Chevron announced it expects to power Microsoft's data center in West Texas on schedule, despite a temporary suspension of permits by Texas authorities. The facility is part of Project Kilby near Pecos and will be powered by a co-located natural gas facility.
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The Trump administration is proposing to dramatically scale back a Biden-era rule aimed at cutting methane emissions from oil and gas industry drilling sites nationwide. Trump announced the proposal while campaigning in Lubbock, Texas, saying his administration's revision under the Clean Air Act would save the industry billions in production costs and spur more domestic drilling.
Trump administration, proposing to scale back methane emissions rule; President Trump, made announcement while campaigning; Lee Zeldin, EPA Administrator and 2 more
SEG Solar announced it has signed a land agreement for a planned $950 million, 4 GW heterojunction solar cell manufacturing plant at its Tomball Industrial Campus in the greater Houston area. The facility is expected to create more than 700 local jobs and come online in two phases targeted for 2028 and 2029.
$$950 million for facility investment cost
SEG Solar, company planning solar cell facility; Jim Wood, CEO of SEG Solar
The Maritime Administration approved a deepwater port license for ST LNG, LLC, an $8.2 billion liquefied natural gas export facility approximately 10.4 miles offshore Matagorda, Texas. The approval represents a shift in regulatory oversight from the U.S. Coast Guard to the Maritime Administration.
$$8.2 billion for LNG export facility construction and development cost
Sean Duffy, U.S. Transportation Secretary; Stephen Carmel, MARAD Administrator; ST LNG, LLC, Applicant for deepwater port license and 1 more
The Trump administration is preparing to announce a relaxation of federal methane regulations for oil and gas producers. President Trump is expected to present the proposal at a campaign rally in Lubbock, Texas. The EPA plans to eliminate the Methane Super Emitter Program and offer regulatory relief to small marginal wells.
President Donald Trump, expected to present the proposal; American Petroleum Institute, oil industry lobby that sought changes to methane rules; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, expected to eliminate Methane Super Emitter Program and 1 more
The Maritime Administration approved a deepwater port license for ST LNG, LLC, an $8.2 billion offshore liquefied natural gas export facility planned approximately 10.4 miles off the coast of Matagorda. The project is expected to add up to 8.4 million metric tons of annual export capacity and support up to 2,855 construction and permanent jobs once built.
$$8.2 billion for project cost
Maritime Administration, Federal agency that approved the deepwater port license; ST LNG, LLC, Applicant for the offshore LNG export terminal; Sean P. Duffy, U.S. Transportation Secretary
IDE Technologies, an Israeli water treatment company, was awarded a contract by the Nueces River Authority to build the Harbor Island seawater desalination plant on Corpus Christi Bay. The project would produce freshwater for sale to Corpus Christi and other south and central Texas cities, with pipelines extending over 200 miles inland.
$$6.4 billion for estimated project cost
IDE Technologies, awarded contract to finance and build seawater desalination plant; Nueces River Authority, awarded contract to IDE Technologies; plans to develop pipelines; Mark Ellison, IDE regional sales director; presented to NRA board and Corpus Christi officials and 1 more
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday a rollback of EPA rules that restrict methane emissions from oil and gas producers. The announcement occurred at a rally supporting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Senate campaign. The EPA projects $45 billion in cost savings from undoing regulations established by the Biden administration.
$$45 billion for projected cost savings from undoing methane regulations
Donald Trump, President; Ken Paxton, Texas Attorney General, Senate candidate; Lee Zeldin, EPA administrator and 1 more
The 7x24 Exchange Fall 2026 Conference opened in San Antonio on October 26, with speakers addressing how artificial intelligence workloads are changing data center infrastructure, power delivery, grid operations and community relations. The organization announced a $40,000 donation to American Red Cross disaster relief.
$$40,000 for contribution to American Red Cross disaster relief
7x24 Exchange, host of conference; Bob Cassiliano, 7x24 Exchange Chairman; Steve Brown, keynote speaker, AI futurist and former Google DeepMind executive