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
Read More...Last week Pennsylvania issued 16 new shale well drilling permits, and West Virginia issued 7 new shale well permits. Ohio issued no new shale permits last week.This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Pro-industry Republican holds lead in Texas oil commission race; Permian drilling slowdown fuels bullish turn for West Texas spot gas market; Mid-con is now a premium market for natural gas and NGLs; NATIONAL: December natural gas futures stumble amid higher temperatures, election uncertainty; Natural gas refuse trucks versus battery electric…what’s more green?;
Read More...George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas … .. Act 66 is paving the way to long-term jobs and economic development by providing tax credits to petrochemical production facilities in Pennsylvania. Since House Bill 732 was signed into law, Pennsylvania state legislators have been meeting with labor and energy experts to figure out the details. Their focus
Read More...The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has finalized the last of three settlements with EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC, assessing civil penalties totaling $427,650 for violations at pipeline sites, according to Farm and Dairy. The DEP entered into a consent order and agreement with EQM for violations that occurred from 2016 through 2019 during construction of
Read More...While little is agreed upon across the aisle these days, we’ve seen clear evidence this election cycle that U.S. energy security is a top priority for Americans, and that both Democrats and Republicans agree oil and natural gas has an important role to play in the future. Energy has featured prominently in races up and down the ballot,
Read More...In July, when Dominion Energy announced it had decided to exit the natural gas pipeline business by selling it to Warren Buffett and cancel the much-needed Atlantic Coast Pipeline project, the company said it would retain a 50% ownership in its Cove Point LNG export facility and sell a 25% interest to Buffett’s company (see
Read More...Southwestern Energy Company released its third-quarter 2020 update last Friday. The company previously announced it is buying out and merging in Marcellus/Utica driller Montage Resources. During the 3Q conference call, CEO Bill Way said the company expects to close on the deal immediately after Montage Resources shareholders vote on the deal November 12. Also from
Read More...In August Pennsylvania hiked its permit fee to drill a new shale well to be the most expensive of any state in the country, from $5,000 to $12,500 (see Permit Fee to Drill PA Shale Well Officially Went Up 250% on Aug 1). New analysis by the non-partisan think tank Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
Read More...“It’s dangerous! It’s a killer! It will flow evil, nasty fracked gas! It’ll explode and kill everyone within a mile, and if it doesn’t explode, emissions from the plant will poison everyone around it anyway!” Those are the faux arguments used by radicals in Weymouth, Massachusetts to smear a compressor station built by Enbridge. All
Read More...The New Jersey Highlands Water Protection and Planning Council (“Highlands Council”) is a regional planning agency that works in partnership with municipalities and counties in the Highlands Region to help them implement the state’s 2004 Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act (the Highlands Act). The Highlands Council has just given its blessing for a Tennesee
Read More...We’re speechless (which doesn’t happen often). The liberal, anti-shale Democrats who write and manage the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have endorsed Donald J. Trump for president! They had plenty of criticism for Trump in their lukewarm “endorsement,” but the fact they did endorse Trump is, well, big news. The Post-Gazette editors, who haven’t endorsed a Republican for
Read More...MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Repsol sees possible upside in Marcellus gas; Oil and gas company donates $150K to fight food insecurity; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Democrat seeking Texas RRC post gets fundraising boost from leftists; In effort to curb emissions, state regulators probe the future of natural gas in Massachusetts; NJ building electrification not happening any time soon;
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