Railroad Commission of Texas’s strong track record continues for a major program in the agency’s critical mission to protect …
April 20, 2021 — Environmental Defense Fund launched a national campaign to counter long-running efforts by oil industry lobbyists and their allies to undermine progress on clean transportation. The campaign, including TV and online advertising, social …
April 20, 2021 — Environmental activists are in the middle of what they call a “week of action,” with Gulf Coast organizers in Washington DC calling for an end to fossil fuel exports …
April 19, 2021 — Austin-based Electric Power Engineers President Hala Ballouz is joining four other power industry experts in recommending a regional system operator model for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas-controlled power grid.
Based on the known events that occurred during the Valentine’s week Texas power crisis, the group of five energy-related managers and engineers said in a published statement that many of the deficiencies that led to and exacerbated the crisis “are a consequence of the way deregulation was enacted in Texas.”
This helped result in a system currently being used in Texas that led to a tragic failure “primarily as a consequence of following an approach to resource investment that relies entirely on the use of (short-term) markets,” the experts said in a scholarly paper published at ResearchGate.
Claims made by others that the market-based shortage-recovery system used by ERCOT actually “worked” is “disputable,” they added.
By Alex Mills April 16, 2021 — As two agencies recently reported an improving global economy has sparked optimism about improving demand for petroleum products, President Biden introduced his plan to increase taxes …
April 16, 2021 — One of Tyler’s largest roses distributors is proposing to file a nationwide class action lawsuit against Houston’s Symmetry Energy Solutions, claiming price gouging for natural gas during the February …
April 15, 2021 — Houston’s Viridis Chemical has a new deal with Koch Project Solutions to increase production at a plant in Columbus, Nebraska. Viridis, a renewable chemicals manufacturer, is under a new …
April 15, 2021 — Rayburn Electric Cooperative has gone live with PCI’s Enterprise Platform to manage its member billing and settlement validation requirements in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power market. As part …
April 15, 2021 — Solar products company Q Cells says it is securing an unspecified tax equity investment for its 81-MWp Kellam solar park in Van Zandt County. The plant is located in …
April 15, 2021 — Two Texas energy professionals have been named by Governor Greg Abbott to the Texas Tech Board of Regents. The two, along with a third new board of regents member, …
Editor’s note: Investors will likely spend about $1 billion on data tracking environmental, social and governance factors by the end of this year, according to data firm Opimas LLC. April 15, 2021 — …
April 15, 2021 — A bill bars state agencies from investing in or doing business with publicly-traded companies that boycott O&G companies passed the Texas Senate on Thursday. A committee substitute for SB …