Not only have there been no large increases in U.S. methane emissions over the last decade, but previous studies have significantly overestimated these emissions from U.S. oil and natural gas production, according to a new peer-reviewed study from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As CIRES research scientist and study lead author Xin Lan told
Read More...May 16, 2019 Updated 5/16/2019 Email Print Plastics News Europe Origin Royal DSM is working with 3D printing company Origin on its open additive manufacturing platform. Dutch chemicals company Royal DSM has entered into a partnership with San Francisco-based startup, Origin, to develop materials for that company’s Open Additive Production platform. Launched late last year,
Read More...May 16, 2019 Updated 5/17/2019 Email Print MoistureShield The former Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies composite decking business is now called MoistureShield. The composite decking business once known as Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. will now operate as MoistureShield, which was the name of one its product brands. Atlanta-based Oldcastle APG, a U.S. subsidiary of CRH
Read More...May 16, 2019 Updated 5/17/2019 Email Print Derby Fence Co. Extruder Derby Fence Co. says it is the biggest supplier of HDPE fencing for animal containment in the U.S. Family-owned Lakeland Plastics Inc. and Derby Fence Co., which are based at the same site in Mundelein, Ill., were acquired by a family of investors based
Read More...Hey New York Islanders NHL team–you’re screwed. No new stadium because your governor, Andrew Cuomo has just directed his corrupt Dept. of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to deny a permit to build the Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) natural gas pipeline, a pipeline your new stadium needs or won’t get built. You can thank Andy for
Read More...Yesterday MDN told you that Pin Oak Energy Partners has purchased Protégé Energy’s 10,000 acres of Utica Shale leases (and other assets) located in Washington and Noble counties in Ohio, and Wood County in West Virginia (see Pin Oak Buys Protege Energy’s Utica Assets in Ohio, W.V.). It didn’t take long for Pin Oak to
Read More...The same Congresswoman who for years attempted to pass a federal bill commonly referred to as the “FRAC Act” is back with yet another piece of duplicative oil and natural gas legislation that further exemplifies a push towards fringe policies that don’t reflect the latest technology and data. Rep. Diana DeGette, a senior Democrat from
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Our Pennsylvania Supremes have handed a major defeat to radicals such as the Delaware Povertykeeper on the heavily abused Environmental Rights Amendment. The Delaware Povertykeeper a/k/a Riverkeeper wasn’t part of this case but, you can be sure there was crying in their natural gas heated offices in Bristol
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Trade unions and public housing residents just found out where Gov. Cuomo’s political priorities are. He put the NRDC gang’s interest way ahead of theirs. Well, it turns out Mayor Bill de Blasio was just trying not to be outdone in opposing the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline project. I
Read More...NEW YORK—Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) US$8bn bank loan comes amid heavy investor uncertainty over the oil company’s debt load, but lenders wanting to maintain links with Pemex and the left-wing administration overseeing the firm may have little choice but to commit to the financing. The state-backed oil producer is tapping its relationship banks to refinance a
Read More...A natural gas explosion last September in a pipeline not yet in service has led to an independent producer backed by Goldman Sachs’s private equity arm and the Ontario Teachers Pension Fund filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Kallanish Energy reports. EdgeMarc Energy Holdings plans to sell all of its assets, the company said Wednesday, blaming an
Read More...Crude oil futures rose slightly Wednesday as worries that rising tensions in the Middle East could impact global supplies overshadowed an unexpected rise in U.S. crude inventories, Kallanish Energy reports. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures settled 24 cents higher, at $62.02 per barrel. Brent crude futures rose 53 cents, to $71.77/Bbl. U.S. crude stocks rose unexpectedly last
Read More...California authorities said Wednesday power lines owned and operated by Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. (PG&E) caused the state’s most destructive wildfire ever – which killed 85 and nearly destroyed an entire city, Kallanish Energy learns. Lines owned by the San Francisco-based utility sparked the Camp Fire on Nov. 8, in Butte County, California, the state Department of Forestry and Fire
Read More...Marathon is combining MPLX and Andeavor Logistics — two of its oil and gas pipeline, transportation and storage operations — for $9 billion, according to the Dayton Daily News. The merger is expected to expand the company’s geographic footprint in the Ohio basin and enhance long-term growth opportunities. Andeavor unitholders will receive 1.135 MPLX common units for each
Read More...HOUSTON—Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on May 15 his country would again turn to Russia for natural gas supplies if Exxon Mobil Corp. has not decided by September whether to invest in a massive Black Sea offshore project. Romania’s Black Sea reserves pose a potential challenge to Russian Gazprom’s dominant role supplying Central and
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