That didn’t take long. Barely two months ago President Trump signed an Executive Order instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to review Section 401 of the Clean Water Act–the section that grants states (and tribes) the right to have a say in pipeline projects (see Trump Signs Executive Order Making it Harder to Block Pipes). While
Read More...Last Wednesday the West Virginia Supreme Court issued a consolidated opinion lumping together seven similar lawsuits filed by Antero Resources and CNX Resources against the WV state tax commissioner and the Doddridge County Commission. The lawsuits take issue with the way gas well valuations are calculated for property taxes. This post appeared first on Marcellus
Read More...Two important pipeline projects, PennEast and Adelphia Gateway, are at various stages of approval. PennEast is a $1 billion (or $1.2 billion, depending on the source) new greenfield pipeline project from Luzerne County, PA to Mercer County, NJ. PennEast will flow PA Marcellus gas to markets in NJ. Adelphia Gateway is an old oil pipeline,
Read More...On May 25, lightning struck a 1 million gallon condensate tank near Friendly (Tyler County), WV on a Saturday afternoon (see Lightning Strikes Huge Condensate Tank in Tyler, WV – Fire Now Out). At least, that’s the theory. The strike (if that’s what it was) ignited the tank, creating a “massive” fire according to news
Read More...Global gas demand is expected to grow at a rate of 1.6% per year until 2024, fueled by Chinese consumption which will account for over a third of the demand growth during the period, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on June 7. China’s push to switch from coal to gas in power generation and
Read More...Polarcus Ltd. refers to its announcement dated March 25, 2019 describing the exercise of an option to redeliver Vyacheslav Tikhonov by Sovcomflot under the bareboat charter and to its announcement dated June 3, 2019 confirming an award of a wide-azimuth project in the Americas. A subsidiary of Polarcus has chartered Vyacheslav Tikhonov on commercial terms
Read More...The board of KCA Deutag has appointed Joseph Elkhoury as its new CEO effective July 1, 2019. Elkhoury takes over from Norrie McKay who has confirmed his intention to retire later this year. Norrie will remain with the group in an advisory capacity until December 31 2019, working closely with Joseph to ensure a smooth
Read More...Martin Midstream Partners said Monday it’s selling to Hartree Cardinal Gas its membership interests in Arcadia Gas Storage, Cadeville Gas Storage Monroe Gas Storage, and Perryville Gas Storage for $215 million in cash. The storage assets consist of roughly 50 billion cubic feet of working capacity located in northern Louisiana and Mississippi. The transaction is
Read More...Betty SutliffWayne County LandownerUDRBC Secretary DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini didn’t like being called out for lobbying the Pennsylvania legislature in opposition to Jonathan Fritz’s H.B. 827. On June 6, 2019, several members of the Upper Delaware River Basin Citizens attended the Upper Delaware Council (UDC) meeting in Narrowsburg. DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini
Read More...Comstock Resources Inc. said June 10 it will become a Haynesville Basin leader with the acquisition of privately-held Covey Park Energy LLC. In a joint statement, the companies announced an agreement for Comstock to acquire Covey Park in a cash and stock transaction worth roughly $2.2 billion. The transaction also includes the assumption of outstanding
Read More...Editor’s note: May 21, 2019, marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of the legendary George Mitchell. Hartenergy.com marked the event with a special tribute video. Now, Contributing Editor Jeff Share, remembers his own experiences with Mitchell and talked to one of his former executives. Opinions expressed by the author are his own. You can’t
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 LNG exports, NJ pipeline denial, natural gas demand and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH
Read More...The volume of working natural gas injected into underground storage during the week ended May 31, was the second-highest amount in 2019, and the fifth time this year the volume was measured in triple digits, Kallanish Energy reports. The Energy Information Administration reported 119 billion cubic feet of working gas was added to storage during the
Read More...CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania – The Appalachian Basin, specifically the trio of states including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, is approaching a tipping point when determining what is done with the substantial volume of ethane produced here. There are three scenarios concerning ethane, according to Charles Zelek, a senior economist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office
Read More...Chemical production in the U.S. is expected to surge over the next five years, compared with the last two decades. The significant growth in output as new production capacity comes online and the challenges and innovative solutions that come with this growth will be key topics at the Downstream 2019 Conference this week in Houston,
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