The Energy Information Administration projects natural gas production in the seven most productive basins and plays in the U.S. to rise 469 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) from September to October, according to Kallanish Energy. Gas production will increase to more than 82.36 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), up from 81.89 Bcf/d in
Read More...At an MSNBC forum Thursday intended to allow Democratic presidential candidates to spell out their plans to deal with climate, Senator Bernie Sanders avoided talking about solutions and instead doubled down on past calls to criminally prosecute executives at oil and gas companies. Meanwhile, Senator Michael Bennet and Representative Tim Ryan both took a more
Read More...TC Energy Corp.’s Marketlink oil pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to Nederland, Texas, was shut as flooding disrupted operations at U.S. Gulf Coast terminals, traders familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Dangerous flash floods inundated parts of southeastern Texas on Thursday as Tropical Depression Imelda dumped the last of its rains, with the National Hurricane
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NAI OHIO RIVER CORRIDOR’S LAURIE STANBRO COMPLETES SALE OF COLUMBIANA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Laurie Stanbro, VP of Brokerage Operations for NAI Ohio River Corridor completed the sale of a craned industrial facility in Leetonia, Ohio. The Columbiana County property was the former industrial offices and warehouse for Polychem OMS Systems, LLC. Stanbro also assisted the
Read More...Carpentersville, Ill. — Thermoset and composite materials supplier Polynt-Reichhold Group plans to invest in local production of maleic and phthalic anhydride intermediate chemicals in the Americas. The company said the investment will allow it to expand the integrated business model that it already uses in Europe and Asia. President and CEO Rosario Valido said the
Read More...Four permits for drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant shale were issued to Ascent Resources Utica by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources in the week ended Sept. 14, according to The Youngstown Business Journal. Ascent Resources received two permits for drilling in Belmont County and two for Harrison County. The final permit issued in the
Read More...Chicago — Plastics are in a state of emergency, Penny Walter says. As senior category manager for strategic procurement sourcing — closures in North America for Coca-Cola Co., Walter sees the situation facing the industry up close and personal. “We are under attack as the plastics industry for single-use bottles, for beverage containers. There’s a
Read More...Composite products manufacturer Plascore Inc. is expanding its U.S. headquarters site in Zeeland, Mich., with a $6 million, 80,000-square-foot facility that will create 35 jobs. Founded in 1977, the company produces composite panels and honeycomb cores for the aerospace, building products, ground transportation, marine, military and recreation industries. The panels and cores increase structural strength
Read More...Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren recently said, if elected, she would call for an immediate nationwide ban on hydraulic fracturing. Other candidates have hinted at similar positions. According to Michael Cemblest of JP Morgan Asset Management, who says it doesn’t matter, it’s what it may mean that is important. “The United States has undergone an
Read More...DENVER—Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. Sept. 18 announced that its board of directors has appointed Audrey Robertson to serve as an independent member of the company’s board. Ms. Robertson will serve as a member of the audit committee. The appointment is effective immediately and now brings the number of outside independent directors to six of
Read More...Susquehanna River Basin The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) established the Remote Water Quality Monitoring Network (RWQMN) in January 2010 in response to natural gas drilling activities in the basin. Each year the SRBC issues an update/report on findings from the previous year. The report for 2018 was just released and it found, as all
Read More...Dems & RINOs want to strangle shale with methane rules A group of mostly Democrats, with three RINOs (Republican in Name Only) thrown in to earn the laughable label of “bipartisan,” gathered in Harrisburg, PA at the Capitol earlier this week to turn up the pressure on PA’s liberal Gov. Wolf on the issue of
Read More...Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Investment Program (or PIPE) grants cover part of the cost of building new natgas pipelines to connect homes and businesses in rural parts of the state to homegrown Marcellus Shale gas supplies. We’ve written about many of the more-than-a-dozen (so far) PIPE grant projects in the past (see our PIPE stories here). Another
Read More...In 2012, Pennsylvania State Senator Andy Dinniman, Democrat from Chester County, PA (near Philadelphia) voted against passage of the Act 13 law that created the impact “fee” (actually a tax) on Marcellus Shale drillers in the state. Yet earlier this week Dinniman issued a press release to tout $740,000 in new grants for “green” projects
Read More...The radical Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) published a “report” (i.e. propaganda) in 2017 that made the preposterous claim that New England customers have overpaid utility bills by $3.6 billion due to collusion between the natural gas and electricity industries (see EDF Accuses New England Gas Utilities of $3.6B Market Manipulation). That false report led to
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