EQM Midstream Partners LP has told U.S. federal regulators the company would stop some work on its long-delayed Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reviews a couple of permits. In a letter to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday, EQM said
Read More...Norway’s BW Offshore has won approval from Brazilian oil regulator ANP for the purchase of the Maromba oilfield, part of the Oslo-listed company’s plan to become an operator and not just a supplier of oil services, platforms and ships. The purchase, from Chevron Corp. and Petrobras extends BW’s operations in Brazil, where it already has
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … The Northern Tier Industrial & Education Consortium (NTIEC) just gave students from four counties some real life experience in natural gas development. Students from four northern tier counties recently took part in the first Energy & Oilfield Career Summer Experience, learning about career opportunities in the natural gas
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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. This week’s selection of Natural Gas Now picks begins and ends with climate issues; how to not to
Read More...Canada’s Husky Energy said on Aug. 16 it will resume full production at its White Rose Field offshore Newfoundland & Labrador, which was shut down last year after an oil spill in November 2018. White Rose production will ramp up to reach full rates of about 20,000 barrels per day, net to Husky, by early
Read More...The following information is provided by EnergyNet. All inquiries on the following listings should be directed to EnergyNet. Hart Energy is not a brokerage firm and does not endorse or facilitate any transactions. TRE Investments LLC retained EnergyNet for the sale of Permian Basin operations in West Texas through an auction closing Aug. 28. The offering includes
Read More...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
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