by MBJ Staff Published: June 13,2013
Tags: consumer safety, cylinder, fire marshall, gas, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, product safety, recall, state agency
JACKSON – Cylinders manufactured by a Franklin, Tenn.-based company and used largely in the liquefied petroleum gas service are the subject of an emergency recall order from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), Commissioner of Insurance/State, according to a release from Fire Marshal Mike Chaney. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 29,2013
Tags: crude oil, culture, energy, gas, gasoline, historic, history, natural gas, Oil, oil drilling, oil exploration, oilfield, petroleum
NATCHEZ — Mayor Butch Brown says a drilling company has changed its mind about drilling for oil on a historic site at Natchez. The Natchez Democrat reports Brown told the Board of Aldermen that Mike Biglane of RMB Exploration has decided not to drill on the historic Arlington property. Brown said he has learned that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 27,2013
Tags: accident, crude oil, death, disaster, disaster revoery, ecosystem, energy, environment, explosion, fatality, gas, gasoline, hospitality, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil rig, oil spill, petroleum, pollution, restaurant, seafood, tourism, tourist, visitor, wildlife
GULF OF MEXICO — There’s now a draft plan for using fines from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill to restore the Gulf Coast’s natural resources and economy. But the document doesn’t include two items required by federal law: a 10-year allocation plan or a three-year priority list of projects and programs, The Times-Picayune [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 21,2013
Tags: demand, energy, export, exporter, exporting, gas, import, importer, importing, liquid natural gas, natural gas, supply
PASCAGOULA — Big changes may be coming for Gulf LNG, the liquefied natural gas terminal that has two huge storage tanks on the horizon south of Pascagoula. The owners want to begin exporting natural gas. It would be quite the turnaround for the $1.1-billion terminal built more than two years ago to import the super-chilled [...] [...]
JACKSON— Northern District Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is requesting a formal review of Mississippi’s electric utilities’ metering policies and procedures. The Public Utilities Staff will work in conjunction with Commission staff to conduct the review, which will cover both investor owned utilities and electric power associations, according to a release from Presley’s office. Over [...] [...]
GULFPORT — The Harrison County Utility Authority has voted to terminate S.H. Anthony, Inc.’s contract for operation and maintenance of its facilities. Members said company owner Sean Anthony violated board and state ethics policies when he financed a car for then-director Kamran Pahlavan in 2011. Jim Simpson, attorney for the authority, said the Utility Authority [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2013
Tags: convenience store, death, die, died, elected official, gas, lawmaker, legislative, legislator, Legislature, obit, obituary, politician, Politics, propane, public official, spokesman, state government, store
DALEVILLE — Former State Rep. Jerry E. Wilkerson, who served three terms in the Mississippi House and was a spokesman for the propane, petroleum and convenience store associations for 25 years, has died at the age of 68. Officials with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home say Wilkerson died at his home in Daleville on Wednesday. [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 15,2012
Tags: COST, enenrgy, gas, higher education, power, public, savings, university, utility, water
COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women has reduced its energy use by 22 percent with an estimated cost avoidance of $1,024,200 over the past six years, according to the university. Lighting retrofits in Welty Hall, Hogarth Dining Center, Pohl Gymnasium and Stark Recreation Center, the replacement of two older chillers and tighter control of building [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 3,2012
Tags: court, disaster, disaster recovery, energy, explosion, fraud, gas, gasoline, judge, natural gas, offshore drilling, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, sentence
GULFPORT — The final defendant in a family’s scheme to defraud the government of oil spill recovery money must repay $21,000 and serve four months under house arrest along with three years of probation. The Sun Herald reports 29-year-old Sonya Renee Williams, of Gulfport, also must perform 70 hours of community service. Senior U.S. District [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: arrest, boat, bogus, commercial fisherman, court, environment, explosion, federal government, fisherman, fraud, gas, justice, Oil, oil spill, oilrig, petroleum, safety, seafood, train, trainer, training, wildlife, workplace
WIGGINS — A Mississippi woman is accused of posing as a federal worker to make nearly $216,000 giving fraudulent training classes to fishermen who hoped to get jobs cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010. A 22-count federal indictment unsealed yesterday alleges that Connie M. Knight, 46, used phony credentials, diplomas and [...] [...]
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