Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Labor Day is a nice reminder of the dignity of real work, but also the role of fossil fuels in making it all possible and rewarding. Bob Bradley, over at the Master Resource blog, has out together a wonderful collection of images illustrating just how much fossil fuels,
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about gas fired power plants, petrochemical plants, Biden fracking and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the
Read More...Two lawsuits have been filed against the Trump administration because of the new rules permitting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by railroad, according to Kallanish Energy. Both suits contend that such LNG shipments by rail pose an unacceptable safety threat to communities. One suit was filed by attorney generals from California, Delaware, Illinois,
Read More...David KreutzerSenior Economist at Institute for Energy Research … … [Editor’s Note: Green energy jobs are always on the horizon, according to true believers, but somehow never appear; they’re a mirage, a bad dream and, sadly, a scam.] So many want to forget 2020, but let’s make this Labor Day one to remember. A day
Read More...Peregrine Energy Partners recently acquired additional producing royalties in Doddridge County, West Virginia from several private sellers, according to EIN Presswire. The company finalized the acquisition of royalties in 17 producing natural gas wells across three units under Antero Resources and Jay-Bee Oil and Gas. “We will continue to look for properties with a similar
Read More...A review of key documents associated with the climate lawsuit filed by the city of Hoboken against major energy producers raise some big questions about the relationship between government leaders, one of the city’s retained law firms and a wealthy foundation that is paying for the case to proceed. The arrangement is also raising red
Read More...The city of Hoboken, New Jersey joined the so far fruitless climate litigation campaign on Wednesday, filing a lawsuit against ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, and the American Petroleum Institute. The lawsuit alleges the production, promotion and sale of fossil fuels by these companies and trade association caused a public nuisance that worsened the impacts
Read More...Norway’s Equinor will not drill any more shale wells in the United States this year, continuing to adjust to lower oil prices, a spokesperson for the company said, according to OilPrice.com. Equinor halted drilling in the Bakken and the Marcellus shale fields in March this year, as it slashed billions in spending in response to
Read More...In early June an Obamadroid federal judge vacated a permit for the Weymouth compressor station, the last piece of Spectra Energy/Enbridge’s Atlantic Bridge pipeline project–a project which took years to build (see Obama Judge Overturns Air Permit for Weymouth, MA Compressor Stn). Even so, Enbridge kept on building the plant (see Weymouth Compressor Continues Construction
Read More...We don’t often see news about a Marcellus producer called Alta Resources. Alta was one of the first drillers we wrote about just after launching the MDN website back in 2009 (see Texas Billionaire George Mitchell is Betting on the Marcellus in PA). George Mitchell, widely recognized as the father of shale energy, was a
Read More...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
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