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DT Midstream Closes on 2 Interstate Pipelines with M-U Connections

DT Midstream (DTM), headquartered in Detroit, owns major assets in the Marcellus/Utica region and in other regions, such as Haynesville. In November, DTM announced it had cut a deal to buy three FERC-regulated interstate pipelines from Oklahoma-based ONEOK, Inc. for $1.2 billion (see DT Midstream Buys 2 Interstate Pipelines with M-U Connections). Two of the…

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PA Gov. Shapiro Blames PJM Grid Operator for High Prices He Caused

In typical sleazy politician fashion, PA’s Democrat Governor, Josh Shapiro, is blaming someone else (the PJM grid operator, in this case) for problems that he and his predecessor have created. Shapiro recently filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) alleging PJM is mismanaging the grid and using inflated numbers that will cause…

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PTT Investing $21.25B in 2025 to 2029, But Not in Ohio Cracker

This is your friendly (somewhat snarky) semi-regular reminder from MDN that the PTT ethane cracker project in Ohio is dead (see Facing Reality – PTT Ohio Cracker Plant Project is Dead). We periodically look for signs of life in the project, and it has been a flat line for YEARS. Nothing. Local and state leaders…

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PA’s Incoming Republican AG Puts Anti on Energy Transition Ctte

We’ll be blunt. Incoming Republican Attorney General Dave Sunday is already a disappointment for us. He recently posted details of his transition team to a special website. The co-chair of the transition effort is former RINO Governor Tom Corbett. That’s one strike. While there are several good members on the Energy & Environment Committee, Corbett…

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U.S. Big Banks Drop Out of the UN’s Net Zero Banking Alliance

It’s a mass exodus of U.S. big banks leaving the awful Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), a group of woke banks managed by the equally terrible United Nations. The NZBA is all about defunding fossil fuels. The UN apparently didn’t get the memo that the U.S. has reversed course and now supports fossil energy. Over…

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Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 3, 2025

NATIONAL: Improved efficiency is enabling record U.S. crude oil production from fewer rigs; Trump tells EU to buy more American-made oil and gas or face ‘tariffs all the way’; Ample supply, slow demand to temper oil price gains in 2025; Biden to ban more offshore oil drilling before Trump arrives; Antis launder donor-funded research through…

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Climate Plaintiffs Plan to Launder Donor-Funded Research Through the National Academy of Sciences

A joint staff report from the House Oversight Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee published in October exposed, in part, activists’ effort to train judges in plaintiff-favorable climate liability research via the Environmental Law Institute. Now, the activists and donors have their eye on another institution that can be used to launder plaintiff-friendly research through

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Senate Report: How the International Energy Agency Lost its Way

As the mission of energy security stays central for the incoming Trump administration and members of Congress, a new report released this week by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and incoming chairman Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming highlights a key area of protecting that goal: restoring the credibility of the International Energy

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27 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Dec 16 – 22

For the week of Dec 16 – 22, permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica remained healthy. There were 27 new permits issued last week, up from 22 issued the week before. In something of an unusual twist, the Keystone State (PA) issued just four new permits, all of them to different drillers. PennEnergy Resources’ permit was…

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