click for larger version Each June the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), the agency charged with keeping tabs on impact fee revenue from shale drillers (PA’s version of a severance tax) releases the final numbers of impact fee revenues and disbursements for the prior calendar year. Yesterday was the appointed day for 2018 fee revenue
Read More...Artists rendering of how the plant will look (click for larger version) A compressor station planned for Weymouth, Massachusetts, part of the Spectra Energy/Enbridge Atlantic Bridge expansion project, has been stalled since 2017. The administration of MA Gov. Charlie Baker (RINO) finally issued an air permit for the project in January of this year (see
Read More...PA Rep. Jonathan Fritz (photo by Rick Hiduk) Two weeks ago today MDN editor Jim Willis experienced the rare treat of venturing out from behind the keyboard to a press conference held in the great outdoors in nearby Susquehanna County, PA. The topic? Energize PA, a series of bills being promoted by Republicans in both
Read More...Oilfield services company (OFS) Mammoth Energy Services, headquartered in Oklahoma City, OK, operates in the Marcellus/Utica Shale, Permian Basin, SCOOP/STACK in Oklahoma, and in Canada’s oil sands region. Mammoth not only works in OFS, they also dabble in electrical transmission and distribution (“T&D”) work. Following the 2017 disaster when Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, Mammoth
Read More...Pieridae Energy wants to build an LNG export plant in Nova Scotia, Canada. The project is called the Goldboro LNG project. Nearly a year ago we told you that Pieridae had purchased a small natural gas producer in Western Canada to help provide supplies of gas to the East Coast plant (see Nova Scotia Goldboro
Read More...U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco has asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that vacated permits for Dominion Energy Inc.’s $7.5 billion Atlantic Coast pipeline, according to Bloomberg. In its previous ruling, the appeals court determined the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Forest Management
Read More...In its largest distribution to date, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced this week that it will distribute nearly $252 million in Marcellus impact fees to counties and communities across the Commonwealth. As PUC said in its press release, “[O]ver the past eight years the PUC has collected and distributed almost $1.7 billion to communities
Read More...Thanks to the shale revolution, the United States will account for almost a quarter of global oil and natural gas production by the early 2030s, according to the head of Rystad Energy. This rising global footprint comes from continued innovation by American energy companies, which allows them to optimize operations and extract oil and natural
Read More...Cities around the United States are evaluating how to reduce their carbon footprint without harming the economy. For these cities, making smart changes to transportation, construction, and other policies allow residents to maintain a high quality of life while consciously working to mitigate the effects of climate change. In cities like Columbia, SC; Boise, ID;
Read More...The D.E. Shaw group, a significant shareholder of EQT Corporation, continues to support the Rice team and all seven of their nominees to EQT’s Board of Directors, according to a statement the company recently issued. In its press release, the D.E. Shaw group states, “We strongly believe the Rice team’s proven track record in creating
Read More...Williams, an energy infrastructure company headquartered in Oklahoma, recently completed the formation of a $3.8 billion joint venture with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, according to Oil & Gas 360. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will trade $1.33 billion for a 35% ownership in Williams’ pipeline systems, including the Ohio Valley Midstream system
Read More...Bechtel Oil, Gas & Chemicals was selected by Thai petrochemical giant PTT Global Chemical to build the Belmont County ethane cracker plant on a former coal-fired power plant in Mead Township, according to Shale Ohio. The company is also building a Shell cracker in Monaca, Pennsylvania. With two large ethane cracker plants being constructed in
Read More...Correction: Although the information contained in this article was originally distributed by a science publication and derived from a University of Toledo study, some discrepancies have been pointed out by The Athens News. The Shale Gas Reporter will take a closer look at the original study and Ohio Department of Natural Resources data to determine the full
Read More...Following a special report that pointed the finger at the shale gas industry for cases of childhood cancer in southwest Pennsylvania and a letter from residents calling for the industry to be shut down to determine whether or not there is a connection, the Marcellus Shale Coalition sent its own letter to Gov. Tom Wolf
Read More...Crude oil prices were little changed Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve said the central bank will hold interest rates steady, Kallanish Energy reports. Brent crude futures were down 29 cents, or 0.47%, to $61.85 a barrel. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled down 14 cents, or 0.3%, to $53.76/Bbl. Government data showed U.S. crude inventories fell
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