The Sierra Club, along with some lesser-known but equally radical enviro groups, filed a court challenge to an air quality permit granted by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for the PTT Global Chemical ethane cracker plant project in Belmont County, OH back in January (see Radical Green Groups Appeal Ohio Cracker Plant Air Permit). Yesterday
Read More...Pennsylvania is the #2 top producing natural gas state in the union, producing 6.2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2018. Ohio is the #5 top producing natgas state, producing 2.4 Tcf last year. However, West Virginia is rapidly moving up the ranks. In 2018, WV produced 1.8 Tcf of natural gas, the #7 spot, thanks
Read More...Left to Right: Preston McEachern CEO PurLucid, Chris Frantz VP Business Development Eureka, Dan Ertel CEO Eureka, and Jared Lazerson CEO MGX (click for larger version) In March, MDN brought you the news that Eureka Resources, which owns and operates three centralized treatment/recycling facilities that process flowback/produced waters (i.e. wastewater) from the Marcellus Shale, announced
Read More...Dutch chemicals company LyondellBasell Industries NV (LBI) has started up the fifth polypropylene compounding line at its Knapsack production site in Germany, which is now claimed by the company to be the world’s largest PP compounding facility. The recently started up 25-kilotonne-per-annum (ktpa) line has raised total production capacity at the site to over 200 ktpa, LBI
Read More...The ResolVe project, which was launched in 2017 to study the chemical recycling of polystyrene has borne fruit: Ineos Styrolution has announced in a Sept. 22 statement that it has proof of concept of closed-loop recycling, thus establishing the recyclability of polystyrene. The technology converts waste polystyrene back to pure styrene via a depolymerization process. The
Read More...NEW YORK—Facing rising anger from young people for their role in accelerating climate change, chief executives of major oil companies launched an effort on Sept. 23 to burnish their image on the sidelines of the United Nations Climate Action Summit. The Oil and Gas Climate Initiative, representing 13 major global oil companies, held meetings with
Read More...China’s national offshore producer CNOOC Ltd. expects its major deepwater gas field Lingshui 17-2 in the South China Sea to start producing natural gas at the end of 2021, a company executive said on Sept. 24. Chinese state-run energy producers are raising spending on domestic oil and gas drilling to multi-year highs this year, with
Read More...This past weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) paid a visit to Colorado and took the opportunity to tweet out fear-mongering nonsense about the oil and gas industry without bothering to confirm any facts beforehand. Namely, Ocasio-Cortez incorrectly characterized heat picked up on an infrared camera as “toxic fumes” and publicized results from volatile organic compound
Read More...Norway’s oil output fell by 10.1% year-on-year in August to 1.353 million barrels of oil equivalents per day, lagging official forecast by 4%, the country’s Petroleum Directorate (NPD) said on Sept. 24. Daily natural gas output fell by 19.8% from the year before, lagging forecasts by 11.3%, the NPD added. The most important causes for
Read More...Howell, Mich. — A lot can happen in three years. For French automotive supplier Novares Group SA, the changes are not only evident in the company’s name, but also in its swift short-term and steady long-term strategies. That includes a change in ownership, acquisition activity, a companywide rebranding, a canceled initial public offering and the
Read More...Eagle LNG Partners LLC announced on Sept. 23 that the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the order granting authorization for siting and constructing its proposed on-water Jacksonville LNG Export Facility. The LNG export facility and terminal, planned in Jacksonville, Florida, will have a production capacity of approximately 1.65 million LNG-gallons per day
Read More...Texas is about to go green — by 2020, more electricity will come from wind than coal, according to analytics/consulting firm Rystad Energy. Propelled by the surging shale revolution, Texas now contributes 40% of total U.S. oil production and nearly 25% of marketed natural gas production, Kallanish Energy reports. However, the “Lone Star State” is
Read More...Royalties paid to Pennsylvania landowners for natural gas extraction in primarily eight counties totaled $8.84 billion from 2010 through 2018, according to calculations by the state Independent Fiscal Office (IFO), Kallanish Energy reports. Royalty payments made in the remaining Pennsylvania counties where natural gas is produced would add another $982 million in royalty payments to
Read More...Crude oil rose slightly Monday, after gaining nearly 7% last week, as lingering concerns over global supplies following the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities offset prospects for a faster-than-expected restoration of the kingdom’s output and on signs of European economic weakness. Global benchmark Brent futures were up 40 cents to $64.68 a barrel,
Read More...More than three years since they were rolled out, new regulations restricting methane emissions from existing natural gas wells will finally get a hearing before a statewide rulemaking body, according to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star. The push comes as Republican President Donald Trump rolls back restrictions on the potent greenhouse gas. Gov. Tom Wolf rolled out his methane
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