by - August 2, 2019 12:27 pm
Petroleum accounted for 36% of total energy consumption in 2018 and was the largest primary source of energy consumed in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
by - July 31, 2019 8:25 pm
Convenience store operator Murphy USA Inc. reported Wednesday (July 31) that second quarter profits were down 37% from a year ago, primarily due to higher operating expenses and declining fuel…
by - July 31, 2019 1:03 pm
Second quarter profits for the parent company of Entergy Arkansas were down from a year ago as the New Orleans-based utility giant continues to lessen its dependence on coal-fired power…
by - July 30, 2019 8:45 am
Nick Brown, the longtime leader of Southwest Power Pool, announced he will retire in April 2020, according to a company statement. Brown made the announcement at a Monday, July 29…
by - July 24, 2019 4:09 pm
A growing number of Arkansas cities, counties and school districts are moving toward solar to handle all or a portion of their electricity demand. None of those are in the…
by - July 24, 2019 10:51 am
U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are expected to fall 2.2% in 2019 after rising 2.7% in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Nearly all of the decrease…
by - July 19, 2019 2:40 pm
Searcy Water Utilities has partnered with solar power developer Entegrity Energy Partners of Little Rock to build a 5.7-megawatt solar power plant to meet the utility’s electricity demand, according to…
by - July 18, 2019 11:19 am
Henry Hub natural gas spot prices for June, July and August are expected to be an average of $2.37 per million British thermal units, and if realized, this would be…
by - July 17, 2019 10:27 am
Solar power company Shine Solar of Bentonville recently announced it has acquired Palmer HVAC of Springdale, and the name of the heating and cooling company has been changed to Shine…
by - July 16, 2019 3:09 pm
The city of Stuttgart and Scenic Hill Solar have partnered to build a 3.15 megawatt solar power plant that will generate 100% renewable energy for its government and municipal operations….
by - July 15, 2019 7:03 pm
Electric utility Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, announced Monday (July 15) it will add 810 megawatts of wind energy by 2022 as…
by - July 11, 2019 11:52 am
Utility-scale battery storage units, which are those with at least 1 megawatt of power capacity, are a newer electric power resource, and their use has risen recently. The operating capacity…
by - July 10, 2019 11:32 am
Murphy Oil Corp. Wednesday (July 10) announced that its Malaysian subsidiary has completed the $2.13 billion sale of deep-water oil and gas assets in Southeast Asia. The deal allows the…
by - July 8, 2019 4:16 pm
U.S. crude oil production and lease condensate rose to 12.2 million barrels per day in April, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). This was the first time that…
by - June 28, 2019 9:49 am
Solar power developer Scenic Hill Solar of North Little Rock recently completed a 360-kilowatt solar power plant for telecommunications provider Arkwest Communications in Danville. The plant is the largest solar…
by - June 27, 2019 3:30 pm
The Renewable Fuel Standard, a federal program that requires the use of biofuels in gasoline supplies, has not lowered gasoline prices at the pump or significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions,…
by - June 27, 2019 4:43 am
U.S. monthly electricity generation from renewable sources exceeded coal-fired generation for the first time in April, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Renewable sources provided 23% of total…
by - June 20, 2019 3:16 pm
Entergy Corp. is asking its shareholders to turn back an unsolicited “mini-tender” offer from a privately-held Canadian investment firm that has made similar approaches to buy discounted shares from investors…
by - June 20, 2019 8:54 am
Houston-based oil and gas independent Anadarko Petroleum Corp., which agreed to a unsolicited $38 billion takeover bid from rival Occidental Petroleum Corp. last month, plans to spearhead the largest U.S….
by - June 19, 2019 9:32 am
U.S. imports of crude oil from members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) declined to the lowest level since March 1986, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration…
