Olympus Energy recently completed its Midas 6M well in Plum Borough with a record lateral length for the Marcellus Shale, according to WXPI. The company completed the Midas 6M with a record-breaking lateral stretching 20,060 feet. The almost 4-mile lateral is a record in the Marcellus among completed and producing wells. Olympus Energy is the
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. “Christmas has come early for the renewable energy lobby, as Congress has once again reached into taxpayers’ wallets to generously subsidize wind,
Read More...Duggan FlanakinDirector of Policy Research, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow … … [Editor’s Note: China is exploiting the global warming policies of politically correct nations to put African nations under its imperialist thumb.] Joe Biden has pledged that one of his first acts if elected President would be rejoining the Paris Climate Treaty – which
Read More...Oil prices edged down on Dec. 24 but were holding well above $50 per barrel in light holiday trade as a drop in U.S. stockpiles spurred demand hopes, while hints of an imminent Brexit deal underpinned investors’ risk appetite. Brent crude futures were down 40 cents, or 0.8%, to $50.80 a barrel at 1100 GMT,
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Read More...What is fracking? Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock. Is it safe? What most concerns people about fracturing is
Read More...The Chase Plastics Giving Card Campaign marked its fifth year by donating a total of $7,500 to three charities. The program run by resin distributor Chase Plastics of Clarkston, Mich., concluded Dec. 15. The campaign previously donated $1,000 each to three charities, but officials said in a Dec. 22 news release that because of overwhelming
Read More...Eni Makes Oil Discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert New oil resources discovered in the Western Desert of Egypt with a new exploration well in Meleiha Concession. The new discovery adds 10,000 barrels of oil per day to the current Concession production. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Eni Makes Oil Discovery in Egypt’s Western Desert New oil resources discovered in the Western Desert of Egypt with a new exploration well in Meleiha Concession. The new discovery adds 10,000 barrels of oil per day to the current Concession production. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...[Editor’s note: On the Market Oil and Gas Quicklist will take a brief hiatus due to the holidays. The next Quicklist will publish on Jan. 6.] Source: HartEnergy.com On The Market Quicklist Location/Play Seller Agent BidDue Date OK, Blaine, Canadain, Major, Woods & Woodward Cos. Kaiser-Francis Oil Co. EnergyNet 1/6/21 PA, Butler & Armstrong Cos. (Appalachia/Marcellus
Read More...We have some super-exciting news to share–what we believe is an MDN exclusive. DeepRock Disposal Solutions has secured all of the necessary permits and authorizations it needs (over 30!), including authorization from the U.S. Coast Guard, to begin transporting shale (produced) wastewater via barge on the Ohio River. DeepRock will begin its barge service in
Read More...A well in the Marcellus Shale in (of all places) Plum Borough in Allegheny County, PA (a suburb of Pittsburgh) has dethroned a well in the Ohio Utica as the longest onshore lateral drilled…in the world! Olympus Energy (formerly Huntley & Huntley Exploration) has drilled and completed a well with a 20,060-foot lateral–3.8 miles long!This
Read More...What if we gave the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) a $2.5 million grant to study a link between peanut butter and childhood cancer. Researchers could only use the money to study any potential link between peanut butter and kids getting rare cancers. Sounds absurd, right? What if there is NO link between peanut butter and
Read More...Dunkleosteus terrelli We’ve heard of fossil fuels, but until we spotted a press release from Ohio, we’d never heard of a fossil fish. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has just signed a bill into law designating the fossil fish species Dunkleosteus terrelli (a mean-looking critter) as the official Fossil Fish of Ohio. Dunkleosteus is the second
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