PennEnergy Resources, LLC, the 11th largest shale driller in Pennsylvania, agreed to a “deal” with the Biden Department of Justice (DOJ), the Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Josh Shapiro Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to pay a $2 million fine and spend another $3.6 million on “upgrades” related to air emissions at its…
Read More...Yesterday, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported five states produced more than 70% of the record 113.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of U.S. marketed natural gas production in 2023. Two of the five were in the Marcellus/Utica: Pennsylvania (18% of the country’s gas) and West Virginia (8% of the country’s gas). We…
Read More...The environmental left is hellbent on regulating fossil fuels, including oil and natural gas, out of existence. One of their favorite (false) memes is to claim methane is a bazillion times more “potent” in causing global warming than other things, like carbon dioxide. The false narrative continues that shale drilling is causing a stratospheric increase…
Read More...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. In October, the EIA predicted the average spot price for natural gas would be $3.10/MMBtu in 2025 (see Oct. STEO Predicts Lower Output,…
Read More...Yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump posted an interesting message to his Truth Social account: “Any person or company investing ONE BILLION DOLLARS, OR MORE, in the United States of America, will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals. GET READY TO ROCK!!!” The implication is that the…
Read More...Outside of the Uinta Basin’s core oil play, private E&P Anschutz Exploration is wildcatting in Utah’s deeper, liquids-rich Mancos shale bench, according to a Hart Energy analysis. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Nabors Industries, in partnership with e2Companies, and, separately, ProPetro Holding Corp., both launched oilfield electrification solutions on Dec. 10. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...The solar facility owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources will consist of more than 70,000 solar modules, Phillips 66 said This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...The collaboration enables owners of Enphase Energy’s battery technology to participate in NextEnergy’s dynamic tariff program and join its virtual power plant. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Thaimar Ramirez, president and general manager for Occidental Petroleum’s Midland Basin Business Unit, said 100 days after closing the CrownRock acquisition production guidance keeps going higher. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...The Department of Energy’s long-awaited study on LNG will be released in mid-December and kick off a 60-day public comment period, according to Brad Crabtree, Assistant Secretary of DOE’s Office of Energy for Fossil Energy and Carbon Management. At a House Oversight recent hearing – Crabtree’s second appearance before the committee to discuss the LNG
Read More...Yesterday, the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission (OGLMC) voted to award a contract to Gulfport Energy to drill and frack under (not on) about 30 acres of the Egypt Valley Wildlife Area in Belmont County. Commissioners also voted to open an additional 884 acres of Salt Fork State Park in Guernsey County for…
Read More...Pennsylvania assesses an impact fee (PA’s version of a severance tax) on shale drillers, raising revenues that are paid to local municipalities and the black hole of Harrisburg politicians. Yesterday, the PA Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) issued an estimate for how much the impact fee will raise this year, which will be distributed next year….
Read More...In October 2024, the Bidenistas announced the Hydrogen Hub Hunger Games winners (see Hydrogen Hub Winners Announced – WV Takes Prize in M-U Region). Seven projects were selected from 33 finalists. Among the winners was the West Virginia-led Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2), which is a project that will use Marcellus/Utica natural gas as…
Read More...The Harrisburg Patriot-News is reporting a developer is seriously looking at a site in Cumberland County, PA, near the state capital of Harrisburg, to build a huge new “hyperscale data center complex” on 700 acres. Allow us to connect the dots for you. These data centers use an incredible amount of electricity. That electricity either…
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