March 26, 2019 Updated 3/26/2019 Email Print Wohlers Report 2019 Sales of materials for polymer powder bed fusion were at an all-time high in 2018. Figures are in millions of dollars. Materials innovations for additive manufacturing and 3D printing is expanding at a robust pace and achieved record growth in 2018, especially in metals, according
Read More...While the U.S. cracker wave on the back of the shale gas boom is getting much of the attention, big oil and gas players in the Middle East are lining up megaprojects that could shift the landscape of global petrochemicals from 2025 and beyond. Driving this push from oil companies is the growing realization that
Read More...Lower heating costs – brought on by increased natural gas production from the shale revolution – reduced winter mortality rates from 2000 to 2010, according to a new National Bureau of Economic Research paper. As the NBER paper explains, “We find that lower heating prices reduce mortality in winter months. The estimated effect size implies
Read More...March 26, 2019 Updated 3/26/2019 Email Print Ventra Evart LLC, a subsidiary of auto parts giant Flex-N-Gate Corp., is purchasing a vacant 138,000-square-foot building about a mile from its current facility in Evart, Mich., to accommodate growth. The project is a $3.75 million investment and would create 50 jobs within one year, according to a
Read More...March 26, 2019 Updated 3/26/2019 Email Print Plastic Components Inc. The 82 employees at Plastic Components Inc. can participate in various career development and job opportunities and receive bonuses for going above and beyond the call of duty. When employees go above and beyond the call of duty at injection molder Plastic Components Inc., the
Read More...March 26, 2019 Updated 3/26/2019 Email Print Alliance Laser Sales Inc. Employees of the month at Alliance Laser Sales Inc. are awarded an MVP belt similar to ones in wrestling. To show appreciation to employees for the hard work they do, the Wauconda, Ill.-based Alliance Laser Sales Inc. leadership team started holding team lunches every
Read More...Crude exports from the U.S. continue to gain ground as record-breaking production from U.S. shale propels a tsunami of pipeline projects along the Gulf Coast. U.S. crude exports soared last year, rising 73% to average 2 million barrels per day (bbl/d), according to a Morningstar Commodities Research note published March 18, which noted this could
Read More...This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. The proxy war between Toby and Derek Rice and current management at EQT continues. It’s now turned into a press release war. Every few days one or the other (or both) sides
Read More...This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. This stuff makes us angry. Just yesterday we told you about a contractor using the sleazy tactic of filing “mechanic’s liens” against landowners in western New York State because of a payment
Read More...Devon Energy has moved into 2019 with a more sharpened focus on its high-margin, low-cost U.S. shale plays in the Stack, Powder River, Permian and Eagle Ford basins. During Devon’s fourth-quarter 2018 investor report, issued in February, the company announced it would look to either sell or spin off its Barnett Shale and Canada assets this year. According to Devon, the deal
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Read More...Ten years ago, you knew where you stood with your energy suppliers. Oil companies sold road fuel, while utilities supplied electricity and gas. Today, those old lines of demarcation are blurring: utilities can fill up your car and oil companies want to keep your lights on. Technological progress and the threat of climate change are
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Fractivists grasp at everything to diss the natural gas industry, including safety, but it turns out the industry has an ever improving record on this score. Back in 2014, Scranton Times writer and king of snide, Chris Kelly, attacked the natural gas industry and everything and everyone connected to
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. Natural gas consumption was up big-time in the U.S. in 2018, signaling not only an economic boom in this country but also the start of a golden age of gas. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is out with another of its wonderful reports offering “just the facts” and the facts
Read More...A week ago, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted New Jersey a stay, which stopped construction of the PennEast natural gas pipeline, to give the state time to resolve issues with the company regarding property both parties have interest in, according to The Morning Call. The court issued the order in an appeal
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