Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Rep. Danielle “Karen” Otten is a radical Mariner East opponent and has, once again, stepped in it by trespassing on private property. Wikipedia is hardly a reliable source but does provide insights into the thinking or lack thereof behind trendy language; modern slang such as “Karen,” for example.
Read More...Natural gas production in the Appalachian and Haynesville shale basins has weathered downturns caused by the coronavirus pandemic better than many other oil-focused shale plays, according to The Oklahoman. Although drilling activity is down in both basins, it hasn’t seen the dramatic declines many other plays have seen. Additionally, the Enverus FundamentalEdge series report notes
Read More...Here are the top news stories covering Canada’s energy landscape: Survey: Canadians Believe Natural Gas Is Important for Canada’s Economy New analysis from a survey being conducted at the University of Ottawa found that while political parties in Canada may be amplifying ideological differences between Canadians, a majority of Canadians believe the oil and gas
Read More...Ohio River Currents exclusive For roughly a century, the city of Weirton, West Virginia – the city Weirton Steel built – relied on the big brother located along the Ohio River for employment, tax base, providing funding for charities, etc. Generations of families from the West Virginia/Ohio/Pennsylvania region prospered and suffered with the ups and
Read More...East Liverpool, Ohio, on a map looks like so many cities located along many U.S. rivers: a small town that has probably seen better days, which has been forced to diversify when the dominant industry left town. But the Ohio River town, did not follow the industrial script many of its brethren in Ohio, Pennsylvania
Read More...Two of the largest construction projects in Pennsylvania and Ohio in decades now are taking different paths working through the coronavirus impact. Shell Pennsylvania Chemicals continues to ramp up work and workers at its massive ethane cracker project in Beaver County Pennsylvania. Roughly 80 miles to the southwest, the CEO of the proposed cracker in
Read More...Conducting business for most U.S. companies came to an abrupt stop in mid-March, as governments ordered closed “non-essential” businesses to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. While many companies can supply goods and services via the Internet, demand for those goods and services initially fell off the table, as buyers wrapped their heads around
Read More...Ford Motor Co. is ready to spend $700 million on a new plant to make electric F-150 pickup trucks. Maybe having an electric drivetrain for the 150, an iconic vehicle for the U.S., will finally tip the scales toward acceptance of EVs for American buyers. EVs generally mean more opportunities to supply plastics for battery
Read More...Duggan FlanakinDirector of Policy Research, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow … … Solar panel waste is a rapidly growing problem that is being ignored by supposedly “clean energy” advocates but some eyes are opening. The problem of solar panel waste is now becoming evident. As environmental journalist Emily Folk admits in Renewable Energy Magazine, “when
Read More...An icon of the modern oil and gas industry, geologist Dr. Scott Tinker is—perhaps unintentionally—rising up to be the global voice of reason in a world that is increasingly divided over the path of longer-term energy solutions. Through his nonprofit venture Switch Energy Alliance (SEA), Tinker is disseminating educational videos that explore the benefits and
Read More...Simmons Energy, a division of Piper Sandler, recently hired Doug Reynolds and Robert Urquhart, both previously with Scotiabank, as managing directors within the energy investment banking group. Both Reynolds and Urquhart will be based in the firm’s Houston office and will focus on exploration and production. Reynolds brings over 30 years of experience in energy
Read More...Ultra Petroleum Corp. emerged from bankruptcy on Sept. 16 as a private operator with the new moniker UP Energy. After struggling with nearly $2 billion of debt left on its balance sheets despite a previous restructuring, Ultra, one of the largest oil and gas drillers in Wyoming, voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May.
Read More...[Editor’s note: Opinions expressed by the author are their own.] If 2020 had been anything close to a normal year, the oil and gas industry would have just wrapped up its annual gathering in Singapore, most likely reassured of its ongoing essential role in humanity’s future. But this is far from a normal year, and
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 natural gas pipelines, Russia, Saudi Aramco and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport area
Read More...U.S. independent E&P firm Apache Corp. has commenced exploration on a new location in Block 58 offshore Suriname, Kallanish Energy reports. Having already made three oil and oil/gas condensate discoveries in wells throughout the Block earlier this year, Apache confirmed that drilling operations at the Keskesi East-1 well has commenced last week. In a statement,
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