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 methane emissions, offshore drilling, New York gas moratorium and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH
Read More...Penn State researchers have developed a new method for exploring natural gas in the Marcellus Shale, and it shows potential high yield areas can be found more easily and with lower costs, according to Penn State News. Natural gas hot spots are traditionally determined using a combination of current production data and various geological tests.
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Concerned Health Professionals of New York is a bunch of phonies who couldn’t care less about the health of Upstate New Yorkers when it comes to wind. I reviewed Uni Blake’s takedown of the Concerned Health Professionals of New York’s Sixth edition of the “Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and
Read More...During this week’s CNN presidential democratic debate, Erin Burnett, a CNN moderator, asked Senator Kamala Harris if she would sue ExxonMobil over the #ExxonKnew controversy. Harris replied quite confidently: “I have sued Exxon Mobil” CNN and The New York Times, among others, have pointed out: Harris, in fact, did not sue ExxonMobil. Continue reading at EID
Read More...Last week the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued 15 permits for horizontal well drilling in the Utica-Point Pleasant shale, according to The Youngstown Business Journal. Ascent Resources Utica LLC received nine of the 15 permits — four in Belmont County, two in Harrison County and three in Jefferson County. EAP Ohio LLC received five permits
Read More...Caithness Energy announced today that it has successfully closed a $1.6 billion financing for the construction of a fully-permitted 1,875 megawatt combined-cycle natural gas electric generating facility located in Guernsey County, Ohio known as Guernsey Power Station, clearing the way for the project to move forward to construction. Caithness partnered with Apex Power Group to
Read More...Climate activists are calling out presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) for saying on national television that she had sued ExxonMobil. At last night’s CNN climate forum, in the midst of pandering to climate activists, Sen. Harris falsely claimed she had sued ExxonMobil. But the climate activists that had pushed her to do just that
Read More...In the second quarter of 2019, oil production in Ohio’s Utica Shale jumped 9.5%, according to data released by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources on Tuesday. Oil production totaled 5,813,755 barrels in the second quarter, which is an increase over the 4,488,104 barrels during the same period a year ago, according to Kallanish Energy.
Read More...Now the City of Buffalo is suffering from Cuomo’s anti-fossil fuel fervor, as a recent Vanity Fair article highlights a $750 million state subsidy Elon Musk’s SolarCity received to open a plant there. And state taxpayers are paying the price. “For $750 million, we’re getting jobs that pay $2 an hour more than Aldi’s,” the story quotes
Read More...The overwhelming majority of methane found in groundwater samples near natural gas and oil drilling sites in Pennsylvania is naturally occurring, and not related to fracking, according to a new study from Penn State University. The research, which was funded by the National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological Survey, found 99.92 percent of the 20,751 water
Read More...Window and door maker Deceuninck North America LLC is searching for new profiles for employees, and about a dozen new hires have signed up through Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The Monroe, Ohio-based company — part of a Belgian window and door global supplier — is offering college students paid tuition and paychecks for at
Read More...Oil and gas explorer Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd. said on Sept. 4 that drilling results from the Dorado-3 appraisal well in Western Australia confirmed oil and gas reserves. The wireline logging well has successfully confirmed a hydrocarbon-bearing reservoir within the Caley, Baxter and Crespin intervals, the company said in a statement. “The Dorado-3 well is important in providing
Read More...Thirty-three oil companies submitted bids for exploration blocks offshore Norway in a so-called predefined areas (APA) licensing round, the Ministry of Oil and Energy said on Sept. 4. This year’s round comprised 48 blocks in the Arctic Barents Sea, 37 blocks in the Norwegian Sea and five in the North Sea. Bidders included oil majors Royal Dutch
Read More...Schlumberger introduced the TerraSphere high-definition (HD) dual-imaging-while-drilling service at SPE Offshore Europe Conference and Exhibition on Sept. 3. The new service provides the industry’s first application of LWD dual-physics imager for oil-based mud for drilling oil and gas wells. It incorporates electromagnetic (EM) and ultrasonic measurements that enable multiple high-resolution borehole images in nonconductive mud.
Read More...Several factors are contributing to the toxicity of fossil fuel stocks but one factor in particular—a political movement demanding that institutional investors divest their holdings—is a significant long-term driver. Is such an approach realistic, given the growing global demand for energy and the enormous challenges that would need to be overcome for solar and wind
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