The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week fell for the sixth consecutive week, according to data compliled by oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, a GE company. For the week ended May 17, 954 rigs were working in the Lower 48, down a lone rig from the previous week,
Read More...Last week the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC to identify and restore or mitigate all streams and wetlands that it illegally eliminated or altered during the construction of the Revolution Pipeline, according to a DEP press release. During the construction of the pipeline, ETC illegally eliminated at least 23 streams
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Cabot Oil & Gas has been producing gas in Susquehanna County for a decade, bringing much progress and many rewards in the way of education, jobs and incomes. Cabot Oil & Gas is one many fantastic companies in the business of extracting natural gas in Pennsylvania. It is
Read More...[Editor’s note: This story was updated at 4:29 p.m. CST on May 19. 2019.] JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday there was consensus among OPEC and allied oil producers to drive down crude inventories “gently” but his country would remain responsive to the needs of what he called a fragile market.
Read More...Exxon Mobil Corp. has evacuated dozens of its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 oil field, but work is still going on, according to multiple reports on May 18. On Sunday, Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said the South Intergrated Project oil deal between Iraq and Exxon Mobil was “very close” but had been slowed
Read More...While solar energy has lagged behind other renewable energy sources in the United States, the numbers are forecasting up, according to a recent report released by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association. The report said that solar installations have doubled in the last three years to 2 million and they
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) A study performed at the request of Range Resources near some of its drill sites and a Washington County school campus reveals no air pollution impacts. One of the false allegations made against shale drilling is that it somehow pollutes the air–of particular concern near schools. A new independent
Read More...National Grid Plc said on Friday it will not process new applications for natural gas service in its New York City and Long Island service area until Williams Cos Inc.’s Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) pipeline receives the permits it needs to proceed. On May 15, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) denied Williams’
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Our readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. No New Natural Gas for Westchester Until 2023, Huh? And, this was prior to Andrew Cuomo denying water quality certification
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. It’s but a damned taking and the DRBC members just proved it to everyone by announcing they support a ban that doesn’t even allow the export of water for fracking. The Delaware River Basin Commission is now totally corrupted. A majority of members, including Pennsylvania’s Governor Tom Wolf
Read More...Two years of data recorded around Marcellus Shale development near a school in Pennsylvania show the operations “do not pose any acute or chronic health concerns” and have not impacted air quality in the surrounding area, according to a comprehensive study released this week. The analysis by researchers at Boston-based Gradient Corp. refutes baseless claims
Read More...May 17, 2019 Updated 5/17/2019 Email Print Frank Esposito From left: Tom Drye of Techmer, Jean Sirois of RTP and Frank Roederer of Gaylord Chemical Cleveland — A panel of industry veterans looked into the future of technical compounding at Compounding World 2019. Tom Drye, Jean Sirois and Frank Roederer each answered questions from moderator
Read More...May 17, 2019 Updated 5/17/2019 Email Print Audrey LaForest Robert Eller, left, with Paul DiLaura and Rose Ryntz. Novi, Mich. — Self-driving vehicles will bring new performance and design requirements to the automotive sector, and that means more opportunities for advanced materials and manufacturing technologies. Speakers at the 2019 WardsAuto Interiors Conference, held May 9,
Read More...May 17, 2019 Updated 5/17/2019 Email Print Jeremy Carroll Peter Pan, vice general manger of Chumpower Machinery Corp., watches an employee work on blow molding machine at the company’s facility in Taichung, Taiwan. Taichung, Taiwan — Some single-use plastics, like PET water bottles, serve a good purpose, said Peter Pan, vice general manager for Chumpower
Read More...May 17, 2019 Updated 5/17/2019 Email Print Bill Bregar John Kozma, left, and Janos Kozma of Modern Dispersions Inc., a compounder and color masterbatch maker in Leominster, Mass. Cleveland — Compounders will play a key role in recycled plastics in the more circular economy of the future because they can target materials for specific end-use
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