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…
by - July 13, 2017 11:53 am
Brent crude oil prices are expected to be an average of $51 per barrel in 2017 and $52 per barrel in 2018, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. West…
by - July 12, 2017 9:33 am
U.S. atmospheric crude distillation capacity rose 1.6% to 18.6 million barrels per calendar day as of Jan. 1, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/ Calendar-day capacity is a…
by - July 12, 2017 9:19 am
U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Short-Term Energy Outlook on Tuesday (July 11). The following are some of the highlights from the outlook: Benchmark North Sea Brent crude oil prices…
by - July 11, 2017 10:08 am
U.S. small-scale solar photovoltaic capacity is expected to rise 53% to 21.9 gigawatts at the end of 2018, from 14.3 gigawatts in April 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information…
by - July 10, 2017 9:20 am
Arkansas native Colette D. Honorable has joined the energy and natural resources practice of Reed Smith LLP. She will work from the firm’s office in Washington, D.C. Honorable previously served…
by - July 7, 2017 10:28 am
Prices of energy commodities on the Standard and Poor’s Goldman Sachs Commodity Index fell 11% in the first half of 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. It was…
by - July 6, 2017 9:52 am
Utility-scale renewable energy generators produced more electricity than nuclear plants for the first time since July 1984, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Renewable energy generation exceeded nuclear in…
by - July 5, 2017 10:40 am
Construction costs for power plants have fallen recently, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Since 2013, the EIA has been collecting data on the construction costs of utility-scale generators….
by - June 30, 2017 11:33 am
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story appeared in the June 26 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
by - June 29, 2017 3:40 pm
Add the Johnson County seat of Clarksville to the growing list of cities and companies in Arkansas investing in solar power. Once built, it will be the largest solar power…
by - June 29, 2017 11:55 am
Three big rigs began Thursday morning (June 29) to haul a 1 million-pound load, the heaviest ever permitted in Arkansas, from an electrical substation in Tontitown. The destination is only…
by - June 28, 2017 10:34 am
Fuel ethanol production capacity in the United States rose 4%, or by more than 600 million gallons, to 15.5 billion gallons per year in January 2017, from the same month…
by - June 28, 2017 10:31 am
Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has recognized an Arkansas organization as part of its 2017 SEPA Power Player Awards. Ouachita Electric Cooperative (OECC) of Camden was named…
by - June 27, 2017 9:14 am
Gross exports of U.S. crude oil and petroleum products have more than doubled, rising to 5.2 million barrels per day in 2016, from 2.4 million barrels per day in 2010,…
