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North Dakota pumps 1 million barrels of oil
a day North Dakota has joined the ranks of the few places in the world that produce more than a million barrels of oil per day, due in large part to the rich Bakken shale formation in the western part of the state. Full Article Share:    
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PennEnergy Video News
Update From an oil refinery caught amid Iraqi fighting, to an explosion along a Ukraine pipeline, to the latest numbers on US crude exports, all of the week's biggest headlines are in the PennEnergy Video News Update. Full Article Share:
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Governing Energy: Price of
Failure A recent blog celebrated the management guru truism that organizations learn from failure and that individuals should be provided an environment where failure is acceptable and part of the learning organization process. This author might take exception to that management “rule.” Full Article Share:
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Smart Griddler: New EPA Regulations Could
Make a Super Hero Out of the Smart Grid Smart Grid Technologies May be the Key to Meeting EPA CO2 Emissions Targets Without Spending a King’s Ransom on Clean Coal Systems and New Gas-Fired Assets Full Article Share:
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GE makes revised offer for France's
Alstom GE on Thursday submitted a revised offer to buy the power generation business of France's Alstom SA that the American company hopes will be enough to win approval from the French government and see off a rival bid by Germany's Siemens AG. Read More Share: |
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Exelon & Pepco file merger requests with state
and DC regulators Exelon Corp.and Pepco Holdings filed applications for approval of their proposed $6.83 billion merger. Read More Share: |
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New coal ash bill introduced in North
Carolina North Carolina Sen. Tom Apodaca and Senate Leader Phil Berger proposed a new bill on Monday in front of the Senate committee that would prevent wet coal ash from leaking toxins into groundwater or nearby rivers. Read More Share: |
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Groups urge NRC regulator to resign, allege
conflict of interest Commissioner William Magwood with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is being urged by 34 groups to immediately resign. Read More Share: |
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Video: Siemens, MHI offer $12.2bn for Alstom
assets Germany’s Siemens (NYSE: SI) and Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries publicly announced a joint offer that includes a cash element of 9 billion euros ($12.2 billion) to purchase France-based Alstom’s assets. Read More Share: |
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Video: Tradinghouse Power Plant demolishes second
boiler The second boiler of the Tradinghouse Power Plant, located in McLennan County, Texas was demolished on Tuesday morning. Read More Share: |
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Coal-fired power plant fire caused by human
error An initial investigation says the cause of a fire at a coal-fired power plant in Colorado was accidental and caused by human error. Read More Share: |
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Coal-fired power plant approved to refuel with
natural gas The New York Public Service Commission approved a repowering project at the Dunkirk coal-fired power plant. Read More Share: |
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TVA exploring distributed
generation The surge in distributed generation has prompted the Tennessee Valley Authority, a major utility producing power from large central power stations, to study the value of generation from small power producers using solar panels, micro wind turbines and small gas turbines. Read More Share: |
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Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot
Prices The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts. Here's a look at how prices have changed up to June 4, 2014. Read More Share: |
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Economic
Indicators The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas offers a glimpse into how the markets are doing domestically and internationally. Read More Share: |
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EIA’s weekly coal production
report The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its coal production report for the week ending June 14. Read More Share: |
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