Oilfield services provider Patterson-UTI on Sept. 3 said it had no plans to invest in electric hydraulic fracturing fleets, pointing to the high cost of building equipment and the oversupplied pressure pumping market. The company provides drilling and hydraulic fracturing services for oil and gas producers. It has explored divesting its fracking business as customers
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Brooklyn, New York is apparently growing a new type of voter without the slightest clue how energy is made or delivered and politicians enable the ignorance. Subsequent to my post yesterday about New York politicians running on empty through bad neighborhoods, a friend sent me a Brooklyn story revealing
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Electric power generation from natural gas in Pennsylvania is about to increase from 30% to 45% of the mix in three years, according to a new PUC report. Believe it or not, dry and sterile reports from government agencies, like the “Electric Power Outlook for Pennsylvania” issued by the
Read More...Angola’s National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (Anpg) on Tuesday launched its 2019 licensing round at a presentation in the capital city of Luanda, Kallanish Energy learns. The country is offering 10 offshore blocks in the Namibe and Benguela basins, which have been underexplored and are expected to hold significant reserves. They cover an
Read More...Four people died in a fire that occurred Tuesday at a facility operated by Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC), Kallanish Energy learns. Three individuals were fire personnel of the police arm of the Central Industrial Security Force, while the fourth person was a resident production superintendent at the Uran Plant in Mumbai.
Read More...Cheniere Energy has announced that Train 2 at Corpus Christi, Texas, has reached substantial completion, Kallanish Energy reports. That was reached last week at the liquefaction/export facility, the company said on Tuesday. Commissioning is complete and Cheniere’s Epc partner Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals Inc. has turned Train 2 over to Cheniere. Texas-based Cheniere has
Read More...The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently determined New York waived its water quality authority for Williams’ Constitution Pipeline, according to S&P Global Platts. The decision gives new life to the project, which stalled in April 2016 when state regulators denied a permit. The FERC reversed its earlier finding — that the New York review could
Read More...China plans to put more focus on boosting domestic projects to cut its growing dependence on gas imports as the security of its energy supply comes under the spotlight amid an ongoing trade war with the United States, according to Reuters. A new government research report, released on Saturday, shows the row with the U.S.
Read More...New Mexico’s growing oil and natural gas industry is set to generate “unprecedented opportunities” from a newly forecasted $174 billion in private infrastructure investments by 2030, the New Mexico Oil & Gas Association announced today. The forecast was included in a study by consulting firm ICF that said the new investment coupled with sound public
Read More...Berlin Packaging LLC is making an acquisition that will help distribution operations in Northern Europe, the company said. Berlin announced Sept. 3 that it purchased Vincap BV and Adolfse Packaging BV, based in Utrecht, Netherlands. Berlin described the acquired company as a significant supplier of plastic, cork and metal closures and plastic packaging for Belgium,
Read More...Westech Building Products LLC is closing its Mount Vernon, Ind., vinyl fence, deck and railing factory, the company told Indiana state regulators in an Aug. 23 letter. The company said in a letter required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act that 81 employees at the non-union plant will lose their jobs, and that
Read More...Japanese automotive supplier Sekisui Chemical will display its concept car for the first time in Europe during this year’s IAA Frankfurt motor show to be held Sept. 12-22. The futuristic vehicle incorporates all the core technologies in high performance plastics developed by Sekisui, including the company’s new HUD interlayer film technology for windshields. The film,
Read More...Prices for PE, PVC and PET bottle resin finish the summer with a slump, Formosa plans a Louisiana expansion and Ineos buys a French soccer team as it builds its exposure beyond materials. This post appeared first on Plastics News.
Read More...Artist rendering of Guernsey Power Plant (click for larger version) Construction on what we believe to be the country’s largest natural gas-fired electric plant, the Guernsey Power Station (being built in Guernsey County, Ohio), is set to begin “immediately” according to the company hired to do the engineering, procurement and construction activities (EPC). Last week
Read More...click for larger version Believe it or not, dry and sterile reports from government agencies, like the “Electric Power Outlook for Pennsylvania” issued by the state Public Utility Commission, can be exciting! The latest edition of the EPO report predicts natural gas-fired electric generation in PA will go from a current 30% of all electricity
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