Never jump to conclusions. It can come back to bite you. Even MDN is sometimes (rarely, but sometimes) guilty of violating that truism. Last week, we told you that drilling mud left in the ground from Energy Transfer’s Mariner East Pipeline project work near Marsh Creek State Park (Chester County, PA) had, more than three…
Read More...While drilling in Chester County, PA, in August 2020 in the Marsh Creek State Park area, Energy Transfer’s (ET) Mariner East 2X pipeline experienced an “inadvertent return” — nontoxic drilling mud coming up out of the ground where it’s not supposed to (see Mariner East 2X Construction Causes Another Drilling Mud Spill). It took more…
Read More...The mayor of Chester, PA (a suburb of Philadelphia), Sefan Roots, boldly proclaimed over the weekend that an LNG export project planned for his community called Penn LNG is “dead in the water.” He bases his claim on Joe Biden’s recent declaration that all LNG export projects are “on pause” (see White House Makes it…
Read More...The Mariner East Pipeline system, including Mariner East 1 (ME1), Mariner East 2 (ME2), and Mariner East 2X (ME2X), completed construction and went online in the first quarter of 2022 (see All Construction for Mariner East 2 Pipeline Now Done, Online 1Q). Pipeline operators like Energy Transfer (ET), the builder and operator of the ME…
Read More...Last week, MDN told you about the third and final public hearing held by the Pennsylvania House Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force (see Chester Residents Oppose Philly LNG Export Project at Final Hearing). The Task Force was established by law in early 2022 to study how to establish Philadelphia LNG exports to international…
Read More...The problem with the pay-for-protection scam is that it never stops. A mobster comes calling on a business, and for a “small” and regular fee, the mobster will guarantee nothing “happens” to the business. “Just think of it as insurance.” It’s a shakedown–a scam. And over the years, the price keeps going up. What if…
Read More...One of the challenges faced by Energy Transfer in building its Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline (two pipelines) to transport NGLs from southwestern PA and eastern OH to the Marcus Hook refinery near Philadelphia was the terrain in Chester County, near Philly. The area has a karst topography–think of it as Swiss cheese underground, where…
Read More...Some 16 so-called “climate activists” (i.e., far-left extremists) were arrested Wednesday at the headquarters of investment giant Vanguard in Chester… Continue reading The post Extremists Arrested for Blocking Vanguard HQ Near Philadelphia first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...For years, going back to the time when MDN editor Jim Willis worked in Washington, D.C. during his youth (mid-1980s),… Continue reading The post Antis Mad They Couldn’t Bloviate at Philly LNG Task Force Meeting first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...A little over a month ago, MDN brought you the good news that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has… Continue reading The post PA DEP Issues Permits for Transco Northeast Expansion Pipe Project first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Is Pennsylvania State Senator Carolyn Comitta (Democrat from Chester County, anti-fossil fueler) intentionally obtuse when it comes to the Marcellus… Continue reading The post PA Sen. Carolyn Comitta, Anti from Philly, Confuses LNG and NGL first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Seemingly out of nowhere, a plan to build an LNG export facility on the banks of the Delaware River south… Continue reading The post U.S. East Coast’s 3rd LNG Export Plant Proposed Near Philadelphia first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...RGGI May Be Woke, But Pennsylvanians Will Go Broke Dr. Jay Lehr Sr. Policy Analyst – International Climate Science Coalition Tom Harris Ex. Director – International Climate Science Coalition … … [Editor’s Note: Pennsylvania, thanks to trust-funder Tom Wolf is pursuing RGGi to be woke but it’s likely to make Commonwealth consumers go broke unless
Read More...Adelphia Gateway Jim Willis on NGL PipelinesEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Though the PennEast Pipeline is dead for now, the Adelphia Gateway project, backed by one of the same entities, is full speed ahead to deliver gas to Philly.] New Jersey Resources’ Adelphia Gateway project is a plan to convert an old oil
Read More...Last August we told you about the politically-motivated prosecution (by the Chester County, PA District Attorney’s office) of men connected to a security firm providing off-duty constables to protect Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline construction sites (see Chester DA Persecution of Off-Duty Constables Guarding ME2 Pipe). Last June a Chester County Magisterial District Judge dismissed
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