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 Range Resources, Lack of new NYC gas, West Virginia cracker plant and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104
Read More...Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court has issued a split decision on environmental regulations on Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, ruling in part on the side of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, who challenged the regulations 16 days after they took effect, according to WCN 24/7. The seven-judge panel issued a 91-page decision against the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Leisure class environmentalists are the bane of true environmentalism or, as I prefer to call it, conservation. It is nothing but selfish NIMBYism. I first became aware of leisure class environmentalists many years ago, not long after I won an “Environmentalist of the Year” award from a local
Read More...Claims of health impacts from shale development have become a heated topic in the Appalachian Basin, with activists pushing a misleading narrative in the region. But the allegation that fracking is causing widespread public health issues is far from reality in the Buckeye State, according two state agencies. In response to a handful of activists
Read More...Judge William Smith of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island remanded Rhode Island’s lawsuit targeting 21 fossil fuel companies to state court on Monday. Rhode Island is seeking damages from energy companies to pay for the future costs of climate change. Compared to his peers who have judged similar climate litigation
Read More...Although Gulfport Energy saw an overall production increase in the second quarter of 2019 when compared to the same quarter a year ago, its Utica Shale production dipped slightly, according to Kallanish Energy. The company as a whole reported second quarter 2019 net production of 1.36 billion cubic feet-equivalent per day (Bcfe/d), which was a
Read More...Republicans took to the House floor this week to discuss “the American energy renaissance” that’s helped power economic growth, create jobs, boost innovation, lower emissions, and strengthen national security. The members who spoke are from the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) – a caucus of House Republicans led by Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), Rep.
Read More...Texas’ oil and natural gas industry is creating major economic benefits in the Lone Star State, thanks to record-breaking production in the Permian Basin. Texas Oil & Natural Gas Is Creating Jobs For instance, a recent economic analysis by the Perryman Group finds that the state’s oil and natural gas industry now supports one in
Read More...Inspired by the “throw everything at the wall” approach utilized in climate liability cases filed by municipalities across the country, the Rockefeller-funded Conservation Law Foundation is now changing its tactics in its lawsuit against Shell Oil Co. Chief Judge William Smith of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled yesterday to
Read More...Range Resources recently agreed to sell assets in the Appalachian Basin for $634 million, according to Seeking Alpha. The company will sell a 2% net proportionately reduced overriding royalty interest in 350,000 net surface acres, which produced a combined 1.9 billion net cfe/day in the first quarter, in the southwest Appalachian Basin for $600 million.
Read More...In the Energy Information Administration’s newly released Drilling Productivity Report, it projects crude oil production in the U.S.’s most productive unconventional basins in the lower 48 states is projected to rise roughly 0.5% from July to August, according to Kallanish Energy. Overall production is expected to rise 49,000 barrels per day from 8.50 million barrels
Read More...Our pick of the downstream industry news you need to know. × EIA revises oil demand forecast The International Energy Agency (IEA) is reducing its 2019 oil demand forecast due to a slowing global economy amid a U.S.-China trade spat. The IEA is revising its 2019 global oil demand growth forecast to 1.1 million barrels
Read More...The Energy Information Administration projects natural gas production from the seven most productive basins in the lower 48 states will jump from 81.21 to 81.96 billion cubic feet per day from July to August, according to Kallanish Energy. Of the seven major basins, six are expected to see a month-to-month increase in production. The EIA’s
Read More...My good friend, Rick Stouffer, has written a superb article which outlines the truly opportunities coming to the Ohio River Valley. The Valley has world class infrastructure for the petrochemical industry. The roads, rail and river are second to none in the U.S. That’s why Shell is in Monaca, Beaver County, Pennsylvania and PTTGC is
Read More...(courtesy Herald Star newspaper, Linda Harris, staff writer) STEUBENVILLE — With one ethane cracker plant nearing completion and another inching closer to a construction announcement, Commercial real estate specialist Bryce Custer told Steubenville business leaders Monday they’re right where any entrepreneur would want to be: In the middle. Custer, a broker with NAI Ohio River
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