Archives for June 2017
Oil jobs rebound as U.S. drilling fleet grows for 5 straight months
American oil producers put up another eight drilling rigs this week in fields stretching across West Texas, Colorado and North Dakota, bringing workers back into the oil patch after a job-killing oil bust. By conservative...
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Atmos Energy hiked gas rates while over earning by millions
In recent years, Dallas-based Atmos Energy has raised its gas utility rates while still earning millions more than a state cap allows. Atmos earned above the allowable level in 2013 and 2015, too, and both...
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Exxon may have misled investors on climate costs, New York AG tells judge
New York’s top cop told a judge that his investigation into Exxon Mobil Corp.’s public statements about climate change uncovered “significant evidence” the oil giant may have misled investors about how it calculates the impact...
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Market Currents: Oil still roiled
As oil ventures into forty dollardom once more, today’s blog takes a peek at a number of supply side influences, from Basrah buoyed to Brazil nuttiness, all via a ‘call on shale’. Hark, here are...
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U.S. coal demand falls to lowest level since ’84
The U.S. power sector consumed 677 million short tons of coal last year, the lowest level since 1984, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Friday. That was a 35 percent decline from 2008, when coal...
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