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Massive 3 GW Gas-Fired AI/Data Center Coming to Southwest Pa.

We have some exciting news to share. Datacenter builder/operator TECfusions, based in Tampa, Florida, has purchased 1,395 acres in Upper Burrell (Westmoreland County), PA, for a groundbreaking data center project called TECfusions Keystone Connect. The site is the old Alcoa R&D campus and surrounding real estate in New Kensington. The project will transform the shuttered…

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EPA Reauthorizes Permit for Seneca Injection Well in Elk County, PA

The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday that it had issued an oil and gas wastewater injection well permit to Seneca Resources to continue operating well #38268 in Highland Township, Elk County. The EPA permit allows Seneca to inject up to 75,000 barrels monthly (3.125 million gallons). This well is one of two injection…

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Feedgas Flowing to Cove Point LNG Slipped on Cold Wx, Back Now

LNG exports have become an important (even critical) part of the natural gas sector in the U.S. Feedgas flowing to LNG facilities is closely watched by many people, including traders and industry analysts. As we pointed out yesterday, lower feedgas flows to a single LNG facility can lower the NYMEX natural gas futures price (see…

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Builders, Utility Co. Sue Maryland re New Reg Blocking NatGas Use

Maryland is a sad state. It’s completely ruled by leftists who seek to impoverish its residents by forcing them to use expensive and unreliable renewable energy. There is actually some Marcellus/Utica shale under Maryland (in a couple of far-western counties), but the state outlawed shale fracking nearly 10 years ago when then-Gov. Larry Hogan (a…

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Jan. STEO: NatGas Production & Demand to Hit New Highs in 2025

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued its latest monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook yesterday, the agency’s monthly best guess about where energy prices and production will go in the next 12 months. The EIA number crunchers are making the bold prediction that dry gas production will hit new record highs in 2024 and 2025. The…

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Colonial Shuts Pipeline Due to Potential Gasoline Leak

Colonial Pipeline, the largest refined products pipeline operator in the United States, said on Jan. 14 it was responding to a report of a potential gasoline leak in Paulding County, Georgia and that one of its mainlines was temporarily shut down. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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State of American Energy 2025: Secure American Energy Leadership

Unleashing America’s dominant natural resources, ensuring energy security through LNG exports, and protecting consumer choice through revised tailpipe rules were all central themes of the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) “State of American Energy 2025” event Tuesday. While industry leaders had little debate that the Biden Administration’s many efforts seeking to limit the oil and gas

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3 Key Questions Ahead of Energy Secretary Confirmation Hearing

The upcoming confirmation hearing for Chris Wright to serve as Energy Secretary will put a spotlight on how the incoming Trump administration will shift the future of U.S. energy production, specifically for oil and gas. Wright, the founder and CEO of Denver-based oilfield services company Liberty Energy, has spent his career developing U.S. energy and

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SCOTUS Declines to Review Honolulu Climate Case: What’s Next?

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined an appeal by energy companies to review Honolulu’s climate lawsuit that seeks billions of dollars from oil and gas companies for alleged damages of climate change, thus, allowing the case to move forward. So, what does this mean? This is not an endorsement of climate litigation by SCOTUS.

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PA PUC Votes to Redefine Landlords with Gas as Pipeline Operators

We have news about a disturbing ruling from the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued last Wednesday. By a vote of 3-2 along party lines (Democrats in the majority), the PUC commissioners labeled landlords as “pipeline operators” if they have behind-the-meter gas distribution systems on their properties. The move will require, with limited exceptions, landlords…

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