The number of oil and gas wells in Texas readied for production fell nearly 12% in the first seven months of 2019 compared with the same time last, according to data from the state energy regulator, as activity dropped on concerns of slowing demand and oversupply. Producers completed 5,749 wells in Texas from January to
Read More...The Minnesota Attorney General’s office is more than a thousand miles away from New York City, yet Michael Bloomberg’s money and influence are felt even there. A new lawsuit is challenging whether Minnesota AG Keith Ellison is able to accept a “Special Assistant Attorney General” from NYU School of Law’s State Energy and Environmental Impact
Read More...North American shipments of primary plastics machinery increased 8.2 percent in the second quarter of 2019, following a weak first quarter, but they remained sluggish compared with the second quarter of 2018, falling 12.7 percent, according to the Plastics Industry Association. The Washington-based trade association’s Committee on Equipment Statistics released the second quarter figures on
Read More...After six weeks of testing, the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup group has decided to use a parachute anchor system to slow down its plastic pipe-and-skirt contraption designed to collect marine litter from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The new plan will allow System 001/B to achieve a consistent speed to capture plastic for eventual removal and
Read More...Rotational molder Horizon Manufacturing Group LLC has purchased a 26-acre site across the street from its factory in Lake Mills, Wis., for a new warehouse. General Manager Keith Krausse said construction should begin in late August. Horizon could be operating there by the end of January 2020, he added. “We’re building 31,000 square feet, with
Read More...Two longtime officials with composites supplier Composites One will be honored at the 2019 ACMA Membership Awards Ceremony on September 23. CEO Steve Dehmlow and business development Vice President Dick Holland will be recognized at the event, which is part of the CAMX 2019 trade show in Anaheim, Calif. Dehmlow will receive ACMA’s Lifetime Achievement
Read More...Earlier this week the Trump administration announced plans to roll back protections for endangered species, according to Seeking Alpha. The move could expand oil and gas drilling and other development in the United States, as the plan includes allowing economic factors to be weighed in before adding an animal to the list. The revisions won’t
Read More...In 2017 a group of Ohio landowners did what others had previously done in Pennsylvania, Texas and elsewhere–they filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy claiming Chessy had screwed them and about 1,000 other Ohio landowners out of a collective $30 million in royalty payments (see OH Landowners File Royalty Class Action Lawsuit
Read More...Equitrans, builder of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline project, has voluntarily stopped construction on certain portions of the 85% completed project. According to an MVP spokesperson, “The voluntary suspension pertains to areas along the route that may potentially have an impact related to the Endangered Species Act; however, MVP expects to continue with construction, where
Read More...Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. (Transco) filed a request yesterday with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to start up the final pieces of its Rivervale South to Market Project in New Jersey. We first told you about the Rivervale project in 2017 when Williams filed an application with FERC (see New Project Seeks
Read More...Yesterday MDN told you that new EQT CEO Toby Rice is in the midst of conducting four “town hall” style meetings with landowners–two this week and two next week (see Road Trip! EQT CEO Toby Rice Talks to Landowners in Town Hall Mtgs). By all accounts, the first meeting (Wednesday night in Waynesburg, PA) was
Read More...Take note Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto: You can only crap on the shale industry for so long before it comes back to bite you on the backside. EQT CEO Toby Rice told a group of landowners Wednesday night that the EQT Foundation (EQT’s charitable giving arm), the third largest foundation by giving in Pittsburgh, is
Read More...THE Delaware Riverkeeper has lost yet another frivolous lawsuit that attempted to overturn Williams’ now long-completed Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline project. We’ve lost count of how many lawsuits Riverkeeper (and other anti groups) have lost against Atlantic Sunrise. Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection’s decision
Read More...Smack Down! In a superb tag-team performance, both President Trump and federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler this week hit New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, hard, over his refusal to allow fracking and for blocking the Constitution Pipeline. It’s smack down time! This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Layoffs at PES refinery begin, as union argues for continued presence due to safety concerns; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: State regulators want better reporting of lost natural gas; NATIONAL: Natural gas… Assessing if we are close to a bottom; US oil, gas rig count falls 15 on week to level not seen since May
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