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Lowering Conn. Electric Rates Requires More NatGas, Not Renewables

Renewables Emperor has no clothes Connecticut has the fifth highest electricity rates in the U.S., right behind two of its neighbors, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Only Hawaii and California have higher rates outside of New England. Two different pipeline companies—Iroquois Gas Transmission and Algonquin Gas Transmission—have proposed projects to expand existing pipelines to bring more…

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Double Blow for “Green” Hydrogen: Too Expensive, Uses Toxic PFAS

We happened to come across two articles casting doubt on so-called “green” hydrogen, both from far-left media outlets (Bloomberg and POLITICO). Which kind of surprised us. The left believes hydrogen is the savior that will move the world to net zero carbon emissions and finally drive a stake in the heart of fossil energy. But…

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Study: Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production from U.S. NatGas Resources

click for larger version Researchers at the University of Wyoming published a study in the journal Environmental Science & Technology yesterday that addresses resource, environmental, economic, policy, and societal issues related to low-carbon hydrogen production by steam methane reforming with carbon capture and storage in Wyoming and other natural-gas-rich states (like Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West…

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Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 10, 2024

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Trump promises to ‘frack, frack, frack’ if he wins; Natural gas, hydrogen training center in WV dedicated to labor leader; Grant funds available for emergency responders to prepare for gas well incidents; NATIONAL: Regulation-by-litigation disregards the democratic process, undermines justice.To view this content, log into your member account. (Not a member? Join Today!)

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ABS Market for Upstream Producers Expanding, Panelists Say

Asset-backed securitization or ABS, which transforms oil and gas reserves into negotiable financial assets, usually have a hedging element and offer producers another financing option, panelists said Oct. 3 at Hart Energy’s Energy Capital Conference (ECC) in Dallas. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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Oct. STEO Predicts Lower Output, NatGas Price to Avg $3.10 in 2025

Once a month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysts issue the agency’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), their best guess about where energy prices and production will go in the next 12 months. What did the October 2024 STEO, issued yesterday, show? EIA’s analysts believe U.S. natural gas production will decline in 2024 while demand…

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Critical (Energy) Election for Ohio Supreme Court Judges This Nov.

The stakes in this November’s election are incredibly high—for the country as a whole and for shale energy everywhere, including here in the Marcellus/Utica. Pennsylvania has been the focus this election season due to the presidential race. However, there is another M-U state, Ohio, where the outcome of a statewide race is also very important:…

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The Left Launches Program to Create Climate Zombie Voters in PA

If you live in Pennsylvania, particularly in an urban area, and happen to be black, Asian, or Native American, and you own an Apple product and like to do things outdoors, you can expect a knock on your door by the Democrat anti-shale/global warming squad hoping to recruit you to become a Kamala Harris zombie…

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Feedgas Flows to Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG Plant, No LNG Yet

Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG export facility (Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana) has consistently received small gas deliveries since mid-September from an interconnect with the Texas Eastern Transmission Company (TETCO) pipeline. However, the 2.6 Bcf/d Plaquemines terminal has not yet begun to produce its first LNG. Gas deliveries will increase this fall as commissioning activities ramp up. The…

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Sad Final Chapter to 2019 Philly Oil Refinery Fire: $4.2M Fine

In June 2019, a series of explosions and a massive fire occurred at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) Refining Complex (see Massive Explosion, Fire at Philadelphia Refinery). It took firefighters a full day to extinguish the blaze. The fire caused the oil refinery complex to close and lay off over 1,000 workers (see Philly Refinery…

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