by - February 1, 2018 6:28 am
Despite rising oil prices and a rebound in U.S. drilling activity, Arkansas energy giant Murphy Oil Corp. continued to bleed red ink with a huge fourth quarter loss that included…
by - January 31, 2018 6:35 pm
Murphy USA Inc. saw a $89 million boost in fourth quarter profits due to a deferred benefit from the recent GOP tax reform package enacted into law in December, the…
by - January 31, 2018 1:19 pm
Hydraulically fractured horizontal wells comprised 69% of all oil and natural gas well drilled in the United States and 83% of the total linear footage drilled in 2016, according to…
by - January 30, 2018 8:22 am
Between late August and September, U.S. crude oil exports rose to record-high levels after Hurricane Harvey disrupted U.S. Gulf Coast refineries, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In October…
by - January 25, 2018 3:42 pm
Two long-planned, controversial and expensive multistate energy projects with similar routes across Arkansas – one high-wire and the other underground – appear to be at opposite ends of their life…
by - January 24, 2018 4:50 pm
Hydroelectric power has historically provided the largest share of U.S. renewable energy, but in 2019, wind is expected to surpass hydroelectric power as the largest provider of renewable energy, according…
by - January 23, 2018 7:17 pm
A 30% tariff on certain imported solar products will slow the growing solar energy sector but it won’t halt or compromise the economic viability of large solar field projects like…
by - January 23, 2018 10:30 am
The research of Paul Thibado, professor of physics at the University of Arkansas, shows that energy can be created with ambient temperature and two-dimensional materials, which are substances with a…
by - January 23, 2018 10:28 am
The bomb cyclone weather event in early January led to record levels of U.S. natural gas demand and increased wholesale and natural gas and power prices throughout the United States,…
by - January 22, 2018 11:33 am
Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp. has hired Allan “Mitch” Ross, formerly with ICF, as statewide manager of energy efficiency. The electricity provider announced the hire on Monday (Jan. 22). Bret Curry,…
by - January 18, 2018 3:50 pm
U.S. fossil fuels production is expected to rise to record levels in 2018 and 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Production is projected to average nearly 73 quadrillion…
by - January 17, 2018 6:17 pm
Australia’s BHP Billiton announced Wednesday (Jan. 17) it plans to move forward with an exit strategy to divest its U.S. onshore operations, which includes the global mining giant’s Fayetteville Shale…
by - January 17, 2018 5:28 pm
The gas station and convenience store industry has evolved, and few nationwide brands continue to grow their footprint while some have closed. But Arkansas-based, family-owned Workman’s Travel Centers looks to…
by - January 17, 2018 3:54 pm
Residents in Jonesboro were fed up with a continuing problem, and in 1906 they decided to do something about it. Sewer waste water spewed in the streets. A group of…
by - January 17, 2018 9:50 am
Wholesale electricity prices at trading hubs in the eastern United States were flat in 2017, from 2016, as average monthly wholesale prices in California and Texas rose 18% and 27%,…
by - January 16, 2018 10:48 am
Natural gas spot prices at the national benchmark Henry Hub in Louisiana rose 50 cents per million British thermal units to an average of $3.01 per million British thermal units…
by - January 12, 2018 3:45 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.), a member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to repeal the Clean Power Plan. On (Friday)…
by - January 12, 2018 1:28 pm
More natural gas was withdrawn from storage than in any other point in history during the recent cold weather that impacted the eastern United States, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - January 11, 2018 1:49 pm
Brent crude oil is expected to be an average of $60 per barrel in 2018 and $61 per barrel in 2019, up from the $54 per barrel average in 2017,…
by - January 9, 2018 2:11 pm
J.D. Lowery, manager of economic development for electricity provider Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., has been appointed to the board of directors for the Southern Economic Development Council. Lowery will serve…
