Texas

CCS

ExxonMobil, Calpine Sign CCS Agreement for Power Generation Project

ExxonMobil has signed an agreement with Calpine Corporation, the largest U.S. producer of electricity from natural gas, to transport and store up to 2 million m…

Crude Oil

U.S. Crude Production Rose by 2% in 2024, Mostly From Permian, EIA Finds

In 2024, U.S. crude oil production increased by 270,000 barrels per day (bpd), reaching an average of 13.2 million bpd, according to the U.S. Energy Information…

Energy Storage Project

Spearmint Energy Secures $250M for Two Battery Storage Projects in Texas

Spearmint Energy has secured over $250 million in financing for two battery energy storage systems in Texas, USA. Named Tierra Seca and Seven Flags, each projec…

LNG

Totalenergies Secures Long-Term LNG Supply From Rio Grande Facility in Texas

TotalEnergies has entered into a 20-year Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with NextDecade to secure 1.5 million tons per annum (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas…

Solar project

Vesper Energy Begins Commercial Operations at Texas Hornet Solar

Vesper Energy, a US renewable energy developer, has started commercial operations at its Hornet Solar project in Swisher County, Texas. The facility, with a cap…

Solar Module

Waaree Energies to Double Its Solar Module Manufacturing in Texas

Waaree Energies, an India-based solar manufacturer, has announced plans to expand its module production capacity in the United States. The company initially ent…

Oil Price

Texas Shale Industry Voices Frustrations With Trump as Oil Prices Tank

At the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s Spring Swing golf tournament in Odessa, West Texas, oil industry leaders expressed frustration beyond the gam…

Nuclear Reactor

Aalo Unveils Microreactors Option for Data Centres

Aalo Atomics, a US-based microreactor developer from Austin, Texas, has introduced the Aalo Pod, a 50 MWe "extra modular reactor" designed to supply power to da…

Gas power plant

Gemma to Proceed With EPC Contract for Natural Gas-Fired Plant in Texas

Gemma Power Systems, a subsidiary of Argan, has received approval to begin work on a 1.2-gigawatt (GW) natural gas-fired power plant in Sandow Lakes, Lee County…

Crude Oil

Ring Energy Closes Acquisition of CBP Assets From Lime Rock

Ring Energy, Inc., a Texas-based company, has finalized its acquisition of Central Basin Platform (CBP) assets from Lime Rock Resources IV LP in the Permian Bas…

Solar project

MUFG and Nomura Provide $388M for Greenalia’s Solar Misae II in Texas

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) and Nomura Securities International have finalized a $388 million financing package for Greenalia’s Misae Solar Park…

Carbon Capture

Occidental’s 1PointFive Receives Permits to Sequester CO2 at Texas Facility

Occidental Petroleum’s unit, 1PointFive, announced on Monday, April 7, 2025, that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved its applicat…

CCS

US EPA Approves Texas’ First CO2 Injection Well

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) granted Texas its first permit for carbon dioxide injection and storage on Monday, April 7, 2025. Occidental&rsqu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Application Lodged for Construction of Texas SMR Plant

Dow and X-Energy have submitted a construction licence application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed advanced nuclear project at Dow&…

Oil Shale

Japan’s Tokyo Gas Expands in US Shale Gas With Chevron Deal

TG Natural Resources LLC (TGNR), a company owned by Tokyo Gas and Castleton Commodities International, recently acquired a 70% stake in Chevron’s east Tex…