On Wednesday, May 1, 2019, a group of various stakeholders from industry, industry trade associations, Port Authorities, MPOs, RPOs and other Ohio River stakeholders met to form the Ohio River Coalition of Ohio (ORCO). A signing ceremony was held at ODOT’s office in Columbus, Ohio where members of the coalition in attendance executed a non-binding
Read More...A Second Petrochemical Hub is Needed in the United States: Logical Place is Here Rice University’s Baker Institute has just issued a study entitled “Houston-Area Surge Flooding” and its effects on regional and national security. Baker Institute issued the study to make local, state, and federal officials aware of the flooding threats as the result
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The William Penn Foundation was created by the Haas family of Rohm & Haas, which is now part of the DowDupont conglomerate and has left a chemical trail. No group has done more to undermine the welfare of Delaware River basin landowners and those who have to make a
Read More...Students and faculty of the Colorado School of Mines presented findings from Phase 17 of the Reservoir Characterization Project, an industry-sponsored program that is focused on field data that will help both students and industry characterize reservoir performance and field development strategies. The spring 2019 sponsors meeting of the Colorado School of Mines’ Reservoir Characterization
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 U.S. Shale oil, coal, Antero Resources and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station! Gem
Read More...The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week fell by two, and brought to five the number of consecutive weeks the count has slipped, data from Baker Hughes, a GE company, reveals. At May 10, 955 rigs were working in the Lower 48, down two rigs from the previous week, and off 59
Read More...The volume of working natural gas injected into storage in the Lower 48 U.S. states the week of May 3, slowed from the previous week’s triple-digit increase, but marked the sixth straight week of volume increases, the Energy Information Administration reported. During the latest survey week, 85 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of working gas was
Read More...The three municipalities affected by last September’s gas explosions have reached an $80 million settlement with local gas distribution company Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Kallanish Energy reports. Of that amount, 50% will go to Lawrence, 30% to Andover and 20% to North Andover. The utility has already paid $67.1 million of the total settlement amount to
Read More...Dominion Energy recently announced plans to resume work on the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to North Carolina in the third quarter to have it completed by early 2021, according to Reuters. However, the company still needs to resolve two major legal challenges before it can complete the pipeline, which was put
Read More...Betty SutliffWayne County LandownerUDRBC Secretary Betty Sutliff, retired public school teacher and UDRBC secretary provides a lesson on the DRBC injustice, getting woke, staying frosty and other Millennial stuff. According to Steven Pratt, B.A. English and Teaching English as a Foreign Language, at the University of Utah, to be “woke” means you know what’s
Read More...Technical and economic issues facing the offshore market were the core topics discussed during OTC’s “Around the World Series: France” panel discussion where leaders of France’s oil services sector gathered on Tuesday, May 7. The session, which was divided into three panels, began with a welcome address by Michel Hourcard, president and CEO of Total
Read More...Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research … . .. The global warming cause is being destroyed by the irresponsible use of political scare tactics in the hands of the immature and greedy who can’t face facts. Wise alecks on social media noted with amusement how Beto O’Rourke recently claimed humans had
Read More...HOUSTON–Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub on May 10 touted her $38 billion deal for Anadarko Petroleum Corp. and defended the pricey terms she negotiated in a 90-minute session with billionaire investor Warren Buffett to secure the deal without seeking shareholder approval. Hollub, 59, beat out larger rival Chevron Corp. with a long-shot bid that some
Read More...Oilfield services provider Weatherford International Plc, burdened by a heavy debt load and years of losses, said on May 10 it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, which at its peak was valued at more than $50 billion, never recovered from the 2014 oil price collapse. Efforts under CEO Mark McCollum to
Read More...In case you missed it, we look this week’s activity highlights around the world. Among the recent highlights: Exxon Mobil has begun drilling #1-Haimara exploration well in offshore Guyana. The wildcat is about 31 km east of #1-Pluma discovery in the southeastern part of the Stabroek Block. Read more. ConocoPhillips subsidiary Burlington Resources Oil &
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