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Halliburton Working to Assess Cause, Impacts of Cyberattack

A Halliburton spokesperson said the company had activated a response plan and was working internally and with external experts to remediate the “issue.”

Spiritus Files Permit Application for Wyoming DAC Project

Targeting first phase startup by 2026, Spiritus on Aug. 8 said the direct air capture project is designed to remove 2 million tonnes of CO2 annually from the atmosphere.

Ormat Targets Geothermal, Energy Storage Growth in US to Meet Rising Demand

Nevada-based Ormat Technologies—which recently formed a geothermal partnership with SLB—has 10 geothermal, three solar and seven energy storage projects under development.

Safeguarding the Trend of Accelerating CCUS Adoption

Policy pushes meet industry pull, positioning CCUS for takeoff.

US Court Overturns Alaska Oil Lease Sale in a Win for Environmentalists

The ruling affects a lease sale held in December 2022 of offshore tracts for oil and gas development in the Cook Inlet in the northern Gulf of Alaska.

Biden Administration Mulls More Alaska Drilling Protections

The BLM will take public comment on whether to update protected areas in the Western Arctic. 

Supreme Court’s Uinta Basin Rail Case Raises Stakes for LNG, Pipelines

The lawsuit, involving crude transport via railway in the Uinta Basin, is part of a larger intragovernmental fight that could have implications for how FERC decides pipeline and LNG plant permitting.

Gulf Coast Ports Slowly Reopening to LNG After Beryl Strikes

With more than 2 million without power in the Houston area following Hurricane Beryl’s July 8 landfall, and little information on outages from CenterPoint Energy, a workaround can be found using the Whataburger app.

Hurricane Beryl Knocks Out Power as it Churns Across Texas

The energy industry braced for Beryl's impact across Texas as the powerful storm slowed refining activity and prompted the evacuation of some production sites.

TXOGA Supports Ruling to Pause Biden’s Pause

The Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA), the oldest and largest oil and gas trade association in Texas, sided with a Louisiana judge’s ruling to pause U.S. President Joe Biden’s pause of LNG permits.