by - September 15, 2017 2:59 pm
Arkansas Sierra Club and the city of Fayetteville hosted a Drive Electric Week event in downtown Fayetteville on Friday (Sept. 15). The event focused on the benefits of electric vehicles…
by - September 14, 2017 10:16 am
Energy consumption is expected to rise 28% globally, between 2015 and 2040, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. On Thursday (Sept. 14), the EIA released the International Energy Outlook…
by - September 12, 2017 10:32 am
The production of primary aluminum in the United States has declined by more than 50% since January 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Primary aluminum production was consistently…
by - September 11, 2017 6:42 pm
Gross inputs to refineries along the U.S. Gulf Coast declined 34% or 3.2 million barrels per day in the week ending Sept. 1, from the previous week in which Hurricane…
by - September 11, 2017 6:17 pm
Little Rock nonprofit Winrock International has helped to develop an emission reduction program in Ghana, allowing it to become part of the Carbon Fund portfolio of the Forest Carbon Partnership…
by - September 8, 2017 9:34 am
Hurricane Irma has utilities in Florida preparing for high levels of power outages, and officials in the state are planning to shut down two nuclear power plants — Turkey Point…
by - September 7, 2017 11:41 am
A team of science and agriculture researchers at the University of Arkansas are working with researchers from two other institutions on a project to develop a chemical process that converts…
by - September 7, 2017 11:07 am
The price of electricity rose 1.5% between 2006 and 2016 — similar to the 1.6% annual rate of inflation over the same period, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - September 6, 2017 3:10 pm
Tulsa-based Magellan Midstream Partners, a major Gulf Coast refined productions transporter that delivers gasoline and other motor fuels into Arkansas’ market, announced plans Wednesday (Sept. 6) to build another 135-mile,…
by - September 6, 2017 2:52 pm
Pump prices across Arkansas have jumped nearly 25 cents over the past week as Hurricane Irma approaches the Florida coast, prompting fears of gas shortages and price-gouging that could spike…
by - September 5, 2017 8:33 am
The U.S. Department of Energy has proposed a rule to accelerate the approval process for small-scale exports of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), from the United States. On…
by - September 5, 2017 8:27 am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will temporarily allow the distribution of 11.5 Low Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) gasoline in Arkansas in hopes to ease a fuel shortage in the wake…
by - August 31, 2017 6:00 pm
U.S. consumption of distillate fuel has become less seasonal as its use as a heating fuel has fallen, exports have risen and its non-seasonal usage as a transportation fuel has…
by - August 31, 2017 12:20 pm
Hurricane Harvey’s rampage through the nation’s critical Gulf Coast refining infrastructure could cause snafus for the final leg of the nation’s vacation travel season, driving up pump prices across the…
by - August 31, 2017 11:05 am
Oil producers in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico have shut down about 324,000 barrels per day of crude oil production as a result of Tropical Storm Harvey, which initially made…
by - August 31, 2017 10:07 am
U.S. consumption of distillate fuel has become less seasonal as its use as a heating fuel has fallen, exports have risen and its non-seasonal usage as a transportation fuel has…
by - August 28, 2017 3:24 pm
As severe flooding from Hurricane Harvey inundates much of the nation’s gasoline refining infrastructure on the U.S. Gulf Coast, Arkansas motorists should expect to see a spike in pump prices…
by - August 25, 2017 10:41 am
Hurricane Harvey might impact a large amount of energy infrastructure along the Texas Gulf Coast, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The U.S. Gulf of Mexico accounts for nearly…
by - August 23, 2017 10:53 am
The University of Arkansas and Cree Fayetteville will receive more than $4 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to develop more efficient electric power…
by - August 22, 2017 2:45 pm
Industrial mining conglomerate BHP Billiton said Tuesday (Aug. 22) it is still seeking to auction off the company’s Fayetteville Shale assets to interested buyers, hoping to get a premium offer…
