by - August 7, 2017 9:56 am
A solar eclipse on Aug. 21 will impact electricity generation for about 1,900 utility-scale solar photovoltaic power plants in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. But…
by - August 4, 2017 10:21 am
Almost 59 million barrels per day of crude oil and petroleum products were transported on maritime routes in 2015, representing 61% of the world total, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - August 3, 2017 5:23 pm
Dam safety is a national priority for the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) which regulates 716 dams across the country and 25 facilities in Arkansas. Bradley Clark, a geotechnical…
by - August 3, 2017 10:28 am
Thirty states and the District of Columbia have energy efficiency policies that include mandates, voluntary goals or pilot programs, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. They are designed to…
by - August 2, 2017 6:07 pm
El Dorado’s corporate denizens, Murphy Oil Corp. and Murphy USA Inc., each pushed out their second quarter earnings after the close of business Wednesday as the closely held, publicly traded…
by - August 2, 2017 9:20 am
Texas used a total of 13 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) or about 13% of total U.S. energy consumption in 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The EIA’s…
by - August 1, 2017 1:51 pm
The number of U.S. workers in the natural gas and oil industry rose 500,000 to 10.3 million, between 2011 and 2015, accounting for 5.6% of total U.S. employment, according to…
by - August 1, 2017 12:36 pm
The inability for oil tankers to travel through major sea channels, known as chokepoints, can cause supply delays and higher shipping costs, increasing energy costs globally, according to the U.S….
by - July 27, 2017 10:31 am
SWEPCO’s wind project announced Wednesday is the latest in a spate of power projects that will add more renewable options to Arkansas’ energy mix. Plains and Eastern Clean Line is…
by - July 27, 2017 10:10 am
The amount of natural gas used to produce electricity, which is known as power burn, reached 41 billion cubic feet July 20, the highest level so far in 2017, according…
by - July 26, 2017 1:47 pm
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock professor has received $500,000 to develop high-performance, cost-effective transportation fuel cells. Dr. Tansel Karabacak, professor of physics and astronomy, received a $400,000 grant…
by - July 26, 2017 11:04 am
Residential electricity sales in the United States have fallen 3% since 2010, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. In the same period, sales per person have fallen 7%, and…
by - July 25, 2017 12:17 pm
Little Rock grid operator Southwest Power Pool (SPP) said Tuesday (July 25) it plans to exit its decade-long agreement to enforce federal electric reliability standards across the Midwest by the…
by - July 25, 2017 9:47 am
Crude oil production in the United States is projected to rise by 0.5 million barrels per day to 9.3 million barrels per day in 2017, from 2016, according to the…
by - July 21, 2017 11:33 am
Weekly U.S. ethanol production has risen 5% to 1.02 million barrels per day through the first six months of 2017, from the same period in 2016, according to the U.S….
by - July 20, 2017 5:23 pm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt on Thursday (July 20) defended President Donald Trump’s decision to repeal and review water and clean air regulations implemented by the previous…
by - July 20, 2017 10:08 am
The National Center for Natural Gas Control in Mexico recently reallocated the country’s natural gas pipeline capacity to foreign and domestic companies after two rounds of auctions, according to the…
by - July 19, 2017 10:28 am
More than two-thirds of U.S. households with programmable thermostats don’t use the controls to program them, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Only 12% of the 118 million households…
by - July 18, 2017 11:19 am
Coal exports rose 58% in the first quarter, from the same period in 2016, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Steam coal exports increased 6 million short tons and…
by - July 17, 2017 12:07 pm
The U.S. retail price for regular gasoline is expected to be an average of $2.38 per gallon this summer, and if the projection holds true, it will be the second-lowest…
