In April, MDN told you about a radicalized faction within the Pennsylvania Democrat Party trying yet another ploy to block all new Marcellus drilling in the state (see PA House Bill 170 Kills New Marcellus Drilling Using Setbacks). Danielle Friel Otten, a committed anti-fossil fueler representing part of Chester County (Philadelphia area) in the Pennsylvania…
Read More...National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) and its pipeline subsidiary Empire Pipeline have worked on a plan to build the Northern Access Pipeline since 2016. Northern Access is a 97-mile project from McKean County in Pennsylvania into and through Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Erie counties in New York that will flow Marcellus gas into New York State….
Read More...Every time we read about peak oil or gas (demand or supply), or that there are no more good places left to drill for shale and drillers are now left to scrape and claw at less desirable locations, or that the decline curves are killing shale, etc. — we laugh. How many times over the…
Read More...This is how lawless dictators behave. The U.S. Senate, charged with approving the people who run various governmental agencies, including the Dept. of Energy, rejected Jeff Marootian, nominated by Joe Biden to be the assistant secretary of the Dept. of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Why? Joe Manchin said Marootian wants…
Read More...America’s natural gas and oil industry announced “a landmark partnership” in late 2017 called The Environmental Partnership to “accelerate improvements to environmental performance in operations across the country” for lowering methane emissions (see NatGas, Oil Industry Partnership to Accelerate Methane Reductions). The group, which includes most Marcellus/Utica drillers and pipeline companies, just released its fifth…
Read More...On Tuesday, members of Congress grilled the Bureau of Land Management over “the Biden Administration’s Mismanagement of the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Program,” and heard from stakeholders with a vested interest in responsible federal land development, from tribal leaders to local elected officials. During Tuesday’s House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing, recent efforts from the
Read More...Enbridge will only consider expanding its Mainline pipeline capacity once the Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain expansion (TMX) project begins operations. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Abdul Latif Jameel Global Energy’s Fotowatio Renewable Ventures will use energy from five solar farms in Spain to power Amazon’s operations, a news release says. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Tim Leach, former head of Concho Resources, said the industry’s drive for innovation means “somebody’s using a technique that no one’s ever tried before” that will improve oil recovery rates. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Costs are up for the Johan Castberg and Balder X projects, partially due to supply chain challenges and work scope changes. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Exxon Mobil Corp. started up a $2 billion chemical production expansion at the U.S. supermajor’s manufacturing complex near Houston. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...The closure of a thermoforming plant in Exeter, Calif., represents the last of five plants acquired by Sonoco Products Co. in a 2017 from Peninsula Packaging. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Despite the economic slowdown, many resin buyers are seeing higher prices. PET is the latest commodity resin to post an increase, joining polyethylene, polystyrene and PVC. In Polymer Points Live, Frank Esposito discusses those resins and explains the factors — including exports, supply outages and feedstock price increases — that enabled sellers to push through
Read More...The incoming head of one of the plastics industry’s main lobbying groups in Washington says building support for major plastics legislation could be a long-term project. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...A Massachusetts injection molder is putting the finishing touches on an expansion effort valued at more than $2 million that’s adding both more space and new equipment. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
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