by - April 28, 2017 6:21 pm
Arkansas native Colette Honorable announced plans Friday (April 28) to step down in two months from her influential position on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a post she has held…
by - April 27, 2017 10:09 am
Nuclear power plants accounted for nearly 20% of total U.S. electricity generation in 2016, but the plants only comprise of 9% of U.S. generation capacity, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - April 26, 2017 4:06 pm
BHP Billiton CEO Andrew Mackenzie said Wednesday (April 26) the Australian mining giant has initiated the sale of its “non-core” U.S. operations and is reviewing the possible auction of its…
by - April 26, 2017 11:20 am
Crude oil production in the Permian Basin is projected to rise to 2.4 million barrels per day in May, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Between January 2016 and…
by - April 25, 2017 12:15 pm
U.S. production of marketed natural gas fell to 77 billion cubic feet per day in 2016, marking the first annual decline since 2005, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - April 24, 2017 12:10 pm
A new $15 million manufacturing facility that will employ up to 75 workers has opened in West Memphis. Sediver USA, a subsidiary of the Seves Group has started production, according…
by - April 24, 2017 11:08 am
More than 50% of U.S. solar plants use technology that tracks the path of the sun, and the majority of plants with these systems are in the Southwest, according to…
by - April 20, 2017 5:36 pm
For former Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter and his corporate partner, L’Oréal USA, they’ve planted a field of beams. On Thursday, Halter’s solar panel company Scenic Hill Solar and cosmetics…
by - April 20, 2017 10:39 am
Natural gas-fired generators comprised of 42% of the operating capacity for electricity generation in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. These generators account for the largest…
by - April 20, 2017 9:01 am
Murphy USA reported a first quarter loss of $3 million in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. The El Dorado-based retail fuel and convenience store chain…
by - April 18, 2017 1:38 pm
The average age of coal-fired power plants is 39 years old with 88% of them were built between 1950 and 1990, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration. Coal-fired electricity generating…
by - April 18, 2017 10:48 am
Electricity generated with natural gas is expected to fall to 34% this summer, from 37% last summer, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But for the third consecutive summer,…
by - April 13, 2017 12:31 pm
U.S. gas prices will rise 23 cents to an average of $2.46 per gallon this summer, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook. The price for a…
by - April 12, 2017 10:16 am
U.S. crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico reached 1.6 million barrels per day in 2016, which was 44,000 more barrels per day than in 2009, the year with…
by - April 10, 2017 3:22 pm
BHP Billiton, which is down to less than 100 workers in the Arkansas Fayetteville Shale play, on Monday rejected a proposal by a U.S. hedge fund to split the Australian…
by - April 10, 2017 2:38 pm
Fayetteville is working to develop an Energy Action Plan to “encourage and foster continued improvements in the climate and energy sector,” according to a news release. On Feb. 7, the…
by - April 6, 2017 11:48 am
The majority of U.S. households use natural gas furnaces, electric furnaces or electric heat pumps as their main heat source in the winter, but the equipment and fuels used for…
by - April 5, 2017 9:59 am
U.S. energy use narrowly increased to 97.4 quadrillion British thermal units in 2016, compared to 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. At the same time, coal consumption fell…
by - April 4, 2017 1:00 pm
The amount of underground natural gas storage in the lower 48 states has slightly increase over the past three years, but the rise isn’t a result of new storage facilities….
by - April 3, 2017 3:03 pm
U.S. oil producers increased capital expenses by 72% or $4.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration….
