New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Nov. 4 signed into law a ban on retail bags and expanded polystyrene foodservice containers and cups, a measure his office called the country’s strongest ban on bags. The law bans both plastic and paper single-use bags from stores and food service businesses starting in May 2022, as well
Read More...French gas and power utility Engie SA has pulled out of a major U.S. LNG import deal after government concerns about its environmental implications. Late last month the French government had asked Engie to hold off from signing the deal with NextDecade Corp. amid growing scrutiny of the effects of shale gas extraction methods such
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Read More...After a year of unprecedented challenges from COVID-19, the world polyethylene resin market is looking at a period of excess capacity. That’s the outlook of Nick Vafiadis, plastics vice president with Houston-based IHS Markit. Vafiadis spoke Oct. 22 as part of the 2020 Global Plastics Summit. The virus slowed both PE demand and capacity growth,
Read More...Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian (top left), Chairwoman Christi Craddick and Commissioner Ryan Sitton (bottom left) prepare to vote during a Nov. 4 meeting after hearing from Paul Dubois, assistant director for technical permitting in the RRC’s oil and gas division. (Source: RRC/AdminMonitor) This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Here’s a snapshot of recent energy deals including the closing of Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway acquisition of the Dominion gas business worth nearly $10 billion acquisition plus the sale of Schlumberger’s rod-lift business to Lufkin Industries and NuStar Energy’s agreement to sell Texas City terminals for $106 million. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...A team of University of Akron polymer science faculty members recently earned more than $2 million in research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. The award will go toward efforts to “develop new recyclable plastics to address the challenges in plastic sustainability,” according to a release from the university. It’s part of the department’s
Read More...Location/Play Seller Agent BidDue Date CO, Bent, Cheyenne & Kiowa Cos. Delta Minerals LLC EnergyNet 11/5/20 ND, Divide County (Williston Basin) MORE Future Acquisition North Dakota LLC; Future Gathering North Dakota LLC TenOaks Energy Advisors LLC 11/5/20 WY, Campbell, Converse, Crook, Johnson & Weston Cos. (Powder River Basin) MORE Pathfinder Energy Inc.; Wellstar Corp. Oil & Gas
Read More...The effect of the coronavirus pandemic on Latin America’s oil market and a pullback in spending by oil companies prompted analysts to revise down expected 2020 oil production by about 550,000 bbl/d for the region. The downward revision by Rystad Energy analysts came as both national oil companies (NOCs) and independents deferred some new development,
Read More...Berlin Packaging LLC is taking another dip into manufacturing with the acquisition of a Canadian packaging distribution company that has plastics molding operations. Berlin Packaging, a Chicago-based company that distributes glass, plastic and metal containers sourced from more than 900 suppliers, announced the deal Nov. 3. Terms were not disclosed. Berlin Packaging highlighted that the
Read More...During the Williams third-quarter 2020 update yesterday, CEO Alan Armstrong shared some very interesting, and relevant (to the Marcellus/Utica) comments. Armstrong said that two important pipeline projects to carry M-U gas to other markets, the Southeastern Trail expansion project and the Leidy South project, are both in the midst of coming online–ahead of schedule.This post
Read More...Equitrans Midstream, the lead partner and builder of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project, announced yesterday it has (once again) pushed back the in-service date for the pipeline, from 1Q21 to the second half of 2021 (meaning by December), and pushed up the cost of the project, from $5.4 billion to as high as
Read More...We’ve written plenty about a plan by New Fortress Energy to build an LNG liquefaction plant in Bradford County, PA (northeastern part of the state), and then haul the LNG from the plant via specially-outfitted trucks and rail cars to a transloading dock/port facility New Fortress plans to build at an old DuPont dynamite factory
Read More...Mass. AG Maura Healey Corrupt Massachusetts Attorney General, Maura Healey, is forcing Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) to pay the state $800,000 for alleged violations of environmental laws that happened three years ago while building a couple of miles of pipeline through a state forest. The “damage” was done in 2017. Does Healey have nothing better
Read More...An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal says there is a “split reality” emerging for U.S. shale drillers. Shale oil drillers are struggling to survive, while shale gas drillers, particularly in the Marcellus/Utica, are slowly seeing signs of financial recovery. The upshot is that you should consider investing in shale gas drillers (and not shale
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