In a big sign of the growth of sustainable plastics, bioplastics maker Danimer Scientific will become a publicly traded firm through a merger with Live Oak Acquisition Corp. Officials with Bainbridge, Ga.-based Danimer and Live Oak of Great Falls, Va., announced the deal in an Oct. 5 news release. Live Oak was formed in May
Read More...By any measure, it’s obvious to see that shale *drilling* activity in northcentral Pennsylvania counties–including Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, and Tioga–is on the “bust” side over the past five-plus years. 2016 was the low point. However, is there any hope of seeing another boom in shale drilling in the region?This post appeared first on
Read More...This is extremely frustrating. FirstEnergy subsidiary Energy Harbor is accused of bribing former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and several of his associates to pass (and stay passed) a $1.1 billion bailout bill that funnels electric ratepayer (i.e. taxpayer) money into the hands of FirstEnergy, to prop up two uneconomic and failing nuclear power plants
Read More...There’s a new twist in the ongoing situation (a mountain created from a molehill) in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Enbridge built and wants to bring online a compressor station that will push an extra 132,705 Dth/d (132.7 MMcf/d) of natural gas along the Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline. During testing to bring the compressor station online, Enbridge experienced
Read More...ethane carrier The Marcellus/Utica region has far more ethane production than we can use–even if the mighty Shell and PTT cracker plants were both in-service and operating. In fact, ethane is still (for many M-U drillers) a waste product that must be blended with natural gas or otherwise disposed of. Drillers are paying to get
Read More...You know anti-fossil fuelers are getting desperate when they make silly claims like a clean-burning natural gas power plant on the Hudson River (Orange County, NY) is killing crows and trees. One well known anti claims she witnessed the “sudden death” of 200 crows. And the trees in her backyard are “collapsing.” It’s all supposedly
Read More...We love to hear about companies born in the Marcellus/Utica grow up and expand to other regions. One such company is Deep Well Services, which expanded from our region into the Permian, and now, to another country (see SWPA’s Deep Well Services Going International w/Unit in Argentina). Steel Nation, another of our favorite companies, is
Read More...MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DEP invites comments on 2 Shell ethane plant air quality permits for Beaver County facility; We have power we must use; NATIONAL: Supreme Court to decide whether climate suit can go to federal court; Green groups launch ‘Green Wave 2020’ initiative to boost competitive Democratic campaigns; Noble Energy shareholders OK $4.1B sale to
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The New York Times has turned into a demagogic trash newspaper peddling outright hype about climate while ignoring the benefits of natural gas. The New York Times writes for those who wish certain things to be true and has been reliably wrong on so much. Who can forget
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Canadian railway to Alaska, landowner leases, Atlantic storms and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … .. Natural gas benefits to shale region communities all across Pennsylvania are simply huge. That was the message heard at Think About Energy. Improvements in education, quality of life, and community resilience were common threads in a virtual Think About Energy discussion facilitated by Cabot external affairs director George Stark
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Citizens Must Speak Out Against Dangerous Energy Bill I was pleased to be quoted in this piece about the latest monster
Read More...Energy In Depth spokesman Will Allison was on the radio Friday morning with KHOW host Ross Kaminsky to discuss the recent decision by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to extend the setback distance of oil and natural gas operations in the state from 500 to 2,000 feet. The policy could be detrimental for
Read More...Score a minor victory for the forces of evil. As we reported yesterday, two days ago Enbridge’s Weymouth, Massachusetts compressor station, about to come online, experienced a second emergency shutdown (see 2nd Emergency Shutdown at Weymouth, MA Compressor, Antis Pounce). The plant had to vent what amounted to a puff of natural gas. Yet antis
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Andrew Cuomo has from the very beginning been one America’s worst governors but now he’s proven to be the absolute worst, the bottom feeder. Some just released data from the Census Bureau confirms it; Andrew Cuomo, Governor Cuorruptocrat, is, by any definition, the absolute worst governor in the
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