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Only 2 Mass. GOP Senators Voted Against Bill that Destroys NatGas

Yesterday, the Massachusetts State Senate voted to have the state jump into the energy abyss. They voted in favor of blackouts and brownouts by banning the use of natural gas — coming in the next five years. It boggles the mind. Their vote (if confirmed by the House, which is a given) will destroy thousands…

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E&P Highlights: June 24, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including TotalEnergies working with Nigeria to reach FID on the Ubeta gas field and Chevron signing production sharing contracts for two blocks offshore Equatorial Guinea. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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Natural Gas Rules the Northeast Power Market, Lowering Both Prices and Emissions

Since 2013, the country’s largest wholesale electricity market has doubled its natural gas combined-cycle plant capacity, sharply lowering the country’s emissions and energy costs, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA). “Use of the coal fleet in PJM, the country’s largest wholesale electricity market, has fallen over the last decade, driven largely

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M-U Drillers Excited About Growing Demand from Nearby Data Centers

Just last week, MDN brought you the news about a new report from Aurora Energy Research that predicts new electricity demand from data centers in northern Virginia could (likely will) hit 15 gigawatts (GW) by 2030 (see Report Says Va. Data Center Growth Needs 15 GW of Gas-Fired Power). According to Aurora, wind and solar…

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Radical Left Signals New Focus to Block MVP Southgate Project

They lost, and we won for the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. “They” means the radical environmental left (nutters who irrationally hate all fossil energy, including natural gas), and “us” means those who support the common sense use of fossil energy and projects like MVP. According to the left, the next battleground is to…

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MSC President Dave Callahan Says MVP “Checks a Lot of Boxes”

The future is much brighter for natural gas producers in West Virginia because of the completion and operation of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), which stretches from Wetzel County, WV, in northern West Virginia, to Pittsylvania County, VA, in southern Virginia. In a recent appearance on the MetroNews Talkline radio program in WV, Marcellus…

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