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Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 15, 2024

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Largest USA facility to pull carbon from air opens; NATIONAL: Harold Hamm says this election is oil industry’s most important ever; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls amid surplus fears as US stockpiles rise; China’s natgas consumption, production, imports increased in 2023; French imports of Russia’s LNG surge; Amid flagging US activity, OFS looks to…

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Environmental Partnership Report Demonstrates Continued Emissions Reductions, Even With Record Oil and Natural Gas Production

Oil and natural gas producers continue to make emissions reduction advancements, including reducing flare intensity despite record production, according to the Environmental Partnership’s latest annual report. The Environmental Partnership (TEP) is a voluntary coalition representing nearly 70 percent of U.S. onshore oil and natural gas production in 47 out of 50 states, with the mission

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MPLX 2Q – Bullish on the Marcellus and “Now the Utica”

In late 2015, MPLX (i.e., Marathon Petroleum) bought out and merged in the Utica Shale’s premier midstream company, MarkWest Energy, for $15 billion (see MarkWest Energy Investors/Unitholders Approve Merger with Marathon). The “new” MarkWest, aka MPLX, plays on a much larger stage now, including ownership and operation of major assets in the Permian Basin and…

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PA-Based Frac Sand Co. Opening Ohio Terminal for Utica Sales

We first told you about a frac sand company called Smart Sand some 12 years ago (see Smart Sand Lands Big Name for Board of Directors). Smart Sand, headquartered in Yardley, PA, is a supplier of industrial sand, primarily serving customers in the oil and gas industry, including drillers in the Marcellus and Utica Shale…

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LS Power Spins Off 18 Northeast Gas-Fired Plants into Subsidiary

LS Power, headquartered in New York City, has developed or acquired 47,000 megawatts (MW) of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. We’ve previously mentioned LS Power in a number of MDN articles (see our LS articles here). In April, Bloomberg reported that LS was actively shopping a…

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NET Power Update: Testing Begins in 2024, Runs Through 2026

In December 2022, Rice Acquisition Corp II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) started by the Rice brothers (Danny, Toby, and Derek), announced a deal to acquire NET Power — an electric power developer with revolutionary new technology to capture every last molecule of carbon dioxide from natural gas-fired power plants (see Dan Rice Buys…

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Everett LNG’s Key Role in Keeping the Lights on in New England

On May 31, Constellation Energy shut down and permanently retired the natural gas-fired Mystic Generating Station it owned and operated in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the north side of Boston (see Boston Mystic Gas-Fired Power Shuttered, but LNG Imports Continue). Mystic was one of the oldest U.S. electric power plants still in operation. The plant was…

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