"JPMorgan also signed a deal with Charm Industrial, a carbon storage company that converts excess organic material such as corn stover — the stalks, leaves and cobs that remain in fields after the corn harvest, and which would otherwise decay and release carbon dioxide into the air — into a bio-oil and then put that oil into the ground in abandoned oil wells. The deal with Charm aims to remove and store the equivalent of approximately 28,500 metric tons of carbon dioxide over five years."

"Lithium production would also diversify Exxon’s portfolio and expose it to a rapidly growing market. The company is positioning other parts of its business to accommodate electric vehicles. Exxon executives have said many of its chemical products supply EV manufacturers, whose cars are made with plastics and other petroleum products."

Nichola Groom of Reuters reports that Enel is investing more than $1 billion into building a solar panel factory in Oklahoma. “Enel’s U.S. manufacturing arm, 3Sun USA LLC, selected the 300-acre site in Oklahoma because it has water and power utilities and a workforce in the region that can immediately support its large factory.” Read...

"The proposed tie-up would be by far the biggest U.S. energy deal announced so far this year. Some analysts have said the U.S. oil-and-gas sector is ripe for major corporate transactions this year, after energy prices surged last year and left companies with a large windfall of cash. In Oneok’s case, much of the cash portion would be financed through a debt offering, it said."