Officials with Pacur in Oshkosh, Wis., said that the use of the Eastman material “is an important step to contribute to a more circular future and divert landfill-bound plastic waste.” This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...As energy companies continue to address environmental, social and governance issues, the creation and implementation of an ESG roadmap is essential to ensure long-term business viability, executives said during the Carbon & ESG Strategies conference hosted by Hart Energy. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office (IFO) released its latest quarterly Natural Gas Production Report for April through June 2023 (full copy below). There were 94 new horizontal wells spud (drilled) in 2Q23, a huge decrease of 39 wells (-29%) compared to 2Q22. Data for July and August 2023 show that new wells spud declined…
Read More...Equitrans Midstream Corporation, the builder and (soon to be) operator of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project, announced the company’s CEO, Thomas Karam, will retire at the end of the year just as MVP is coming online. Diana Charletta, currently president and chief operating officer of Equitrans, will succeed Karam as Equitrans’ newly appointed…
Read More...The old Energy Harbor coal-fired power plant in Pleasants County, WV, which had been offline since June 1 and was scheduled to be demolished, recently roared back to life under new ownership (see WV Coal Power Plant Roars Back to Life, Will Convert to Hydrogen). Omnis Fuel Technologies invested $800 million to restart operations at…
Read More...Last November, one of the ten natural gas storage wells at the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area in Jackson Township, Cambria County (in Pennsylvania) began to leak. The well leaked roughly 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of gas into the atmosphere (see Equitrans Gas Storage Well in Cambria County, PA is Leaking)….
Read More...The swamp gets swampier. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, from West Virginia, Chairman of the powerful Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is rumored to be pushing a staff member to fill the open Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner slot. There is an open seat for a Democrat after Manchin blocked Richard “Dick” Glick from…
Read More...Not only are fossil fuels (oil and natural gas) loathsome and evil and racist, not to mention toasting Mom Earth into a cinder, but if the Bidenistas move forward with pushing hydrogen energy as a replacement, hydrogen will be just as loathsome, just as evil, and just as racist–according to 180 so-called environment groups (Communist…
Read More...New shale permits issued for Aug 28 – Sep 3 in the Marcellus/Utica continued to decline. There were 13 new permits issued last week, down from 16 issued two weeks ago, and way down from the 27 issued three weeks ago. Last week’s permit tally included 8 new permits in Pennsylvania, 5 new permits in…
Read More...NATIONAL: U.S. utility customers more satisfied with natgas than electric; Biden admin pulls Alaska oil, natgas leases in blow to energy industry; Biden pulls Energy Dept. nominee after gas stove spat with Manchin; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls after warning flags of pullback arise; Saudi-Russia move can only result in one thing; $100 oil within striking distance…
Read More...The plastics processor, one of the largest in the world, is not sure whether it wants to keep the Health, Hygiene and Specialties division, a business that brought in 22 percent of Berry’s sales in 2022. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...The value of shipments from the U.S. plastics industry increased in 2022 as the number of people employed by the industry also grew. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...After a coalition of attorneys general withdrew objections, a U.S. district judge gave preliminary approval to a revised settlement involving 3M and public water suppliers over contamination caused by PFAS chemicals. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, September 8, 1923 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. It’s fun and illuminating to look back 100 years ago at what
Read More...The new facility will open later this year and employ about 100, but the workforce is expected to increase during the next three years. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
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