Energy Transition in Motion (Week of Oct. 4, 2024)

Ohio River Corridor

Public Records Lawsuit Suggests DOE Concealed LNG Export Study

U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently announced that the Department’s long-awaited study of LNG export impacts would be released by the end of the year. A new report, however, indicates a study may have already been completed – but was kept hidden from the public. Recall that when the Biden-Harris administration justified its

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28 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Sep 23 – 29

There were 28 permits issued to drill new shale wells in Marcellus/Utica for the week of Sept. 23 – 29, down slightly from the 32 issued the prior week. The Keystone State (PA) had 15 new permits, with seven of them going to Range Resources, most of them in Washington County. Three permits were issued…

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Ohio Supreme Court Affirms Permit for 3.7-Mile Pipe Near Toledo

Yesterday, the Ohio Supreme Court issued a “slip opinion” dismissing a challenge to a tiny 3.7-mile, 30-inch pipeline Columbia Gas wants to build in Maumee, a city in Lucas County, Ohio, a suburb about 10 miles southwest of Toledo. The owners of a commercial office building claimed they would suffer “irreparable financial harm” if the…

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New Poll Shows Swing State Voters Want Answers on Energy Policies

A new Morning Consult/American Petroleum Institute (API) poll recently surveyed registered voters in the key swing states of Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Inflation is a huge issue for voters in those states, with 81% to 86% saying the price of daily necessities has become “financially painful” and anywhere from 88%…

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Québec May Have to Pay Questerre $4.8B for Utica Drilling Ban

The province of Québec, Canada, with a huge supply of Utica Shale gas sitting beneath it, passed a new law in 2022 outlawing all oil and natural gas production throughout the province (see Quebec Pulls Trigger & Commits Energy Suicide – Bans All O&G Prod.). It was a breathtaking grab of totalitarian power. It’s also…

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Cornell Tries to Prop Up Junk “Study” on LNG by Park Foundation

Two days ago, MDN told you about a Congressional investigation looking into the Department of Energy’s use of a prematurely released “study” as an excuse to “pause” (i.e., ban) new LNG export approvals (see Congress Probes Role of Bob Howarth Study in DOE LNG Pause). Cornell professor Robert Howarth, using money from the anti-fossil fuel…

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Hydrogen from Methane Pyrolysis Potential New $$ for Drillers

There are so many colors for hydrogen (denoting how it is produced) that we’ve lost track of the number. Some 95% of all hydrogen today is made by using steam with natural gas to separate hydrogen from carbon, referred to as “gray” hydrogen. If the hydrogen producer captures the carbon dioxide generated during the process,…

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Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 4, 2024

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Virginia Natural Gas taps new CEO; NATIONAL: John Kerry says First Amendment is the enemy, elites try to eliminate free speech; US, Brazil extend energy transition collaboration; INTERNATIONAL: Oil soars on Biden remarks; Why carbon credits are a load of hot air and where the money really goes.To view this content, log…

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