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
Read More...Heavy Metal is going down the dark hole of workplace violence. Along with school shootings, it’s something nobody wants to think about. But of course, you have to think about it, and imagine it could happen. That’s the sad reality of life in the United States today. And it was the topic of a presentation
Read More...Traverse City, Mich. — A mixture of positive and negative factors is making it difficult for automotive analysts to firmly forecast hurdles and triumphs in the industry. And the uncertainty is creating some uneasiness among suppliers, the analysts said during a session at the 2019 CAR Management Briefing Seminars, held Aug. 6-8. Ongoing trade issues
Read More...GHSP Inc. is relocating its global headquarters and innovation lab from Grand Haven, Mich., to a 140,000-square-foot space in Holland, Mich. GHSP plans to move into the Holland building at the beginning of 2020, according to a company news release. “This is another step toward our growth strategy that we established in 2018,” GHSP CEO
Read More...FRANKFURT — German carbon fiber maker SGL Group said its CEO, Jürgen Köhler, will step down over flawed business planning after the company withdrew its forecasts for the next three years. In a statement on Wednesday, SGL — which supplies carbon fiber to automakers such as BMW and Volkswagen Group — said its outlook for the 2020-22 period
Read More...A Lucozade Ribena Suntory-backed plastic-free packaging innovation has been granted an unspecified amount in government funding by Innovate UK – the UK government’s innovation agency. Manufactured by alternative packaging specialist Notpla, Oohos capsules are made entirely from a seaweed-based material called Notpla and offer a way to deliver drinks under 100 ml in a plastic-free form. Made
Read More...Japanese machine specialist Sodick Co. Ltd. is launching sales of its injection molding machines in Europe, starting with a preview at K 2019 in Düsseldorf, Germany. While Sodick is well-known for its EDM (electrical discharge machining) equipment, it has also produced plastic injection molding machines for the past 30 years, but primarily sold those presses
Read More...Keep It Grounded In Fact(American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers) EV subsidies are disgusting because they principally benefit well-off trendy folks who can well afford electric vehicles without help from ordinary taxpayers. When will EV proponents learn that attempting to manipulate consumer choice (and the free market) doesn’t end well? If California and Colorado
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Bob Howarth, long forgotten by most, returns with yet another pseudo-science study attacking natural gas development based on totally bizarre methane claims. I participated in a debate with Bob Howarth at Cornell several years ago. His star was already starting to fade then and he later mostly dropped from
Read More...Citgo Petroleum’s board has selected Carlos E. Jorda as its chief executive, selecting a veteran refinery expert and native Venezuelan to run a company facing legal attacks and working under U.S. sanctions against its parent, Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa). Citgo severed ties with Pdvsa earlier this year after President Trump levied sanctions on the state-run company and
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