Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia Garland Thompson carefully explains the opportunities created by natural gas, plastics makers and the Mariner East despite usual suspect opposition. A Delaware Business Now story on Glasgow-based Polymer Technologies raises interesting implications. If i were to hazard a guess, I’d say Polymer Technologies gets its propylene, polypropylene and
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Industry partners in the new CDL school at SCCCTC put together a job fair for trainees, as it hopes to put them to work sooner rather than later! With one month of classroom work under their belts, plus time in a driving simulator and a real rig with
Read More...... … … [Editor Comment: Fractivists in Colorado and other states are using setbacks as a weapon to try to destroy the oil and gas industry and there is nothing fair about them.] The ballot proposal to undercut Colorado’s status as a major oil and natural gas producer is back. Well, sort of. Two years
Read More...On Monday, CNX Resources Corp. announced it is acquiring all outstanding common shares of CNX Midstream Partners LP, at a cost of about $357 million in CNX common stock, according to the Observer-Reporter. The company expects the deal to close in the fourth quarter. “We expect the combined entity to be an even stronger company,
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Rep. Aaron Kaufer, State Senator John Yudichak pushed, pushed and pushed some more to get a bill passed and signed to spur the Keystone State economy. State Sen. John Yudichak and Rep. Aaron Kaufer celebrated the passing last week of House Bill 732 (HB 732), which will allow for the construction
Read More...A Minnesota activist group completely blew the cover of the entire climate litigation campaign by acknowledging how closely private individuals and organizations have coordinated with state attorneys general to promote lawsuits against fossil fuel companies. For years, these activists have operated mostly in the shadows, attempting to shield their conversations and connections with government officials
Read More...In an ironic twist of events, Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey struck down a Boston suburb’s attempt to implement a fossil fuel ban last week after her office found that it conflicted with state regulations. The block comes as Healey is trying to advance her own political and regulatory agenda against the fossil fuel industry
Read More...The BBC is the latest legacy media institution that’s done a deep dive into the “Exxon Knew” campaign and churned out a 10-part podcast series that features very little in the way of new reporting but includes plenty of biased voices looking to smear the energy industry. Instead, the series merely rehashes prior reporting that’s
Read More...The New York legislature passed A.2655/S.3392, a statute that closes a loophole that allowed hazardous fracking waste to be dumped in New York, despite fracking being banned within the state, according to MyTwinTiers.com. The legislation passed the Assembly last Monday and the Senate on Wednesday, however; it has to be signed by New York Governor Andrew
Read More...PTT Global Chemical America has signed an agreement to develop a natural gas liquids storage facility to serve its proposed $6 billion ethane cracker in eastern Ohio, according to Kallanish Energy. The company made the announcement Wednesday. The deal is with Energy Storage Ventures LLC through its wholly-owned subsidiary Mountaineer NGL Storage, who will develop
Read More...Supplies in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays may finally be connected to markets along the Atlantic Seaboard as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the Williams Leidy South natural gas pipeline project, according to Natural Gas Intelligence. The pipeline is an extension of the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline system and would source gas produced by
Read More...For immediate release July 22, 2020 PTTGC America (PTTGCA) today announced the execution of a precedent agreement with Energy Storage Ventures LLC through its wholly owned subsidiary Mountaineer NGL Storage that will provide certain necessary infrastructure for a proposed petrochemical complex in the Ohio Valley. The precedent agreement outlines the terms and conditions for the
Read More...Only about 3,700 construction workers were at Shell’s site as of mid-July down from 8,000 in early March, and the timeline to add more workers looked uncertain. As for PTTGC, the Thai company will face very different market conditions compared to those that attracted Daelim two years ago. × Work to build a U.S. Northeast
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By Paul J. Gough – Reporter, Pittsburgh Business Times Jul 14, 2020, 2:56pm EDT Two weeks ago, a report by the Trump administration on the future of the Appalachian energy industry hailed the region’s unfolding petrochemical renaissance that included the ethane cracker under development in Belmont County, Ohio, by PTT Global Chemicals America. Tuesday’s news that an equity partner, Daelim,
Read More...NEWS PROVIDED BY Shale Directories July 15, 2020, 11:30 GMT Appalachian Storage Hub Conference will provide the most comprehensive information about the development of the petrochemical industry in the Appalachian Basin. PENN VALLEY, PA, US, July 15, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ — It’s the third leg of a three-legged stool proponents, experts, consultants – even the federal
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