The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) wants to spend some of the $214+ million it’s receiving from the federal government’s Phase 1 & 2 program to plug orphaned conventional oil and gas wells on a research project to determine the potential health impacts of living near such wells. You may recall the flawed (totally…
Last Thursday (Sept. 12), the Pennsylvania State Senate Republican Policy Committee held a hearing in Pittsburgh to explore ways to simplify and make more effective PA’s expanded abandoned and orphan conventional oil and gas well plugging programs. As a reminder, abandoned wells are those with no production for at least 12 months in a row….
Opponents of Enbridge’s Line 5 project say the move is positive and will allow more time for the project to meet environmental and legal concerns. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including an agreement between Exxon Mobil and Mitsubishi Corp. concerning ammonia from a planned hydrogen facility in Texas. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Here is a compilation of dividends declared by select upstream and service and supply companies for third-quarter 2024. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Chevron Corp., already drilling nearly 2.8-mile laterals at its Loma Campana Field in Argentina, wants to drill even longer horizontals, an executive told Hart Energy. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Rising Phoenix Minerals CEO Jace Graham said his boutique firm isn’t getting any bigger: The company doesn’t need a squad of infantry when “we’ve got a team of snipers.” This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure purchased assets from its renewables-focused subsidiary Tidewater Renewables. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
In addition to hampering ports and refineries, an estimated 41.74% of Gulf of Mexico oil production, or 730,472 bbl/d, has been shut in. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
The biggest challenge to climate litigation against energy producers to date is now fully briefed and awaiting a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on whether the lawsuit can move forward. Reminder: in May, nineteen Republican state attorneys general asked the high court to block climate lawsuits brought by California, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Jersey and Rhode Island, arguing that
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson last week urged a court to throw out Charleston’s climate lawsuit against energy producers – marking a unique instance of a state attorney general calling out the lack of merits of a municipality’s case. In a amicus brief filed on September 4, Wilson cited the recent dismissal of Baltimore’s lawsuit and noted that the lawsuit
Upon completion of a pilot test of the new application, the technology will be rolled out to the rest of HNR Acquisition Corp.’s field operators. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.