Famed portrait photographer
Dan Winters shifted his focus to a new character, the Permian Basin, as the storied region weathered a historic oil bust.
Pump jack with
flare in the distance near Knott.
Photograph by Dan Winters
The Permian Basin has a way of making you feel small. The sheer scale of its geography, the never-ending horizon, that big sky. Traveling through this dusty, mostly flat, nearly treeless region of West Texas, one gets a sense of being at sea, adrift in an expanse of red dirt, the monotony broken occasionally by shin oak, sand dunes, pump jacks, the steel spikes of rig derricks, columns of flame from natural gas flares, and, more recently, the long, slender blades of wind turbines. Even for those of us who grew up there, such enormity can be overwhelming, almost numbing. It can make it hard to see the place.
Hidden Super Polluters Revealed in Wake of Texas Energy Crisis By Kevin Crowley | May 3, 2021
The polar blast in Texas earlier this year revealed a dirty secret in the most prolific U.S. oil field: Two under-the-radar natural gas plants that are a persistent source of pollution.
Natural disasters in the state often turn into environmental disasters, and February’s cold wave was no exception. Stricken by power outages and mechanical failures, industrial facilities burned off or released huge quantities of hazardous gases as they shut down. The worst culprits, however, weren’t the vast petrochemical complexes on the Gulf Coast but the two Permian Basin facilities that take raw gas from wells and purify it into sales-quality fuel.
These Counties Are Projected to Have the Most Extreme Heat in 2050
By Katelyn Leboff, Stacker News
On 3/2/21 at 8:00 PM EST
Climate change and global warming are nothing new though, some are still in denial of the existence and negative impacts of these phenomena. Though the media lives for hyping up big weather phenomena, actual scientific research and data reveal the earth is, in fact, heating up at an alarming rate. Much of global warming is the product of greenhouse gas emissions caused by humans and their activities. In the 20th century, the world saw a 1.44-degree Fahrenheit increase in its mean surface temp. Since the 1970s, summer temperatures have been on a steady climb, increasing 0.4 degrees every 10 years in the U.S. and 2 degrees overall.
Adjusted EBITDA Proportionate up 8% to $560.3 million in 2020 compared with 2019.
Attractive growth perspectives with $457.8 million in available liquidity.
Creation of the Strategic Alliance between Hydro-Québec and Innergex.
Four projects under construction and three project financings closed during 2020 for the Hillcrest solar project, the Innavik hydro project and the Griffin Trail wind project.
Two acquisitions completed in Chile and Idaho, United States.
All amounts are in thousands of Canadian dollars, unless otherwise indicated and are for continuing operations unless otherwise indicated.
LONGUEUIL, QC, Feb. 25, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: INE) ( Innergex or the Corporation ) today released its operating and financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2020.
Freshwater District For Midland Winterized Before the Winter Storm
Midland did not lose water during the winter storm last week because the Midland Freshwater District was prepared for the winter storm.
According to the Midland Reporter-Telegram, there were water main breaks and leaks as a result of the winter storm, but the Midland County Freshwater Supply District was able to deliver over 18 million gallons of water.
The facility provides an average of 3-5 million gallons a day during the winter and they began winterizing the equipment back in 2019.
They also purchased heaters and reopened offline wells a few days before the storm hit and kept rotating wells to prevent freezing.