Energy Transition in Motion (Week of Aug. 25, 2023)
Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including the launch of a large solar, storage, EV project at a U.S. airport. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...UAW members at Detroit 3 authorize strike if talks break down
UAW members at the Detroit 3 agreed to let the union call a strike if contract talks break down with a Sept. 14 deadline looming, as reported by our sister publication Automotive News. About 97 percent of workers who voted cast their ballot in favor of authorizing a strike, the UAW said Friday. The vote is
Read More...Investments from Amcor, Mondelez will move construction of Australian chemical recycling plant forward
Global packaging solutions provider Amcor and Mondelēz International, Inc. have announced that they have invested in Licella, an Australian chemical recycling pioneer whose hydrothermal liquefaction technology is claimed to be the most commercially advanced technology of its kind. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...New processor MAKS Plastics planning to expand in Indiana
MAKS Plastics LLC, a rotational molder and thermoformer in Mishawaka, Ind., just launched in June and already is planning a $5 million equipment expansion. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...OSHA cites vinyl tile supplier for repeated safety violations
Finger amputation at Fostoria, Ohio-based NOX US LLC, a subsidiary of Seoul, South Korea-based NOX Corp., prompted an OSHA investigation. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Private Equity Ownership in E&Ps Slips, Reducing Overhang: Truist
A Truist Securities study finds more diversity in private equity ownership of E&Ps and predicts more of them will keep their ownership for the longer term. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Report: Rager Mountain Gas Storage Well Casing Failed from Corrosion
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...Analyst Says MVP Not Ready Until Mid-2024; Won’t Spur New Drilling
East Daley Analytics, based in Colorado, is a consulting firm that specializes in identifying, understanding, and monitoring operational risk throughout the oil and gas value chain. A “Daley Note” published yesterday by the company focused on the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), providing a status update and a couple of intriguing (some might say controversial) comments….
Read More...SWPA Republican Rep. Sells Out, Turns Against Marcellus Industry
We’re naming names. Pennsylvania State Rep. Charity Grimm Krupa (Republican from Fayette County) has turned against the Marcellus industry. She is introducing legislation that would ban drilling new wastewater injection wells in the state, making it much harder to drill new shale wells. Companies end up drilling fewer wells without a place to dispose of…
Read More...DOE Gives Duke Energy & Williams $1M to Monitor for Methane Leaks
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) is giving utility giant Duke Energy (mega profitable) and one of its natural gas suppliers, Williams (i.e., the Transco Pipeline, also mega profitable) $1 million of taxpayer money to do their jobs of monitoring for methane leaks. Dontcha love corporate welfare? Of course, if the government is going to…
Read More...PA PUC Hires Lib Dem Retread from Wolf Admin as Executive Director
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) is the public utility commission in Pennsylvania. The PUC has five commissioners appointed by the Governor with the consent of the state Senate. The PUC oversees public utility and services operations in the Commonwealth, in sectors including water, energy, telecommunications, and transportation. The decisions made by the PUC impact…
Read More...Cambridge Study Finds Carbon Offsets Using Trees is a Scam
Carbon offsets are the same thing as carbon taxes. A carbon offset refers to reducing so-called greenhouse gas emissions by buying a credit from someone who plants trees or agrees not to cut down trees. A company gets to keep on polluting as long as it pays a tax to do it–pretending they are helping…
Read More...Climate Crazies Turn on One of Their Own: Mass. Gov. Maura Healey
Bonus post today! Something we came across after completing our list of stories to write and share–but just too good to pass up. This story perfectly illustrates what has happened inside the Democrat Party from its fearmongering about climate change and demonization of fossil energy. A group of kids in their early 20s (thoroughly brainwashed…
Read More...27 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Aug 14 – 20
New shale permits issued for Aug 14 – 20 in the Marcellus/Utica finally turned around. There were 27 new permits issued last week, way up from the 10 issued the prior week. Last week’s permit tally included 21 new permits in Pennsylvania, 2 new permits in Ohio, and 4 new permits in West Virginia (after…
Read More...Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 25, 2023
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Drought watch remains for 20 Pa. counties, lifted for 47 counties; Reformers say make Pa. state permits more like pizzas; Pennsylvania farmers benefit from strong natural gas industry; NATIONAL: GOP candidates embrace domestic energy production in first debate; Carbon capture faces several challenges to wider commercialization; INTERNATIONAL: IMF says fossil fuel subsidies hit…
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