Cleveland Democrat Floats Bill to Require Frack Chemical Disclosure

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Cleveland Democrat Floats Bill to Require Frack Chemical Disclosure

An anti-drilling Democrat member of the Ohio House of Representatives (representing a Cleveland suburb) would love nothing more than to ban all shale drilling in his state. He has just introduced a bill requiring drillers to disclose any and all chemicals they use for any purpose when drilling a new shale well under state-owned land….

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Gas Trader Predicts NatGas $2.50 in 2024, $3.00+ in 2025 & Beyond

Yes, we’ve been keeping an eye on the (pathetic) price of natural gas as it flounders and flops. The NYMEX Henry Hub front-month contract briefly went above $3/MMBtu earlier this year, but since that time, it’s had a hard time staying above $2. It’s depressing. From time to time, we bring you predictions from various…

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Politically Correct BP Says World Taking Too Long to “Transition”

No, we’re not talking about transitioning from male to female and female to male, a mental disorder that’s celebrated in popular culture these days. We’re talking about the “other” transitioning — from using fossil fuels to…using nothing, because without fossil fuels, you get nothing when it comes to energy. The left pretends solar and wind…

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Occidental Fleeces Microsoft into Buying Carbon Indulgences

Maybe the oil and gas industry will get the last laugh after all. We’ve written many posts comparing carbon offsets/credits to the practice of the Catholic Church selling indulgences in the Middle Ages to absolve you of your sins (see our stories here). But that doesn’t really work. Your sins don’t magically go away if…

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Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jul 11, 2024

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Tellurian gets FERC approval for Driftwood completion; New York to roll out small shampoo bottle ban at hotels; INTERNATIONAL: Houthi attacks in Red Sea sharply increase. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!) The post Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jul 11, 2024 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling

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Come Together: California Resources, Aera Merge for Scale, Drilling Runway

California Resources Corp. closed an acquisition of Aera Energy to become California’s top oil and gas producer. Now, CRC President and CEO Francisco Leon wants to grow from a one-rig to an eight-rig drilling program—but faces stiff pushback from regulators and environmental advocates in the Golden State. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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Eni Reports Discovery Offshore Mexico in Block 9

Italian energy giant Eni SpA announced a discovery at the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well in the offshore Mexico Block 9 of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, which potential up to 400 MMboe in place. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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Owner of 3 Athens, OH Injection Wells Applies to Permanently Plug

In April, the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission upheld a regulatory order from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) suspending operations of three wastewater injection wells located in Torch (Athens County), OH, owned by K&H Partners, a subsidiary of Tallgrass Energy (see Ohio O&G Commission Votes to Shut Down 3 Athens Injection Wells). The…

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Marcellus Shale Testing Lab in PA Sells Itself to Minneapolis Co.

Incorporated in 1988, Environmental Service Laboratories, Inc. (ESL) is an environmental testing laboratory based in Indiana, PA, providing various analytical testing, consulting, and field sampling services. ESL customers include Marcellus/Utica natural gas drilling companies, industrial facilities, municipalities, engineering firms, local/state/federal government, and the general public. ESL is accredited to test drinking water, wastewater, soil, solid…

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Diversified Buys More East Texas Assets from Crescent Pass Energy

Diversified Energy (formerly Diversified Gas & Oil), with major assets in the Marcellus/Utica region (with assets in other regions, too), owns approximately 8 million acres of leases with 67,000 (mostly) conventional oil and gas wells. The company’s business model is to buy lower-producing wells on the cheap and find ways to make them more productive….

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July STEO Predicts U.S. Natgas Output Declines, Demand Rises 2024

Once a month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysts issue the agency’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), their best guess about where energy prices and production will go in the next 12 months. Starting last month, the EIA axed its monthly Drilling Productivity Report that focused on shale plays and instead rolled it into the…

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Bipartisan Bill Would Study Carbon Emissions from China Products

Conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House are pushing a so-called bipartisan bill to “study” the carbon emissions of products produced in the U.S. versus emissions for products manufactured in other countries, like China. We think this may be a slippery slope. We first wrote about this issue in March 2023 when the Senate…

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