The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Dominion Energy’s Inc.’s case to earn a key permit that would let the company’s proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline cross under the Appalachian Trail, according to Bloomberg. The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on this permit, following a federal appeals court’s decision to throw out the permit,
Read More...courtesy Canton Repository The trucking company will begin using trains to transport its product into Carrollton. CARROLLTON James “Jim” Griffeth’s project to build a railroad track spur at a vacant industrial plant not only is expected to greatly increase his ability to bring product here, but it also will serve to return freight train traffic to
Read More...Norway’s Martin Linge offshore oil and gas project will cost $865 million more than previously expected and take an extra half year to come online, the government and operator Equinor announced on Oct. 7. The government has also raised its estimate for redevelopment of the Njord Field in the Norwegian Sea by 4.4 billion Norwegian
Read More...Enterprise Products Partners has announced it has long-term agreements that support additional expansion of the Midland to Echo crude oil pipeline system. The midstreaming giant will build a pipeline that connects the partnership’s 6-million-barrel (Mmbbl) Midland, Texas, storage facility to its Echo Terminal through its Eagle Ford system in South Texas. This line will have
Read More...The Trump administration on Oct. 4 announced it would open up over 720,000 acres of federal land in California for oil and gas development, ending a five-year moratorium on leases in the state. The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved a resource management plan for the oil-rich Central California coastal
Read More...Consumer goods giant Unilever has pledged that it will cut its use of virgin plastics in half by 2025, reflecting a fundamental rethink of its products and a shift towards new business models and materials. With a plastic packaging footprint of around 700 kilotonnes per annum, the owner of brands such as Dove, Ben & Jerry’s, Lipton
Read More...European Plastics Convertors (EuPC) has urged European member states to reject a budget proposal by the European Commission which introduces national contributions based on unrecycled plastics packaging for the multiannual financial framework 2021–27. Among others, the organization claims the legislation will discriminate against plastics, disrupt free market choices and favor other materials for packaging applications with potential
Read More...The digital edition Oct. 7, 2019, issue of Plastics News is now available to download. In this special issue of PN we mark our own anniversary year, as well as the growth of the plastics industry during that time, from the growth of polyethylene, the use of plastics in award-winning car parts and to the companies leading the rankings
Read More...Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … Energize PA is a proposal to move the Commonwealth to still higher ground in the competition for life-fulfilling jobs and truly sustainable communities. Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation, the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association, the Northeast PA Manufacturers & Employers Association and the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce
Read More...“Well delivery scheduling” is the process of scheduling the resources and activities related to delivering producing wells to an organization. It includes not only drilling, but also permitting, pad and facility construction, frac/completion, and POL activities. Well delivery scheduling is a complex and critical process, with substantial economic impact. Done well, it maximizes the efficient
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 and Sundays on YesFM, talked about property taxes, National Grid, Wolf’s climate plan and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station!
Read More...U.S. coal giant Murray Energy Corp., led by the outspoken industry promoter Robert Murray, is nearing default, Kallanish Energy reports. Murray, which bills itself as the U.S.’s largest privately-held coal company, failed to make multiple payments to lenders last week, the Ohio-based company said, in a statement. Creditors have agreed not to take legal action until
Read More...The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week maintained its downward stride, falling for the 14th straight week, and the 24th of the last 26 weeks, Kallanish Energy calculates. For the week ended Oct. 4, 823 rigs were working, down six rigs from the previous week, according to Baker
Read More...Has the technology that drove the U.S. shale boom finally peaked? One thing is clear, oil production is leveling off as innovation plateaus, according to a recent article by The Wall Street Journal. U.S. oil production increased by less than 1% during the first six months of 2019, according to the Energy Department. Over the same
Read More...Looney, who has a reputation as a strategic thinker, will need to decide which direction to take the energy major as it prepares its next five-year strategy beginning in 2021. Anjli Raval, Financial Times Sun, 10/06/2019 – 03:39 PM This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
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