After adjusting for inflation, U.S. gross domestic product will expand 4-5 percent in 2021. This pace is substantially faster than the long-term average. Therefore, it will not be sustainable for more than a year or two at most. This expansion in the overall economy will generate a corresponding increase in the demand for plastics products.
Read More...Last August we told you about the politically-motivated prosecution (by the Chester County, PA District Attorney’s office) of two men connected to a security firm providing off-duty constables to protect Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline construction sites (see Chester DA Persecution of Off-Duty Constables Guarding ME2 Pipe). A Chester County judge has just completely tossed the
Read More...Every now and again we happen across information we think is kind of cool–things that others miss. This is one of those times. In many areas of shale drilling in Pennsylvania the drillers recycle 100% (or near 100%) of shale wastewater, both flowback (from fracking) and brine (naturally-occurring water from the depths comes out long
Read More...EQT Corporation, the largest natural gas producer in the United States, is asking West Virginia officials to remove two judges from hearing cases brought by landowners against the EQT relating to royalty disputes for alleged improper deductions. EQT wants Judges Timothy Sweeney and David W. Hummel Jr. to be disqualified from at least three cases
Read More...Like 99% of Hail Mary passes, the effort by environmental radicals in southwestern PA to block a forthcoming shale wastewater injection well has failed. As we told you last week, a group of antis, in a desperate final attempt to block an injection well in Plum (Allegheny County), PA, threw a Hail Mary pass by
Read More...Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost continues to hammer FirstEnergy Corporation. In November Yost filed a lawsuit to block the collection of $150 million provided for under House Bill (HB) 6, aimed at propping up FirstEnergy’s unprofitable nuclear power plants in the state (see OH AG Files 2nd Lawsuit to Block FirstEnergy $150M Nuke Payments). Yost
Read More...Although we consider the Haynesville Shale play to be the chief competitor to the Marcellus/Utica (because the Haynesville is also a gas play and currently operates more rigs that we do here in the M-U), the Permian is another major competitor. After the M-U, the Permian produces more natural gas (associated gas) than any other
Read More...Last week the Trump Dept. of Energy (DOE) released a new report titled “Economic and National Security Impacts under a Hydraulic Fracturing Ban” (full copy below). The report shows that a ban on hydraulic fracturing would spike greenhouse gas emissions, boost coal generation, and reverse America’s energy exporter status. A full-on fracking ban would result
Read More...MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy receives new industrial maintenance equipment; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California blackouts said caused by poor planning, under-used natural gas supply; NATIONAL: U.S. shale producers lock in future sales as oil prices rise to one-year high; Keystone XL commits to become first pipeline to be fully powered by renewable energy; Keystone pipeline:
Read More...Lossburg, Germany-based Arburg GmbH has purchased its development partner of more than 20 years, AMK Arnold Müller GmbH & Co. KG, as part of a strategic investment to strengthen its expertise and electric drives portfolio. The acquired company, which was one of two divisions of AMK Group, based in Kirchenheim under Teck, Germany, has a
Read More...Social media is many things. On a personal level, it’s a way to keep in touch with family or a way to decide which family members to avoid. From a business perspective, it’s a great way to create a community for your workers, to share your company’s story with the general public or even recruit
Read More...Avient expects to finish a Vietnam expansion next month; former executives of Lucent Polymers will be sentenced next week for their parts in a fraud scheme; and NPE officials discuss the financial implications of the canceled trade show. Tune in today to Polymer Points Live with Plastics News Senior Reporter Frank Esposito. This post appeared first
Read More...Is a Corvette still cool if its name is attached to a crossover utility vehicle? I’m going to say “no.” A report from Bloomberg’s David Welch says that General Motors Co. is considering an expansion of the Corvette name beyond sports cars. The report, which you can read at sister paper Automotive News’ website, says
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: New research developments are coming that will make natural gas burn even cleaner than now, destroying fractivist arguments against it.] Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have developed a cutting edge catalyst made up of 10 different elements–each of which on its own has the ability
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Congressman Fred Keller recently spoke with the Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce about the new version of the Paycheck Protection Program. In October, U.S. Congressman Fred Keller (PA-12th District) visited Linde Corporation in Pittston with U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) administrator Jovita Carranza to gauge the effectiveness of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans that had been distributed
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