What is wrong with West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice? Last week we told you about Justice trash-talking a proposed natural gas-fired electric plant planned for Brooke County (see WV Gov. Jim Justice Trash-Talks Brooke County Gas-Fired Power). Justice outright questioned the project’s viability. He made some followup remarks yesterday to “clarify” his remarks from last
Read More...Joe Biden in Pittsburgh (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Joe Biden is not well, that much was obvious yesterday as he made a brief appearance in Pittsburgh to falsely claim he never said he would ban fracking, and to falsely claim President Trump is to blame for ongoing riots and crimes in Democrat-blue cities across the country
Read More...click for larger version On Sunday, June 28, Chesapeake Energy, with major operations in the northeast Pennsylvania Marcellus, filed for bankruptcy (see Chesapeake Files for Bankruptcy – Debtors to Take Ownership). As part of the filing, the company asked the bankruptcy court to allow it to break existing, legal, enforceable contracts with several pipeline companies,
Read More...Top 12 I.P. Wells in the Permian Basin FlowOperatorWell #LocationFormation/BasinComp. Date3,176 bbl oil equivalent/d (83% oil)*Pioneer Natural Resources Co.12H University 2-20Section 20 Block 2, University Lands Survey, Reagan County (RRC Dist. 7C), TexasUpper Wolfcamp B, MidlandOct. 20133,605 bbl oil equivalent/d (74% oil)*Pioneer Natural Resources Co.10H University 7-43Section 36, Block 7, University Lands Survey, Reagan County
Read More...For the second year in a row, a far-reaching plastics packaging bill that would have required a 75 percent recycling or composting rate died in the final hours of California’s legislative session. The measure had passed the state Senate Aug. 30 but fell four votes short of what it needed to clear the state Assembly
Read More...Novelty Manufacturing Co., a 98-year-old molder of planters and container gardening products, is expanding thanks to a booming business from people planting vegetable gardens. “We’re adding capacity. With the COVID experience, it’s become a little bit of a wild market for us,” majority owner and President Joe DiMeo said in a telephone interview. Retailers and
Read More...DALLAS—Energy Transfer Sept. 1 announced the completion of its Lone Star Express Pipeline expansion project, which was a major part of Energy Transfer’s 2020 capital program. The project, delivered on budget and ahead of schedule adds over 400,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of NGL capacity to Energy Transfer’s existing Lone Star NGL pipeline system in
Read More...WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is looking to tighten oil sanctions on Venezuela in the near future, the top U.S. envoy for the country told Reuters on Aug. 31, by potentially removing exemptions that allow some oil companies to exchange Venezuelan crude for fuel from the OPEC member. President Donald Trump has ramped up sanctions on Venezuela’s
Read More...Schlumberger Ltd. is selling its North America fracking business to Liberty Oilfield Services Inc. as the Houston-based oilfield services giant shifts its focus away from the U.S. shale business. Alongside peers Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Co., Schlumberger has begun planning for a significantly leaner future following the worst price cash in decades, leading the
Read More...Turkey said Sept. 1 that its Oruc Reis exploration vessel will carry out seismic surveys in a disputed area of the eastern Mediterranean until Sept. 12, provoking an angry response from neighboring Greece. Turkey and Greece, NATO allies, disagree over claims to hydrocarbon resources in the area based on conflicting views on the extent of
Read More...Materials maker Americhem Inc. has acquired Controlled Polymers A/S, a compounder and concentrates maker based in Ribe, Denmark. In a Sept. 1 news release, officials with Americhem in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, said that Controlled has been supplying “sustainable polymeric solutions” to some of the largest health care OEMs in the world for more than 30
Read More...Organizers of Poland’s Plastpol trade show for rubber and plastics processing says it is ready to go Oct. 6-8 in Kielce, with modifications. Those modifications begin with the dates. The event usually takes place over four days in May. For 2020, it was delayed to October and cut back to three days. “The fact that the
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … A Children’s Horse Show is set for Saturday at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds; hosted by the Endless Mountains Riding Club with Cabot’s help. The Endless Mountains Riding Club (EMRC) will host a Children’s Horse Show at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds on Saturday, August 29. This is just another
Read More...The use of renewables for electricity generation rose 32% year-on-year during second quarter according to a new report, Kallanish Energy reports. The Drax Electrical Insights Q2 report, published on Monday by UK power generator Drax and compiled from analysis by Imperial Consultants, found that the share of renewables in the UK energy mix increased to
Read More...The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has opened a public comment period for a proposed conveyor system on public lands to move sand for hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, Kallanish Energy reports. The Kermit Overland Conveyor Project is being developed by Texas-based OLC Kermit LLC, a subsidiary of
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