On the heels of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission’s proposed 2,000-foot setback this year, activists in Colorado are now pushing for yet another setback around wildlife areas. A strict ruling on setbacks for wildlife areas following the broader setback decision could deal a double blow to Colorado’s energy industry and economy, according to
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Foreign policy belongs in the hands of the President, not governors captured by the demands of fractivists and other special interests. Our friend Dan Markind has a great post up at Forbes that i encourage all readers to check out. It’s about pipelines and the abuse of the
Read More...Activist groups involved in promoting and funding climate litigation have arrived in Maine and are discussing the possibility of local leaders filing a lawsuit against energy companies for their production, marketing, sale and public statements around fossil fuels. In October, the Massachusetts-based Union of Concerned Scientists and Washington, D.C.-based Center for Climate Integrity hosted a
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Laterals just keep getting longer as drilling moves out underground and stays confined to a small well pad on the surface.] Deep Well Services (DWS), headquartered in Butler County, PA, is living up to the company name. DWS is one of our favorite oilfield services companies, born
Read More...It’s official – natural gas is an important part of the solution to reduce emissions in northwest corridor of Florida. Gulf Power recently announced it would transition its Plant Crist generator units from coal to natural gas, enabling the electric utility to reduce its carbon footprint at the facility by 40 percent. That’s equivalent to
Read More...Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … AREGCBA is nothing short of a climate refugee creator, the environmental impact from the wind turbines and solar panels will be staggering. This post summarizes the comments I submitted on the draft regulations proposed by the New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting to implement the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth
Read More...How often do royalty payments come? Depending on the company, royalty payments can arrive monthly or quarterly. Are my royalty payments transferable? Yes. If you plan on selling your property, notify the gas company that is leasing your land and your realtor. They will make arrangements to allow the royalty payments to transfer to a
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Shale POWER is a new initiative designed to help businesses find a place in the shale gas industry supply chain and to grow. Appalachia, which includes parts of three states that are experiencing a boom due to shale gas. The challenge is to maximize the gain within the
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 fracking under Biden, emissions, Energy Transfer and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport area
Read More...Peregrine Energy Partners continues to expand its portfolio in the Marcellus Shale, closing on producing royalty properties in multiple counties across the region, according to EIN Presswire. The company’s most recent acquisitions are located in Greene County, PA and Guernsey County, Ohio, and contain multiple producing wells under EQT and Ascent Resources, respectively. This marks
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Warren Buffet Funds Fractivists: It’s All About His Money This is nothing new as we explained here, here and here, but
Read More...Land prices in shale fields across the United States have fallen by more than 70 percent on average since 2018, according to MRT. The average cost of shale acreage has decreased from $17,000 per acre in 2018 to $5,000 per acre in 2020, according to Rystad, a Norwegian energy research firm. Additionally, the firm doesn’t
Read More...The U.S. Shale Revolution has transformed the energy landscape domestically and among our trading partners. In the United States, the robust growth of affordable natural gas has translated into energy security, job growth, and environmental benefits. Thanks to abundant natural gas reservoirs, the United States has become a net gas exporter while drastically reducing its
Read More...A recent article in the New York Times made several sensational and dubious allegations about Energy In Depth (EID) and the work that this program does. As the person who started the program back in 2009, I thought it would be useful to provide a short history lesson. When the Independent Petroleum Association of America
Read More...Lawson Crain, director of business development at Cogent Midstream LLC, is today’s featured Forty Under 40 honoree. Crain’s first job out of college was with Energy Transfer Partners as a commercial operations analyst in Dallas, which he said offered him a unique experience early in his career to participate in a commercial operations rotation. “I
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