Industrywide Issues

PA DEP Decrees Onerous VOC Reg for Conventional O&G in Effect Now

Last week the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB), a part of the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), voted to… Continue reading The post PA DEP Decrees Onerous VOC Reg for Conventional O&G in Effect Now first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Freeport LNG Changes Restart Date from Mid- to End-December

Three weeks ago, Freeport LNG, which has been out of commission since early June, changed the target date it would… Continue reading The post Freeport LNG Changes Restart Date from Mid- to End-December first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Outgoing Sen. Toomey Introduces “Save MVP” Pipe Permitting Bill

This one came right out of left field, and we didn’t see it coming. Totally unexpected. Yesterday, outgoing U.S. Senator… Continue reading The post Outgoing Sen. Toomey Introduces “Save MVP” Pipe Permitting Bill first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Radicals Request Gov’t Slows Down Review for Final 6% of MVP

A group of 40 so-called environmental groups (all of them leftist radicals) is doing its best to defeat the 94%… Continue reading The post Radicals Request Gov’t Slows Down Review for Final 6% of MVP first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Boom! BlackRock Loses $2 BILLION from Florida re ESG

This is getting serious–for woke investment firm BlackRock, a company that demands companies avoid using fossil energy in order to… Continue reading The post Boom! BlackRock Loses $2 BILLION from Florida re ESG first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA DEP Sec Punts Revised Regs for Conventional Drillers to Shapiro

Updates for Pennsylvania’s conventional oil and gas drillers, both environmental protection standards and waste handling standards (two different updates), will… Continue reading The post PA DEP Sec Punts Revised Regs for Conventional Drillers to Shapiro first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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USFWS Reclassifies Northern Long-Eared Bat as Endangered

In early 2015, MDN told you the then-Obama administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) did a disservice to not… Continue reading The post USFWS Reclassifies Northern Long-Eared Bat as Endangered first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA EQB Approves Onerous VOC/Methane Reg for Conventional O&G

Yesterday the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB), a part of the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection, voted to adopt a… Continue reading The post PA EQB Approves Onerous VOC/Methane Reg for Conventional O&G first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Shell Cracker Plant has Flaring Episode – Skyline Turns Orange

The Shell ethane cracker plant near Pittsburgh (now called Shell Polymers Monaca) had an orange glow over it Monday night…. Continue reading The post Shell Cracker Plant has Flaring Episode – Skyline Turns Orange first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Blue Ridge Pkwy Says Dominion Pipe has “No Significant Impact”

In February, MDN brought you news about a “last mile” pipeline from Dominion Energy (see Will Dominion Back Down on… Continue reading The post Blue Ridge Pkwy Says Dominion Pipe has “No Significant Impact” first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Can Josh Shapiro Regulate PA’s Fracking Industry as Governor?

You know what we think of Pennsylvania’s foolish decision to elect the state’s current Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, to its… Continue reading The post Can Josh Shapiro Regulate PA’s Fracking Industry as Governor? first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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D.C. Suburb Votes to Ban New Gas Hookups Beginning 2026

Yet another area heavily infested with far-left Democrats has voted to abolish the freedom of residents to choose their own… Continue reading The post D.C. Suburb Votes to Ban New Gas Hookups Beginning 2026 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA AG Shapiro Dismisses 14 Felony Charges Against Coterra re Dimock

The partisan bully Josh Shapiro, far-left Attorney General in Pennsylvania (who is becoming Governor on Jan. 1, to PA’s shame),… Continue reading The post PA AG Shapiro Dismisses 14 Felony Charges Against Coterra re Dimock first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Plastics Industry Crowns Ohio #1 State for Plastics Employment

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has just published its “2022 Size and Impact Report” (Executive Summary below). In general, the… Continue reading The post Plastics Industry Crowns Ohio #1 State for Plastics Employment first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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