According to an investigative reporter for Penn State, between 2018 and 2023, Pennsylvania fined Energy Transfer and its subsidiary Sunoco at least $42 million in connection to the construction of Mariner East II. Some $10 million of that came from a deal with the PA Attorney General’s office (who happened to be Josh Shapiro at…
Read More...We’ve covered the ongoing spat between Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and the PJM Interconnection electricity grid that covers all or parts of 13 states plus D.C. Last Friday, we brought you an editorial from the Wall Street Journal that echos the arguments we’ve made that Shapiro himself is to blame for rising electricity prices in…
Read More...Ohio lawmakers are grappling with how to prepare the state for a surge in new power demand from AI data centers. In January, MDN told you that five Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) commissioners will decide some important guidelines about who should pay to build out new electricity sources for data centers—how much current…
Read More...Here’s a complicated issue that we will try to break down as simply as possible. The Industrial Energy Consumers of America (IECA) is a trade group representing some of the biggest consumers of energy in the U.S. (i.e., manufacturers). In the past, the IECA has made the strong case that more pipelines are needed, especially…
Read More...On February 11, oral arguments in the City and County of Boulder’s activist-backed climate lawsuit will be heard by the Colorado State Supreme Court. That means today may be the beginning of the end of Boulder’s attempts to pin the blame of climate change on American energy producers. As Axios Denver reports, Boulder “faces an
Read More...Expand Energy COO Josh Viets said society wants the reliability of natural gas, but Liberty Energy CEO Ron Gusek said midstream projects need to catch up to meet demand during a discussion at NAPE. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...PrairieSky Royalty Ltd. acquired royalty interests in December and January deals in Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Element3 says it produced the battery-grade lithium carbonate using a Double Eagle Energy Holding subsidiary’s wastewater in the Midland Basin. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, from a Beetaloo well stimulated in Australia to new oil production in China. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
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Read More...For the second week in a row, the Baker Hughes U.S. rig count regained some of the rigs lost in prior weeks. Two weeks ago, the rig count gained six rigs (see National Rig Count Gains 6 @ 582; M-U Count Steady @ 34). Last week, the rig count gained another four rigs to 586….
Read More...You can include this in one of the Lesser Miracles. Last Friday, at the direction of New York Governor Kathy Hochul, her Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) approved permits to expand two Hudson Valley compressor stations along the Iroquois gas pipeline. The Iroquois Gas Transmission’s Enhancement by Compression (ExC) project will increase horsepower at three…
Read More...Last December, MDN told you about two new pipeline projects that cross the state of Mississippi that promise to bring more Marcellus/Utica molecules to LNG export facilities in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast. Boardwalk Pipelines wants to build the 110-mile Kosciusko Junction Pipeline Project (see Boardwalk FID on Pipe to Carry M-U, Haynesville Gas to…
Read More...Expand Energy is the new company formed from the merger of Chesapeake Energy with Southwestern Energy. Expand is essentially Chesapeake Energy 2.0. Expand CFO Mohit Singh spoke at last week’s 2025 NAPE Summit in Houston. He had some fascinating things to say, including this: “Just to be clear, in our view, at least 75% of…
Read More...In 2022, after the shocking news that U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (from West Virginia) had sold out his state and the entire country by agreeing to support the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) bill, the details began to come out about just how bad the bill really is for the oil and gas industry. First…
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