Last week Enbridge began testing its Weymouth, Massachusetts compressor station project, the final piece of the company’s $452 million Atlantic Bridge expansion project (see Weymouth, MA Compressor Stn Begins Testing, Coming Online Soon). As sometimes happens when you begin testing, there was a problem. A gasket failure led to an unplanned release of 265 Mcf
Read More...Time for our weekly check of the rig count. We like to check the Enverus count because we believe it’s more accurate than the Baker Hughes count. According to S&P’s analysis, the rig count climbed by 6 for the week ending Sept. 16 to hit an eight-week high of 293 active rigs. The Marcellus remained
Read More...Richard Weber, CEO of PennEnergy Yesterday the U.S. Dept. of Energy hosted a virtual 2020 Natural Gas Summit in Washington, D.C. DOE Secretary Dan Brouillette and Director of the White House National Economic Council Larry Kudlow were the two hosts and speaker/moderators. However, at least two prominent Marcellus/Utica driller CEOs participated, including Richard Weber from
Read More...George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas George Stark explains a financial assistance program set up by Cabot and others to help small businesses and how much it has given in help. Within weeks of the first “stay at home” orders, it became obvious that small businesses would suffer greatly, especially as the
Read More...A new study from three university researches appears to confirm that the Colorado Oil & Gas Conservation Commission’s proposal to increase the setback distance of oil and natural gas operations from 500 feet to 2,000 feet would render a vast majority of potential production “unavailable” and cost the state’s economy billions of dollars. The study’s
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Delays, obstruction and cancellations of pipelines in the Northeast for the sake of green virtue signaling are creating high energy prices. That Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) report illustrating the cost of the pipeline infrastructure war, which we covered a few days ago includes a wonderful section on New
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Tom Wolf’s cabinet members and other green signaling sycophants insist on imposing a RGGI carbon tax on all of us and just voted it forward. The Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB), a powerful committee operating under the larger umbrella of the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), held a
Read More...Last week Sumitomo Corp. announced it has divested its 30% stake in a joint venture in the Marcellus Shale in western Pennsylvania, according to Kallanish Energy. Through subsidiary Summit Discovery Resources LLC, Sumitomo had acquired the 30% stake in Rex Energy’s Marcellus operations in Butler County, Pennsylvania, for $150.7 million in 2010. However, it had
Read More...The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered Sunoco/Energy Transfer to reroute its planned Mariner East 2 pipeline route and further assess, investigate and restore resources impacted by the project in Upper Uwchlan Township, according to Daily Local News. The company spilled over 8,000 gallons of drilling fluid in August, creating a 15-foot wide by 8-foot
Read More...Braskem announced on Sep. 10 the start of its new one-billion-pounds-per-year Texas polypropylene (PP) line that while it will relieve momentary tightness in the North American market, may aggravate longer-term conditions of oversupply and negative demand growth. × “The startup of our new production line comes at a time when the North American polypropylene industry
Read More...Connecticut Attorney General William Tong filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil on Monday alleging deception over climate change impacts, rehashing the same, unfounded “Exxon Knew” claims that were unsuccessfully pushed in the failed New York Attorney General’s case against the company. The state’s decision isn’t surprising, considering Connecticut was one of the original players in a
Read More...Here are the top news stories covering Canada’s energy landscape: Poll: Quebecers Support Domestic Energy Production When it comes to developing national resources for energy consumption, Quebecers are all-in. According to a new Ipsos poll conducted on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI), Quebecers overwhelmingly prefer to import Western Canadian oil as opposed to
Read More...Both Ohio oil and natural gas production dipped during the second quarter, according to a new Utica Shale production report filed by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, according to Kallanish Energy. Natural gas production dropped 2.1%, while oil production fell by 11.97% from the first quarter of 2020. Natural gas production totaled 569.4 billion
Read More...There is broad, bipartisan support for natural gas heading into the 2020 election with 55 percent of respondents in favor of “increasing the use of” the fuel, according to a new poll from the Brunswick Group. It’s the third poll is as many months underscoring the public’s backing of natural gas as a vital fuel
Read More...Billions of dollars in economic activity are being held back from jumpstarting the economy, according to a telling report from Consumer Energy Alliance released this week. A number of pipeline expansion and energy infrastructure projects spanning from Appalachia to Montana have experienced cancellations, delays, or obstructions—all of which comes at a cost for the communities
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