Natalie DeCarioExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … [Editor Comment: The natural gas supply chain is huge and includes hundreds of local contractors and their employees are benefitting economically.] In order to operate with success each day, the natural gas industry relies on local contractors in the region for their supporting services. Over the
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson and his associate John Linder lay out an extremely compelling case for the Philadelphia economy if only it will have it.] On the eve of a new presidential administration, my colleagues and I on the downstream end of the business decided to send out
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson and his associate John Linder lay out an extremely compelling case for the Philadelphia economy if only it will have it.] On the eve of a new presidential administration, my colleagues and I on the downstream end of the business decided to send out
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia [Editor’s Note: Garland Thompson and his associate John Linder lay out an extremely compelling case for the Philadelphia economy if only it will have it.] On the eve of a new presidential administration, my colleagues and I on the downstream end of the business decided to send out
Read More...It’s becoming a pattern: anti-energy activists and fringe politicians claim to support a “just transition” for oil and natural gas workers to as-yet-uncreated jobs in other sectors. But then they applaud when those workers lose their jobs and future opportunities in oil and natural gas, and struggle to find other jobs to replace them. The
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Truckers are key to the energy industry and so much else. They are the critical path for delivering food and supplying the gas industry. As the state and much of the country deal with a new round of restrictions, the trucking industry must keep moving. We need
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … An opinion piece in LehighValleyLive.com illustrates the shallowness of so much we see written about fracking by folks who don’t research. An opinion piece in LehighValleyLive.com last week, written by Dan Gordon, a Washington, D.C. writer on the subjects of “affordable housing, urban planning and industrial supply sectors”
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Opportunities abound in the shale region, including the providing of such critically important services as portable restrooms in the field. The majority of activities involved with the natural gas industry occur outdoors. This means that access to modern conveniences for those who work the rigs and lay
Read More...George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas … .. Act 66 is paving the way to long-term jobs and economic development by providing tax credits to petrochemical production facilities in Pennsylvania. Since House Bill 732 was signed into law, Pennsylvania state legislators have been meeting with labor and energy experts to figure out the details. Their focus
Read More...Rystad Energy says worldwide the oil and gas industry has lost some 400,000 jobs in 2020. About half of those, says Rystad, are jobs lost in the U.S. Reuters is quoting Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette as saying U.S. oil production will likely not return to its pre-pandemic peak of 13 million barrels of production
Read More...ReImagine Appalachia’s plan to revitalize the Ohio River Valley could bring nearly half a million jobs to Ohio and Pennsylvania over the next decade, according to Farm and Dairy. The potential jobs include more than 87,000 jobs in agriculture and land restoration and 233,000 in clean energy. However, the plan hinges on billions of dollars
Read More...click for larger version Consulting powerhouse Deloitte has just released a sobering new study called, “The future of work in oil, gas and chemicals” (full copy below). The study says the U.S. oil, natural gas, and chemicals (OG&C) industry slashed 107,000 jobs from March to August 2020, the fastest rate of layoffs in the industry’s
Read More...Bet you never thought you’d read about (or watch) a Justin Bieber video on MDN. We never thought we would write about or feature Bieber’s music. But then we watched a video of his newest song called Holy, a video that’s been watched (so far) over 32 million times since it was released to Youtube
Read More...Garland L. Thompson, Esq.Journalist and Author, Philadelphia Garland Thompson carefully explains the opportunities created by natural gas, plastics makers and the Mariner East despite usual suspect opposition. A Delaware Business Now story on Glasgow-based Polymer Technologies raises interesting implications. If i were to hazard a guess, I’d say Polymer Technologies gets its propylene, polypropylene and
Read More...Presidential hopeful Joe Biden made a statement at this week’s Democratic presidential debate that shows just how out-of-touch the former vice president is with the oil and natural gas workers that have transformed his home state of Pennsylvania into an energy powerhouse and helped achieve record U.S. energy security. Taking a line from fellow candidate,
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