Chris Knight

Washington, D.C.

Oil, Gas and Climate Reporter at Argus Media

U.S. oil, gas and climate reporter at Argus Media ─ [email protected] 202-349-2876

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Articles

Trump Wants Policy of No Windmills Being Built

Jan 7, 2025 | coalzoom.com | Chris Knight

Trump Wants Policy of No Windmills Being Built By Chris Knight January 8, 2025 - President-elect Donald Trump wants to pursue a policy to stop the construction of wind turbines, a move that could limit the growth of a resource projected to soon overtake coal and nuclear as the largest source of power in the the US.
Biden promotes Phillips to full chair of FERC

Feb 9, 2024 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

President Joe Biden has named Willie Phillips as chair of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), a promotion from his last year serving as "acting chair" oftheindependent agency that oversees the electric grid, pipelines and LNG export facilities.
Colonial Pipeline to add fixed charge for losses

Jan 30, 2024 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

The Colonial Pipeline is preparing to add a 33.29¢/bl charge to its tariff that would recover the cost of products lost to evaporation or pipeline mixing, replacing a fee that federal regulators said was not sufficiently transparent. The new product loss allocation (PLA) charge will be the same regardless of haul length, Colonial said in a regulatory filing last week, and will be collected for a year starting on 1 April 2024.
US offers tax credit path for ethanol SAF

Dec 15, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight |Payne Williams

Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) made from ethanol and other renewable fuels could have an easier pathway to up to $1.75/USG in federal tax credits under guidance President Joe Biden's administration released today. The guidance, issued by the US Treasury Department, delivers a win to ethanol producers that spent months lobbying the administration to retain the option of using a specific emissions model they say is critical for ethanol-derived SAF to qualify for the tax credit.
Chevron Venezuela oil output hits 150,000 b/d

Dec 11, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

Chevron has been able to triple its crude production in Venezuela to 150,000 b/d since the US authorized limited sanctions relief roughly a year ago, chief executive Mike Wirth said today. The 2022 sanctions relief allowed Chevron to "participate more fully" in Venezuela through basic engineering and maintenance on joint venture assets that previously produced just 50,000 b/d, Wirth said today at an event held by the think tank the Council on Foreign Relations.
US prospects for permitting overhaul dwindle

Nov 20, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

Oil and business groups' hopes that the US Congress could fast-track permitting this year are rapidly fading, with Republicans consumed by infighting and a key Democrat openly flirting with a presidential run. The prospect of meaningful permitting legislation passing this year was always a long shot, given deep divides on the issue and the current split in the control of Congress.
US House approves bill to avoid shutdown

Nov 14, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

The Republican-led US House of Representatives today overwhelmingly passed a "laddered" funding bill that would keep the federal government funded after 17 November. The measure now appears on track for swift enactment. The bill passed in a 336-95 vote, attracting broad support from lawmakers in both parties that were looking for an off-ramp from a government shutdown that threatened to last for days or weeks.
US seeks to allow carbon storage on federal land

Nov 3, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

President Joe Biden's administration is advancing a proposal to allow carbon capture and storage (CCS) on millions of acres of federal land owned by the US Forest Service. The proposed rule, published Friday, would open up the possibility of siting carbon storage projects on the 193mn acres of federal land in 44 states managed by the Forest Service.
US permitting page limits a 'terrible' idea: Danly

Oct 26, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

Part of a recent federal law intended to fast-track permitting could inadvertently make projects more vulnerable to lawsuits, according to US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member James Danly. The Fiscal Responsibility Act, signed into law on 3 June, requires project reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to be no more than 300 pages and to be finished within two years.
Arkansas, Oklahoma push delay for E15 petition

Oct 17, 2023 | argusmedia.com | Chris Knight

Arkansas and Oklahoma have joined an oil industry effort to delay beyond 2024 a gasoline reformulation that eight Midwestern states have requested to preserve year-round sales of 15pc ethanol gasoline (E15). Unless the fuel specification change is delayed until at least April 2025, the governors of Arkansas and Oklahoma worry their drivers will inadvertently face higher pump prices and fuel shortages.