The Fairmont Brine Processing plant, located at 168 AFR Drive in Fairmont (Marion County), West Virginia, was constructed between 2009 and 2010 by AOP Clearwater LLC. The plant was acquired by Fairmont Brine Processing (FBP) in 2012. FBP began pre-treatment operations at the site in 2013 and fully operated the plant beginning fall of 2014….
Read More...A Ph.D. writing an article for the Forbes website touts efforts by the radicalized Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in sniffing out methane by using both planes and (now) satellites. The Ph.D. opens his article with a factually incorrect statement: “MethaneSAT is a satellite designed to measure emissions of methane, the second most common greenhouse gas…
Read More...A lawsuit being heard this summer is designed to hold Big Green groups responsible for their actions. Energy Transfer (ET), the owner and operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAP), is suing Greenpeace and other alleged instigators for $300 million for the damages sustained by the company as a result of violent protests incited by…
Read More...Oxy and Chevron are among companies trying to find the sweet spot between data analytics and machine learning with human intervention to optimize production and predict failures before they happen. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...A second Trump administration might move the price needle on oil slightly, but OPEC would retain the upper hand in any outcome. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Trans Mountain appointed Mark Maki to CEO, succeeding Dawn Farrell who will now be chairman of the board. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...After the Canadian government stepped in to end the work stoppage, the Teamsters Union indicated that the strike would go forward. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including a promising outlook for global offshore wind capacity. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...As second-quarter earnings wrap up, here is a selection of dividends declared in the energy industry. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...The change comes three months after Canada tripled capacity to 890,000 bbl/d on the Trans Mountain Pipeline. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Canada’s Gran Tierra Energy will acquire U.K. and Canadian producer i3 Energy in a deal valued at $225.4 million. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...This week’s permit report is a bit different. Technically, for the week of August 12 – 18, a total of seven new permits were issued across the Marcellus/Utica. However, last week’s permit report omitted West Virginia numbers because the state’s online data service was out of order (see 26 New Shale Well Permits Issued for…
Read More...Eureka Resources, which operates three frack wastewater treatment facilities in the Marcellus Shale, has idled one of its three plants, the Standing Stone plant in Bradford County, PA. According to an inspection report by the Department of Environmental Protection conducted on August 19, Bob Cooney, Vice President of Operations at Eureka Resources, told the DEP…
Read More...We spotted a press release about pipeline repair company operating in the Marcellus/Utica, located in Ohio, Precision Pipeline Services, buying out a pipeline repair company based in Pennsylvania, Allegheny Contracting. We checked, and we’ve never written about either company. We always get a thrill when uncovering new companies involved in the M-U we didn’t know…
Read More...U.S. Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia (aka Traitor Joe) spoke to the Pittsburgh Business Times Wednesday afternoon about a bill he and Republican Sen. John Barrasso (from Wyoming) recently introduced, the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024 (see Barrasso, Manchin Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Bill). Manchin told PBT reporter Paul Gough he thinks…
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