by - December 3, 2018 1:22 pm
CenterPoint Energy Inc., which announced a $6 billion deal in April to acquire Indiana-based Vectren Corp., on Monday (Dec. 3) revealed its plans for the executive team that will lead…
by - December 3, 2018 10:19 am
The price of Western Canadian Select (WCS) crude oil has fallen as large refineries in the Midwest complete planned maintenance, leading to a reduction in the amount of crude oil…
by - November 30, 2018 12:29 pm
Arkansas motorists won’t be getting a lump of coal this Christmas as gasoline prices are headed for their lowest level of this year. The impetus, of course, is rapidly declining…
by - November 28, 2018 10:27 am
Entergy Arkansas, a utility of New Orleans-based Entergy Corp., provided $2.5 million in energy efficiency incentives to 29 school districts and eight colleges and universities in Arkansas this year, according…
by - November 28, 2018 6:00 am
As the new decade dawned in Northeast Arkansas, two new crops emerged as potential income drivers for farmers in the agriculture sector that dominates the region. Peanuts, once a staple…
by - November 27, 2018 11:54 am
As growth flattens for U.S. gasoline demand and refinery output remains high, motor gasoline refining margins have been low or turned negative for refiners along the East and Gulf coasts,…
by - November 26, 2018 2:05 pm
Natural gas production in the U.S. Federal Gulf of Mexico has been falling for almost 20 years, but the decline could be slowed or reversed as a result of new…
by - November 21, 2018 12:08 pm
The Fayetteville City Council unanimously voted Tuesday (Nov. 20) to approve a trilateral agreement among the city, Ozarks Electric Cooperative and Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) for the development, construction and operation of Arkansas’s…
by - November 20, 2018 10:06 am
Electricity usage patterns are different on Thanksgiving and Black Friday compared to other weekdays, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The usage has two peaks on most weekdays in…
by - November 16, 2018 4:21 pm
Entergy Arkansas on Friday (Nov. 16) inked an historic agreement with the Sierra Club and other environmental groups to shutter the utility’s decades-old coal-fired plants and an aging natural gas-generated…
by - November 15, 2018 7:35 pm
Texas oil refiner and gas station operation Sunoco LP on Thursday (Nov. 15) announced a multimillion dollar deal to purchase key U.S. refined products terminals, including a 550 million barrel…
by - November 15, 2018 4:32 pm
The National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT) is celebrating 10 years as an energy research center of the University of Arkansas. The 12,000-square-foot center at the Arkansas Research…
by - November 14, 2018 9:31 am
The number of wells producing crude oil and natural gas in the United States declined 4.6% to 991,000 in 2017, from a peak of 1.039 million in 2014, according to…
by - November 8, 2018 12:13 pm
Murphy Oil Corp. posted profits of nearly $94 million as the El Dorado oil explorer saw international crude prices jump to nearly $70 a barrel in the third quarter, the…
by - November 6, 2018 4:04 pm
U.S. residential heating oil and propane prices have risen 23% and 4%, respectively, at the start of the 2018-19 winter heating season, from the same time last winter, according to…
by - November 2, 2018 2:31 pm
U.S. crude oil production rose 3.7% to 11.3 million barrels per day in August, from 10.9 million barrels per day in July, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)….
by - October 31, 2018 7:25 pm
Higher fuel costs and rising pump prices cut into third quarter profits for Murphy USA, Inc. Wednesday (Oct. 31) as the Arkansas convenience store operator seeks to improve margins across…
by - October 31, 2018 12:01 pm
The parent company of Entergy Arkansas on Wednesday (Oct. 31) upped the company’s yearly earnings forecast as the utility giant’s profits in the third quarter jumped nearly 35% from a…
by - October 31, 2018 9:48 am
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in the U.S. electric power sector have fallen 28% since 2005 because of slower growth in electricity demand and changes in the types of fuels used…
by - October 30, 2018 8:50 pm
Southwest Power Pool (SPP) elected Darcy Ortiz of Phoenix, Arizona, and Susan Certoma of New York City to the company’s board of directors at its recent quarterly meeting. They will…
