Nebraska

Nebraska is the latest state to commit to net zero carbon emissions as its three major utilities now have directives in place. Last week, the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) board voted 9-2 in favor of reaching the target by 2050. Last year, Lincoln Electric System (LES) said it would get to net zero by…

Battelle Memorial Institute and Catahoula Resources LLC have agreed to partner to manage carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced from ethanol facilities in Nebraska.  Houston-based Catahoula, and Allentown, PA-based Battelle plan to investigate solutions for the capture, transport, and sequestration of CO2 emissions from ethanol.The two plan to design and construct several low-cost storage options either…

The long delayed Keystone XL oil pipeline has advanced an “important step” by winning approval from the Nebraska Supreme Court for its contested Canadian export route, said project sponsor TC Energy Corp.

TransCanada Corp. on Wednesday pulled its Keystone XL crude oil pipeline application pending before Nebraska regulators for a proposed route through the state following the Obama administration’s decision to reject its request for a Presidential permit earlier this month (see Shale Daily, Nov. 6).

Facing environmental, political and ultimately market headwinds throughout its years of gestation, TransCanada Corp. on Monday suspended its pending U.S. permit request for a cross-border green light for its controversial $8 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline project.

TransCanada Corp. shifted its strategy to get the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline built through Nebraska on Wednesday, after announcing it will file an application to have state regulators approve the pipeline’s route. The company said it will also drop eminent domain lawsuits and a constitutional challenge over the project.

Following the one-vote failure of the Keystone XL Pipeline in the U.S. Senate, TransCanada Corp. CEO Russ Girling said Wednesday his company is in for the duration to overcome the high hurdles that still exist for the proposed $7 billion, 1,700-mile pipeline project from Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Mississippian Lime formation, which stretches across northern Oklahoma, western Kansas and southern Nebraska, is drawing increased industry interest, thanks to cheaper drilling costs and shallower wells compared to North Dakota’s Bakken Shale, according to the “IHS Herold Mississippian Oil Play Regional Play Assessment.”

South Dakota-based Black Hills Corp.’s natural gas utility operations in five states — Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming — are switching customers of Black Hills Energy to smart meters. Earlier in August the installation of new Itron advanced gas meters began.