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…
Read More...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…
Read More...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…
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...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…
Read More...Natural Gas Now Best Picks – July 22, 2023 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. This week: green jobs that cost $7.7 million each to create, the big lie about the
Read More...Pennsylvania Wilds Invasion of the Culture Snatchers? Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Pennsylvania Wilds are working for some but not so much for others, as corporatist elites move in to snatch the culture, remove the people and replace them. There is something eerily strange taking place out in Northwest Pennsylvania. It
Read More...Every so often, the lying left will poke its head up and make the wild claim that the shale industry… Continue reading The post O&G Contributed $143B, 847K Jobs in PA, OH, WV Economies in 2021 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...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.
Read More...A new American Petroleum Institute report, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, shows that America’s oil and natural gas industry touches the economy and labor force in every state in the country, contributing invaluable revenue and employment income to all 50 states. Commenting on the data, API President and CEO Mike Sommers said the report encourages lawmakers to
Read More...Natural gas is a critical component for maintaining American industrial competitiveness during the energy transition, according to an American Chemistry Council white paper published last month. Natural Gas Supports Industry Growth and Competitiveness Natural gas continues to be an economic lifeblood for variety of major industries due to its versatility, abundance and low cost. The
Read More...Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, April 28, 1923! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. I thought it might be fun and illuminating to look back 100
Read More...Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, April 21, 1923! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. I thought it might be fun and illuminating to look back 100
Read More...Two Houston, Texas-based headhunting firms specializing in the oil and gas space are saying the same thing: Don’t look for… Continue reading The post Search Firms Say Don’t Look for Hiring Boom in Oil & Gas in 2023 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.
Read More...Pipeliner Music Is An All American Experience! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Pipeliner music is raw, often emotional, and 100% authentically American in character. It speaks for a culture of family, work and strength. We need it! I wrote about roughneck music in 2020, focusing on songs by Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
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