by - May 1, 2019 10:48 am
Highlighting the company’s strategy to exit the merchant nuclear power industry and refocus on regulated utility operations and renewable energy, Entergy Corp. Wednesday (May 1) reported that first quarter earnings…
by - April 30, 2019 10:10 am
U.S. exports of petroleum products rose by 366,000 barrels per day to a record high of 5.6 million barrels per day in 2018, from 2017, according to the U.S. Energy…
by - April 29, 2019 4:47 pm
Murphy USA Inc. on Monday (April 29) posted modest profits in the first quarter as the El Dorado gas station store operator said customer traffic at the chain of nearly…
by - April 25, 2019 11:21 am
The retail price of U.S. regular gasoline is expected to fall 3% to $2.76 per gallon this summer, from the same period in 2018, because of lower crude oil prices,…
by - April 25, 2019 10:50 am
The average amount of electricity U.S. residential households will consume is expected to decline 5% to about 3,080 kilowatt-hours of electricity this summer (June through August), from the same period…
by - April 23, 2019 3:18 pm
Murphy Oil Corp. on Tuesday (April 23) announced that it is broadening its North American energy portfolio with a key $1.4 billion deepwater acquisition in the Gulf Mexico only weeks…
by - April 22, 2019 4:05 pm
In a 54-page report acknowledging the impact of climate change, the parent company of Entergy Arkansas on Monday (April 22) announced an ambitious new strategy to lower the company’s carbon…
by - April 22, 2019 10:29 am
Energy trade accounted for 12% of the value for all U.S. exports to Mexico and 5% of all U.S. imports from Mexico in 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau….
by - April 16, 2019 3:12 pm
The Regional Recycling District in Pulaski County will hold a free electronics recycling collection beginning Tuesday, April 23, at the Verizon Arena parking lot on E. Washington Avenue in North…
by - April 16, 2019 11:33 am
Primary energy consumption in the United States rose 4% to a record high of 101.3 quadrillion British thermal units in 2018, from 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration….
by - April 15, 2019 12:05 pm
About 11% of U.S. households indirectly pay for using electricity, natural gas, fuel oil or propane through rent, fees or to a third party such as a housing authority, according…
by - April 9, 2019 3:56 pm
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a utility of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, has been named a 2019 Energy Star Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence Award winner. SWEPCO announced…
by - April 8, 2019 1:12 pm
“Solar energy means more jobs in Arkansas,” Senator Dave Wallace of Leachville recently told his Senate colleagues. Speaking from the well of the Arkansas Senate chamber on a March afternoon,…
by - April 3, 2019 4:39 pm
Gross inputs to U.S. petroleum refineries, also known as refinery runs, were 17.3 million barrels per day in 2018, the highest annual average and the fifth consecutive year of record-high…
by - April 1, 2019 3:33 pm
The number of net metering systems in Arkansas increased 52.6% to 1,508 in 2018, from 988 in 2017, and the net increase of 520 new systems was the largest annual…
by - April 1, 2019 1:57 pm
U.S. tight oil production is expected to continue to rise through 2030 and should reach more than 10 million barrels per day in the early 2030s, according to the U.S….
by - April 1, 2019 12:04 pm
American Electric Power (AEP), one of the nation’s largest power companies, has launched a new strategic initiative to identify promising entrepreneurs and early and growth stage companies to help the…
by - March 28, 2019 8:02 pm
Entrepreneur and environmentalist Terry Tremwel, board chairman of solar technology startup Picasolar Inc. and energy consulting firm Trem|Wel Energy LLC, has used less electricity at his three-level, 2,750-square-foot home than…
by - March 26, 2019 2:32 pm
Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. has partnered with other utility companies, construction contractors, state agencies and community colleges to form the Arkansas Energy Workforce Consortium. The consortium has launched a new…
by - March 21, 2019 3:43 pm
Nearly two decades after Murphy Oil Corp. discovered oil in deepwater Malaysia, the El Dorado oil company announced a multibillion dollar deal Thursday (March 21) to exit Southeast Asia and…
