MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Tier 1 Rental and Distribution files bankruptcy; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cold snap causes force majeure at Cameron LNG; Democratic state lawmakers propose fracking ban in California; Sustained arctic weather exposes weaknesses in Texas’s power industry; Texans deserve better than the epic power generation failure they have endured this week; NATIONAL: Annual U.S. liquefied
Read More...[Editor’s note: Opinions expressed by the author are their own.] Texas seems to have begun a return to normalcy after the coldest weather in a century left millions without power and water for days in sub-freezing temperatures. In Houston, most customers have had their power restored and municipal water pressure is rising. As expected, however,
Read More...So, global G ... … …[Editor’s Note: Texas has powered down in the worst way possible, by increasing dependency on unreliable wind energy as Biden pushes more of the same.] Texas is being hit with record temperatures and escalating energy prices as cold weather has caused over 4 million customers to be without power and
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: The New York Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act a/k/a CLCPA is going to make the Empire State go Texas with energy crises. Pay attention New Yorkers!] As I watched the Texas energy debacle unfold the last several days, I thought that I
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Pennsylvania State Rep. Jim Struzzi is demanding Tom Wolf drop his petulant RGGI initiative now that the IRRC has recommended a delay. Pennsylvania’s Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) has said “whoa” as to implementing Tom Wolf’s RGGI plans for a new carbon tax on all Pennsylvanians. State Representative
Read More...The shift to natural gas over the past decade has helped make the United States the global leader in emissions reductions, and U.S. LNG exports are key for developing nations seeking to transition from higher-emitting fuels to lower their own emissions and pollution mortality rate. It’s a clear reminder of the benefits of cleaner-burning natural
Read More...Under the executive order signed by President Joe Biden in January, a planned lease sale of approximately 78.2 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico has been postponed – a move that will have significant negative impacts on the economies and employment of states in the Gulf Coast region and puts environmental efforts across the
Read More...The fracking boom that forever changed the Appalachian Basin positively impacted the U.S. economy, but may have missed the mark for the local communities in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia where the natural gas was extracted, according to a recent report conducted by the Ohio River Valley Institute. The report studied the economic impact fracking
Read More...Yesterday the country’s largest natural gas producer, EQT Corporation, released its 4Q and full-year 2020 update, holding a conference call with analysts to discuss the results. The update shows the company produced an average of 4.45 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of natural gas in 4Q. Although there was plenty of “free cash flow”
Read More...Pipeline giant Energy Transfer made quite a splash yesterday during its 4Q and full-year 2020 update by announcing the company has cut a deal to buy Enable Midstream for $7.2 billion. That deal, while important, has nothing to do with the M-U region. We were interested in talk about the company’s Mariner East (ME) pipeline
Read More...What is it with the recalcitrant members of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)? As we told you a few weeks ago, the DRBC is being sued by a Wayne County, PA landowner–who stands an excellent chance of winning (see DRBC Frack Ban Heading for Defeat in October Trial). The lawsuit argues DRBC does NOT
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … It isn’t just Texas. It’s also Oklahoma and it’s a life or death situation in many cases with natural gas reserves being critical. The situation in Texas is getting all the attention, but it’s also Oklahoma. The cold weather global warmists keep telling us is behind us is
Read More...Similar to petitions filed by energy producers in climate change lawsuits brought by Boulder, San Mateo County, Baltimore and Rhode Island, the companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to address the question of jurisdiction, this time challenging an appellate court decision that reviewed Oakland and San Francisco’s cases. In addition to requesting the high
Read More...In a recent Minneapolis Star Tribune op-ed, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison swears that his office has been completely transparent about the climate lawsuit it filed against energy companies and trade associations in June 2020. However, rather than extricating him from the public criticism being leveled against his office around the case – specifically, the
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Texas made one heck of mistake investing in wind energy but Texas natural gas has come to the rescue of a lot of ERCOT arses. Texas has done so many things right, but it got one big thing wrong went it went whole hog into wind energy. One
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