Last month, the UK’s Labour government delivered its pre-election pledge to lift the windfall tax (formally known as the Energy Profits Levy) on oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea by three percent – with the total tax now reaching 78 percent. As Energy in Depth discussed, the announcement sparked outcry from stakeholders
Read More...One Equity Partners will buy EthosEnergy, which provides services to power generation and industrial customers operating industrial gas turbines. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...We bet you never thought that old idiom about pigs flying was true. In this case, it is! Range Resources operates a temporary above-ground water pipeline in Mount Pleasant Township (Washington County), PA. The pipeline (essentially a giant water hose) flows Ohio River water to Range’s fracking sites. Range sent a PIG (pipeline inspection gauge)…
Read More...“Follow the money.” Never a truer phrase spoken. “The fix is in” is another trite but true phrase. Put the two together, and you have an apt description of the latest news to come from Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration — that the state is now working with (giving money to) the United Mine Workers of…
Read More...Last week, MDN brought you an article from RBN Energy detailing how more electricity and natural gas will soon be needed in Virginia and the Carolinas for a plethora of new projects in the works (see Pipelines to the Rescue! Delivering M-U Gas to Va. & Carolinas). That post focused on two pipelines that flow…
Read More...New England’s power grid would have gone offline this summer without natural gas. Electricity generation using fossil fuels increased in New England to meet the additional air-conditioning demand during heat waves in June and July. Natural gas-fired electricity generation made up 56% of New England’s generation mix during the week of the June 16 heat…
Read More...PJM Interconnection is the largest U.S. power grid operator, serving 65 million people in 13 states plus the District of Columbia (including PA, OH, and WV). PJM supplies power to more than 20% of the U.S. economy. Most of the states in PJM are not energy self-sufficient. They don’t produce enough electricity to meet their…
Read More...Woodside Energy said the Scarborough project was 67% complete at the end of first-half 2024, with first LNG cargo expected in 2026. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...In electing CEO John Turner to its board, Atlas Energy Solutions increased the size of its board of directors from eight to nine members. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Harbour Energy expects to finalize the purchase of Wintershall Dea’s upstream assets in early September after initially expecting a fourth-quarter 2024 close. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Tellurian, which is developing the 27.6 mtpa Driftwood LNG project in Louisiana, expects its recently sale to Woodside Energy to close in December. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...MDN has an exclusive update on a lawsuit by several West Virginia surface landowners who are suing Diversified Energy over Diversified’s failure to plug their unproducing conventional wells. At the prompting of the Sierra Club, the landowners attempted to turn the lawsuit into a class action. Yesterday, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court…
Read More...We spotted an article on the always-excellent NGI website (the Daily Gas Price Index) that said exploration and production (E&P) permitting activity shows a “summer slump” in natural gas plays, including in the Marcellus/Utica. The information in the article is from data compiled by Enverus and Evercore ISI. So, we decided to review our weekly…
Read More...Dominion Energy wants to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) storage facility in Person County, North Carolina, to enhance natural gas service reliability for residential and business customers in the growing region (see NC Residents Freak Out Over Proposed Dominion LNG Storage Tank). Dominion studied several potential sites and collected a boatload of data during…
Read More...The United States has 13 courts of appeals, also known as U.S. Courts of Appeals, that sit below the U.S. Supreme Court. These courts are organized into 12 regional circuits, each with a court of appeals, that cover the 94 federal judicial districts. One of the 13 courts — for the District of Columbia —…
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