Shale basins like the Eagle Ford often present significant challenges for pipeline operators. One of them is the higher produced water temperatures associated with shale production in the region. Those temperatures often are in the 160 to 180 F range, which exceed standard polyethylene (PE) pipe temperature ratings that do not go beyond 140 F.
Read More...Contango Oil & Gas Co. completed its acquisition of a package of oily, low-decline assets known as Project Silvertip located in in the Big Horn, Permian, and Powder River basins, it said in a company release on Feb. 1. The Fort Worth, Texas-based company paid $58 million in cash for the acquisition of about 182,000
Read More...2020 produced one of the most severe storm and wildfire seasons on record, with 25 separate U.S. disasters resulting in $1 billion in insurance claims each. With 2021 upon us, it’s critical to consider the hazards that oilfield service workers will be asked to wade into before disasters strike. Imagine a common scenario in which
Read More...Houston — The 2021 Buick GL6 features the first commercial application of Kraton Corp.’s injection-molded soft skin technology in an automotive application. Released by SAIC-GM in China last November, the GL6 uses an instrument panel skin manufactured using IMSS technology. Employing ultra-high flow TPEs based on hydrogenated styrenic block copolymers (HSBCs), IMSS offers an alternative to
Read More...Kamal K. Tiwari, the operating partner of Chicago-based Altair Investments Inc., has been named CEO of Xaloy Holdings LLC, a nearly century-old manufacturer of screws, barrels and components for injection molding and extrusion machinery. Altair acquired Xaloy’s manufacturing plants in Austintown, Ohio, Pulaski, Va., and Chonburi, Thailand, as well as numerous sales offices from Westlake,
Read More...Injection molder Edge Plastics Inc. is planning a major expansion at its production site in Mansfield, Ohio. Edge will invest $12.3 million in the expansion, which will cover almost 35,000 square feet, according to a recent report in the Richland Source. The project is expected to create 43 new jobs. Mansfield City Council is scheduled
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: A global warming poll from organizations with “Climate Change Communication” can hardly be expected to be unbiased and it isn’t.] A recent survey claims that there is wide support for policies to combat climate change by developing “clean” energy. I am very cynical
Read More...Virtual pipeline company Xpress Natural Gas (XNG), which operates a major compression station/trucking facility not far from MDN headquarters, has agreed to sell itself to Basalt Infrastructure Partners, an investment firm located in London and New York City. The sale price was not disclosed.This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Vermont Gas is probably sorry it ever decided to build a tiny 41-mile pipeline between Chittenden and Addison counties to deliver clean-burning natural gas to Vermonters. Not only was the project hounded by anti-fossil fuel nutjobs, since going online in 2017 the project has been hounded by the State of Vermont itself! After a multi-year
Read More...After Joe Biden signed an Executive Order in his first few days on the job killing the Keystone XL pipeline project (instantly throwing 11,000 union members of out high-paying jobs), anti-fossil fuel nuts have been salivating (drooling, actually) in anticipation of what else old dementia Joe will do next to kill off other pipeline projects,
Read More...The City of Monroe, North Carolina is a shining example of what other cities should do. The city recently launched a new LNG facility online (took three years to build). The city buys natural gas on the open market when the price is low, liquefies and stores it, and then regasifies it for use later–saving
Read More...FERC Chairman Glick Newly appointed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard “Dick” Glick is already targeting natural gas pipelines–to keep them from getting built. Since his appointment by Donald Trump, Glick, a Chuck Schumer Democrat, has voted against every single new natural gas pipeline project using the excuse of man-made global warming. Now he’s
Read More...All three M-U states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania received 22 new permits. Ohio received 2 new permits. And West Virginia received 8 new permits.This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Natural gas production far exceeded consumption in West Virginia in 2019; Struzzi to Wolf: enough is enough (re severance tax); Industry says Gov. Wolf should attack COVID, not Pennsylvania’s energy producers; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Seattle City Council passes measure to end most natural gas use in commercial buildings and some apartments; Exelon threatens
Read More...Greendale, Wis. — Tandem Group, a national manufacturers’ representative firm, has added two vendors to its product line through partnerships with Odin Heavy Industries LLC, a plastic products manufacturer, and Alutec, a manufacturer of aluminum composite materials, some with polyethylene cores. The industries that will benefit from expanded offering include the architectural and signage markets,
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