The Matterhorn Express Pipeline, due to begin service in September, will significantly increase natural gas pipeline capacity in the Permian Basin, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This new capacity will be able to transport natural gas currently “locked up” in the Waha region to domestic and international customers, and
Read More...Earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal published an article about BKV Corporation (Banpu Kalnin Ventures), the American arm of Banpu, Thailand’s largest coal mining company (see Bumpy Financial Road for BKV – Company Bets on Carbon Capture). The article pulled the curtain back to give us a better view of what happened with the…
Read More...In February, the Ohio Oil & Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) met to award contracts to drill under (not on) several Ohio state parks, including 5,700 acres of the 20,000-acre Salt Fork State Park in Guernsey County (see Ohio Awards Drilling Contracts for State Parks – Salt Fork Surprise). The contract for Salt Fork was…
Read More...The radicalized Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), in partnership with the equally radicalized Moms Clean Air Force (MCAF), is joining forces with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and (very oddly) McGill University, which is located in Montreal, Quebec (Canada) to launch a project to identify and “facilitate remediation…
Read More...In yet another attempt to deflect attention away from Kamala Harris’ extreme position on fracking (she wanted to ban it completely everywhere in 2019), mainstream news continues to publish stories on other Pennsylvania energy topics. For example, yesterday, the New York Times published a story with this headline: “Big Energy Issue in Pennsylvania Is Low…
Read More...On Friday, June 14, Equitrans Midstream, the builder and majority owner of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) that runs from Wetzel County, WV, to Pittsylvania County, VA, announced the pipeline had, after a decade of planning and building, finally begun to flow Marcellus/Utica molecules (see Confirmed: M-U Gas Now Flowing Through Mountain Valley Pipeline)….
Read More...Energy Transfer acknowledged reports of a vehicle striking a valve on a natural gas liquids line, potentially leading to a large fire in La Porte, Texas, on the morning of Sept. 16. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Peak Resources LP, a Powder River Basin E&P led by industry veteran Jack E. Vaughn, is positioning itself for an IPO, filings show. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Natural gas must be top of mind for policymakers when discussing reshoring manufacturing, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Exponential growth in semiconductors and electric vehicles (EVs) demand has led to a renewed effort to invest in U.S. based manufacturing. In their report, CSIS, with the support
Read More...Apollo will purchase the non-controlling interest from BP subsidiary BP Pipelines TAP Ltd. for $1 billion as the oil major continues to make progress on a divestment target of up to $3 billion. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Vallourec Tubular Solutions will acquire 100% of the shares of Thermotite, Mattr’s last remaining pipe coating business. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...With expectations for more favorable supply/demand fundamentals and improvement in the sentiment of oil traders, Stratas Advisors forecast higher oil prices with the price of Brent crude moving back above $80. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Hidden in last Friday’s weekly Baker Hughes official rig count is a big story happening in the Marcellus/Utica. From the 30,000-foot level, Friday’s latest rig count report appeared just fine. The national rig count, which counts all oil and gas rigs, added an astonishing eight rigs to the count after languishing for months — the…
Read More...We spotted a report about an aboveground pipeline that flows shale wastewater that sprung a leak and released an estimated 12,600 gallons of brine (salty water from deep below the surface) on the ground in Gilmore Township, Greene County, PA. The pipeline is owned by EQM Gathering, another name for Equitrans Midstream, which is now…
Read More...A couple of interesting developments with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), which, unlike its dysfunctional cousin, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the SRBC continues to allow water withdrawals to supply water for shale fracking in northeastern Pennsylvania. The first development is that over the weekend (on Saturday), the SRBC Hydrologic Conditions Monitor showed…
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