In the first six months of 2023, the U.S. became China’s largest source of imported linear low density polyethylene resin, helping keep the U.S. market balanced for that material. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...We should have known there was a price to pay, a “pound of flesh” to be exacted, when we read the announcement that the Bidenistas of the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) had approved EQT’s deal to buy Tug Hill’s West Virginia assets. Two days ago, EQT issued a press release to announce the deal had…
Read More...Yesterday we told you about a new $2 billion hydrogen project coming to West Virginia (see $2B Hydrogen Project Announces for WV – FidelisH2 in Mason Co.). Fidelis New Energy announced it had selected Mason County for a “net-zero” hydrogen production facility and low carbon microgrid, which it has dubbed The Mountaineer GigaSystem. The Fidelis…
Read More...We’ll say aloud what no one else appears ready or willing to say: The long-ballyhooed PTT ethane cracker plant project in Belmont County, Ohio, announced eight years ago, is dead. That’s our humble opinion. We periodically look for signs of life in the project, and it has been a flat line for YEARS. Nothing. A…
Read More...On August 17, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) posted an Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy to guide DEP’s permit application reviews and outreach efforts in environmental justice areas throughout the Commonwealth. New Environmental Justice (or EJ) policies are a euphemism for regulations that prohibit drilling and pipelines built in neighborhoods of color or…
Read More...Earlier this week, Pittsburgh University (Pitt) researchers released three studies commissioned by the State Dept. of Health supposedly investigating whether or not there is a connection between shale drilling and childhood diseases, including cancer (see Pitt Releases Fake Research, Claims PA Fracking Linked to Kid Cancer). Our position from the beginning, when Pitt received $2.5…
Read More...Last week S&P Global Ratings, the largest and most important of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which include Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, announced it is ditching its system of numerically ranking corporate borrowers on their ESG risk (see S&P Global De-Wokeifies – Dumps ESG Scores from Credit Ratings). Even though S&P will no…
Read More...New shale permits issued for Aug 7 – 13 in the Marcellus/Utica crashed for a second week in a row. There were 10 new permits issued last week, down 14 issued the previous week (half of the 29 issued three weeks ago). Last week’s permit tally included 10 new permits in Pennsylvania, no new permits…
Read More...MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Environmentalists call Dominion’s carbon offsets “greenwashing”; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cruz tells Texas oil and natural gas industry to ‘fight back’; NATIONAL: Trump Energy Sec tapped to lead utility lobbying group; Coalition demands DOE Sec. Granholm’s resignation over ethics lapses; Why America’s shale boom is not over; IRA subsidies might create energy minerals supply…
Read More...So far, 2023 has been a bit bumpy but good overall for U.S. mold makers, according to participants of the Aug. 17 online Q3 Moldmaker Forum put on by the Plastics Industry Association. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Resin market analysts say there are few indications that prices will radically change in the coming months due to decreased demand at home and reduced production in China, leading to fewer exports. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Black & Veatch Chief Client Officer Patrick Hogan was named to the executive board of regional nonprofit Climate Action KC. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...John Paisie of Stratas Advisors suggests that oil demand will overtake supply during Q3 and Q4, but at the same time, the market will remain concerned about challenges facing the U.S., China and the EU. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Equinor’s latest find is close to existing infrastructure in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, August 18, 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
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