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
Read More...In October 2016, Dominion announced a new pipeline project called Eastern Market Access Project (see Dominion Announces $145M Project to Expand Gas Supply to DC & MD). The $145 million project was slated to beef up two compressor stations in Virginia, build a new compressor station in Maryland, and add a couple of pipeline taps
Read More...“Bizarre” is the only word that comes to mind to describe a despicable, lowest-of-the-low, lying attack ad being run in Ohio by a front group for FirstEnergy meant to defend and preserve a horrible corporate welfare bailout law passed to prop up FirstEnergy’s economically dying nuclear (and coal) power plants. The $1 million ad campaign
Read More...Sunoco Pipeline, a division/part of Energy Transfer, has just been fined (again) for work related to the construction of the Mariner East 2 pipeline project. This time around Sunoco got two fines: One for problems with their work in 2018, to the tune of $240,840, and one for work done back in 2017, to the
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia Garland Thompson tells us not to be distracted by pipeline blockades in the politically correct Northeast because shale gas is headed south in a big way. News that a U.S. court upheld Maryland’s refusal to permit a planned 3.5-mile gas pipeline to cross state land to reach West
Read More...Keep It Grounded In Fact(American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) Extinction Rebellion is a climate extremist group focused principally on the UK. It suggests such extremism may be reaching peak lunacy levels, though. The surprisingly successful Extinction Rebellion is running a con game on everyone, especially their own followers. Ostensibly the standard bearer of
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … New York politicians, still imagining they’re living out their energy fantasies, are refusing to accept facts, as if running on empty through a bad neighborhood. How much self-deception can one practice before submitting to the truth? An infinite amount if New York politicians are any gauge. National Grid and
Read More...During the week ended Aug. 24, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued eight permits for horizontal well drilling in the Utica/Point Pleasant shale play, according to The Youngstown Business Journal. Ascent Resources received the most permits with four in Jefferson County. EAP Ohio ::C received three permits for wells in Harrison County. XTO Energy
Read More...A new poll claims to show that a majority of registered voters would support holding energy companies liable “if it could be proven that they misled the public about the consequences of climate change.” However, the survey, which was conducted by progressive pollster YouGov Blue and commissioned by “left-leaning think tank” Data for Progress, lacks
Read More...Sunoco has been issued two penalties from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for violations that occurred during the construction of the Mariner East Pipeline, which runs through the southern portion of the state, according to 69 News. Sunoco was fined more than $313,000 for alleged violations in 2017 and 2018. The DEP said the
Read More...As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has worked to revise its regulation of methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, “Keep It In The Ground” activists have upped their game in spreading false information, often relying on misguided studies like those from the Environmental Defense Fund. The EPA’s proposed changes include ways to
Read More...A new study raises questions about the model activist researchers use in their attempts to link fracking to health risks. A series of studies from Johns Hopkins University used a metric the researchers call “well activity” as a proxy for actually measuring exposure to air pollutants they claim are associated with oil and natural gas
Read More...While the oil and gas industry has made significant inroads in improving operational efficiency using disruptive technologies, there is a vast pool of knowledge stretching back decades to the days of paper-based production. Unlocking analog data could be the key to reducing the cost of exploration and production. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.
Read More...Montana regulators this week proposed approval of a major expansion of the state’s largest coal mine after it was sold through bankruptcy auction to a company controlled by the Navajo Nation, Kallanish Energy reports. The 72-million-ton expansion of the Spring Creek Mine near Decker, Montana, will occur within the mine’s existing permit boundary, Jen Lane, with
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