Pennsylvania House Hears How Biden LNG Pause Hurting Pa. Workers

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania House Republican Policy Committee held a hearing called “Fueling Pa’s Future: Liquid Natural Gas.” In January, Joe Biden announced he would “pause” any approvals for new LNG export plants (currently 17 requests in the pipeline) for at least one year while his people fart around pretending to figure out how to measure…

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Oil & Gas Jobs Continue To Grow – Latest Numbers for PA, OH, WV

The Energy Workforce & Technology Council, based in Houston, TX, is the national trade association for the global energy technology and services sector. The Council reports jobs in the O&G sector increased in November, adding 1,286 jobs. The O&G industry employs 652,398 jobs across the country, just 54,130 jobs away from returning to pre-pandemic levels….

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Muskingum Watershed Generated $1B in Econ Impact from Utica Drilling

For more than a decade, MDN has brought you stories about shale development on and under land controlled by the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD), an agency formed in 1933 to help control flooding and promote water conservation in the Muskingum River watershed area of Ohio, an area that covers 8,000 square miles (see our…

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PA Republican Legislators “All-In” on Regional Hydrogen Hubs

Five Pennsylvania Republican State Senators held a press conference yesterday at the State Capitol in Harrisburg to proclaim their love and support for hydrogen projects in light of the recent Biden Hydrogen Hub Hunger Games announcement. As we’ve been covering for over a week, seven projects were selected to receive a collective $7 billion in…

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Marcellus Shale Created 123K Jobs, Added $41B to PA Economy in 2022

Natural gas development is fundamental to the health and strength of Pennsylvania’s economy, supporting well over 100,000 family-sustaining careers, boosting state tax revenues, and generating billions in economic benefits, according to a new economic impact analysis (full copy below) commissioned by the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC). The analysis, released at the kickoff of the SHALE…

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Duck Hunting: The Sport Oil and Gas Has Helped Build!

Duck Hunting: The Sport Oil and Gas Has Help Build Jason Spiess IHost of The Crude Life, “Everyday Energy For Everyday People” Multi-Media Journalist   … [Editor’s Note: Jason Spiess, host of The Crude Life and ESG University, tells the story of duck hunting today, an outdoor sport not possible without oil and natural gas.]

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Is Fracking Good for Pennsylvania? MSC Destroys Anti-Fracking Screed

The nutters are out in full force, particularly in Pennsylvania, using fraudulent “studies” by the Ohio River Valley Insititute (ORVI) and (sadly) the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) to call for an end to the Marcellus industry in the great Keystone State. A recent “letter to the editor” appearing in the Sunbury (PA) Daily Item is…

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Maine Cement Plant Closing Because Gas Pipeline was Canceled

Actions have consequences. Environuts, like the lefties in Maine, seem to forget that. In early 2021, Summit Natural Gas of Maine, a regional utility company, announced plans to extend its service territory into Maine’s Midcoast region with a $90 million pipeline project (see Summit Natural Gas of Maine Plans Small $90M Pipe in Midcoast). The…

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Belmont County, OH Lodging Tax from O&G Workers Grows Tourism

The transient workers in the Ohio Utica Shale field must stay somewhere. That somewhere is typically a hotel or motel. Belmont County, one of the hotbeds of Utica drilling, has many such transient workers. Their overnight stays at area hotels and motels create a big pile of lodging tax revenue, which is used to help…

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PA Manufacturers Release Study Supporting Philly LNG Export Plan

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…

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WV Country’s 4th Largest NatGas Producer, Supplies 10% of U.S. Gas

Using data from several government agencies, the Gas and Oil Association of West Virginia, Inc. (GO-WV) published its annual Gas Facts report last week. According to the report (copy below), West Virginia natural gas production increased 6% to 2.8 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2022. WV has moved up from fifth to now fourth largest…

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PwC Study: U.S. O&G Provided Nearly $2 Trillion in Benefits in 2021

The American Petroleum Institute (API) earlier this week released a new report on the growing economic contributions of America’s natural… Continue reading The post PwC Study: U.S. O&G Provided Nearly $2 Trillion in Benefits in 2021 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Cleveland U Study: Ohio Utica Shale Investment Tops $100 Billion

JobsOhio, a private, nonprofit corporation that works on behalf of the state to drive job creation and new capital investment… Continue reading The post Cleveland U Study: Ohio Utica Shale Investment Tops $100 Billion first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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M-U Real Estate Market Booming – Manufacturers Invest $100+ Billion

The Marcellus/Utica region is becoming a booming real estate market and manufacturing destination in the U.S., with manufacturing investment currently… Continue reading The post M-U Real Estate Market Booming – Manufacturers Invest $100+ Billion first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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