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Best Places to Work:​ US Extruders

March 28, 2019 Updated 3/29/2019 Email Print US Extruders US Extruders was founded in 2017 and now has 20 employees. Westerly, R.I.-based US Extruders is just two years old, but the company is already working on creating a positive company culture. The company was established by several former American Kuhne Inc. employees, after that company

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Diversified Pays $400M for HG Energy’s Shale Assets in PA, WV

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Diversified Gas & Oil has been on a mission to buy as many non-shale (conventional) oil and gas wells as it can in the Appalachian Basin. It owns close to 3 million

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Antis Threaten…if FERC Overrides NY re Constitution Pipe

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Anti-fossil fuel radicals are making noises, threatening noises, about how they may react when and if (as seems likely) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decides to overrule New York State and

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Driller for Wells at US Steel Plant Gets Earful from Residents

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Last night people opposed to drilling a few wells at the U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Plant in a Pittsburgh suburb turned up to complain that somehow a noisy, air-polluting steel plant will

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India Sells Latest Cove Point Marcellus LNG Shipment to Belgium

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. We spotted a story that says India’s GAIL (formerly known as Gas Authority of India Limited) has put yet another one of its contracted LNG shipments of Marcellus Shale gas coming from

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Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 28, 2019

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR issues 2 well permits in Columbiana County; Natural gas industry has generated $45.8 million in taxes in eastern Ohio; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Negative Permian gas prices, but is the

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How To Achieve Required Top of Cement in Challenging Permian Basin Wells

Well productivity and profitability are influenced by the decisions you make every step of the way—that includes your cementing job. Cement quality is key to well performance and integrity, especially in the Permian, where 80 percent of existing Texas wells show sustained annual pressure and almost always have to pass through severely depleted zones to

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Another State, Another Opportunity to Support the NESE Pipeline Project

Connie MellinNatural Gas NOW“PAShaleAdvocate”   There is still time to support the very important NESE pipeline project by submitting your comments to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. This week is the last opportunity to support this critical project as it reaches the final stretch of the permitting process. The New Jersey Department of

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So, What Exactly Was This Mariner East Meeting About? Politics?

Kurt KnausSpokesmanPennsylvania Energy Infrastructure Alliance … … Chester and Delaware County politicians held a Mariner East meeting the other day, the only purpose of which seems to have been enhancing their resumes. Several Southeastern Pennsylvania legislators convened a town hall meeting Wednesday night to ensure residents know how to protect their homes and property during

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Allete closes $270M sale of U.S. Water Services

Minnesota-based energy company Allete said Wednesday it’s closed the $270 million sale of U.S. Water Services to Kurita Water Industries Ltd., a Japan-based water-management company. U.S. Water is an integrated water-solutions company which serves roughly 5,000 customers by optimizing system performance, reducing water and energy use, and improving efficiency. It was acquired by Allete in 2015, Kallanish Energy

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U.S. coal exports in 2018 highest in 5 years

While U.S. coal consumption has generally declined since its 2008 peak, the Energy Information Administration projects U.S. coal exports reached 116 million short tons (Mmst) in 2018 — the highest level in five years — based on foreign trade data collected by the U.S. Census Bureau. Exports of coal from the U.S. have increased since 2016, as

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U.S. crude inventories rise by 2.8 Mmbbl

U.S. crude oil inventories for the week ended March 22 (excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve), increased by 2.8 million barrels (Mmbbl) from the previous week, according to Energy Information Administration data. At 442.3 Mmbbl, U.S. crude oil inventories are roughly 2% below the five-year average for early spring, the report showed. Trade group the American

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ODNR issues Utica permits to Chesapeake, Ascent

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources granted six new drilling permits for horizontal wells in Ohio’s Utica shale during the week ended March 16, according to The Youngstown Business Journal. Chesapeake Exploration LLC received three of the permits, while the other three were issued to Ascent Resources LLC. Both companies plan to drill wells in

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DGO To Transform With Proposed $400 Million Appalachia Acquisition

Diversified Gas & Oil Plc is branching out from its conventional roots with a proposed $400 million acquisition in the Appalachian Basin from privately held HG Energy LLC. The Birmingham, Ala.-based company, known as DGO, set out a couple years ago to build a position in the Appalachian Basin by acquiring conventional legacy wells to

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