UGI Sells Marcellus Gas-Fired Power Plant in NE Pa. to Castleton

UGI Corporation, a diversified energy company with midstream (pipeline) operations in the Marcellus and one of Pennsylvania’s largest utility companies, is selling its 169-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant near Wilkes-Barre, PA, to Castleton Commodities International for an undisclosed amount. The plant’s owner/seller is actually a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGI Corp. called UGI Energy Services. To…

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Nacero Pivots – PA Marcellus GTL Plant to Produce Jet Fuel not Gas

Two weeks ago, MDN did something we don’t often do: We broke news, providing an exclusive that Naceo’s plan to… Continue reading The post Nacero Pivots – PA Marcellus GTL Plant to Produce Jet Fuel not Gas first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Nacero Plan for Northeast PA Marcellus-to-Liquids Plant Still Alive

In October 2021, Nacero announced a $6 billion gas-to-liquids (GTL) refinery to be built on the site of a former… Continue reading The post Nacero Plan for Northeast PA Marcellus-to-Liquids Plant Still Alive first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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PA DEP Issues Permits for Transco Northeast Expansion Pipe Project

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.

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Luzerne County Students Get A Big Intro to Natural Gas

Luzerne County Students Get A Big Intro to Natural Gas Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … .. [Editor’s Note: An “Introduction to Petroleum & Natural Gas” course was recently presented at the Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technology Center (WBACTC) in Luzerne County.] Students in Luzerne County are getting an overdue introduction to the natural gas

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Leidy South Compressors Generate $100M Economic Impact, 680 Jobs

Did you know that building just two new compressor stations in Pennsylvania will bring the state an extra $100 million in economic activity and support 680 direct, indirect and induced jobs? We sure didn’t! Last week Williams filed a newly published study with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the economic impact of their proposed

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PA Legislators Float Bill to Attract Cracker-Sized Projects to NEPA

Yesterday two northeast Pennsylvania legislators–state Representative Aaron Kaufer (Republican) and state Senator John Yudichak (Democrat)–hosted a rally to promote proposed new bipartisan legislation aimed at luring a “world-class” petrochemical manufacturing plant to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. A big plant, on the order of the Shell cracker plant in southwestern PA. But no, not an ethane cracker.

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FERC Compressor Stn Hearing Near Wilkes-Barre Turns Up 1 Anti

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is conducting a series of four public meetings (called scoping sessions) for both the Williams Leidy South Project (see Williams Planning 2 New, 2 Upgraded Compressor

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