PA House Bill to Make DRBC Pay Big Bucks for Drilling Ban Advances

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PA House Bill to Make DRBC Pay Big Bucks for Drilling Ban Advances

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Pennsylvania House Bill (HB) 827, which would make a permanent frack ban by the Delaware River Basin Commission (if adopted) a government “taking” or seizure of a citizens’ property liable for compensation,

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Another $3M in PA Grants to Fund 3 Local Marcellus Pipelines

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Another $3 million in taxpayer-funded grants have just been handed out to three different local pipeline projects under Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Investment Program, or PIPE. Two of the projects are in northeastern PA,

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Cove Point LNG Plant Experiences Short-Lived “Flaring Event”

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Cove Point LNG terminal Last Thursday, March 21st at 9:22 pm, Dominion Energy’s Cove Point LNG export facility along the shoreline of Maryland experienced a brief “flaring event” due to an issue

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National Grid Keeps Promise, No New NYC Gas Customers

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Utility giant National Grid has officially begun to caution (promise? warn? threaten?) “dozens of midsize companies” in New York City now applying to become new natural gas customers they may not be

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Delayed Michigan Gas-Fired Plant Close to Construction Start

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. In October 2016, Indeck Energy announced a plan to build a $1 billion electric generating plant (powered by natural gas) in Niles, Michigan, not far from Chicago (see $1B Electric Plant Planned

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Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 27, 2019

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gas pipeline would ‘rip up the clam beds’ in N.J. for New Yorkers’ sake, foes say; PUCO approves plan to bring natural gas to Belpre; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chevron, Exxon

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Best Places to Work: West Michigan Compounding

March 27, 2019 Updated 3/27/2019 Email Print West Michigan Compounding West Michigan Compounding recently donated $2,500 to the Humane Society and also had employees bring in pet food and toys for donation. At plastics recycler West Michigan Compounding, employees are evaluated annually through an internal process called PAED, which stands for Performance Attitude Experience Drive.

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Best Places to Work: Dymotek Corp.

March 27, 2019 Updated 3/27/2019 Email Print Dymotek Corp. Dymotek Corp. is involved in community service efforts such as youth sports, animal shelters, community theater and holiday giving. At Ellington, Conn.-based Dymotek Corp., career training and job advancement tools are emphasized. The thermoplastic and liquid silicone molding company offers employees up to $1,250 per semester

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Kimbell Royalty closes deal with EnCap

Kimbell Royalty Partners said Monday it’s closed the previously announced purchase of oil and gas royalty assets from EnCap Investments for roughly $171.6 million in Kimbell Royalty Operating stock. The acquisition includes oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests previously controlled by EnCap through Phillips Energy Partners, Phillips Energy Partners II and Phillips Energy Partners

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Yet Another “Golden Year for Gas” Says International Energy Agency

Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … …  The head of the International Energy Agency has just declared 2018 was another “golden year of gas” worldwide with gas representing almost half of demand. Yes, Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, just said this: “Last year can also be considered another golden year for

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Crudes rise as supply cuts overcome economic worry

Crude oil rose sharply Tuesday as Opec+ supply cuts and expectations of lower U.S. inventories outweighed concern about weaker demand due to a potential worldwide economic slowdown. Brent crude was up 70 cents at $67.89 a barrel, not far from its 2019 high of $68.69/Bbl hit on March 21, Kallanish Energy reports. U.S. West Texas

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Activity stops at Venezuela’s main oil port after blackout

Venezuela’s main oil port of Jose, operated by state-run oil giant Pdvsa, was virtually shut down following a massive power blackout Monday, two oil industry workers and a union leader close to the facility told Reuters. The most recent oil shipment for export, on very large crude carrier Dragon, chartered by Russia’s Rosneft, left the

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3 core challenges the US energy transformation created

More than $200 billion is expected to be invested in U.S. petrochemicals as the region becomes an energy exporter, and this unprecedented growth has created a new set of core challenges for the industry to contend with. × As the U.S. petrochemicals industry investment renaissance continues and both the supply and demand for U.S. plastic

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FERC reviews two pipeline expansions in Pennsylvania

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission plans to review two pipeline expansions in Pennsylvania, according to Seeking Alpha. Transco’s Leidy South project and National Fuel Gas’ FM100 project will undergo environmental assessments. An environmental assessment rather than a full environmental impact statement can mean a shorter review to arrive at a decision. The Leidy South project

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