The United States Geological Survey estimates the Marcellus Shale and Point Pleasant-Utica Shale formations of the Appalachian Basin contain around 214 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable continuous resources of natural gas. “Watching our estimates for the Marcellus rise from 2 trillion to 84 trillion to 97 trillion in under 20 years demonstrates the effects
Read More...... … … The U.S. natural gas supply has grown by about 20% in just two years, according to the latest analysis of reserves, enough to supply us for 100+ years. The Potential Gas Committee has announced the amount of producible natural gas in the United States, our natural gas supply, has increased by about
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Lackawanna College is creating sky-high opportunity in the shale region by training professionals for the industry and it has responded through a clay shoot. Students and administrators from the Lackawanna College School of Petroleum & Natural Gas completed their second full round as coordinators and managers of the
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Welding is a special talent that can and is being taught at the Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center. Students there are welding together futures. Ray Ingaglio, the chief welding instructor at Susquehanna County Career and Technology Center (SCCTC), had left teaching and started his own welding business.
Read More...Over the last decade, West Virginia has become the seventh-largest natural gas producer in the United States, according to Rigzone. Natural gas production in West Virginia has reached a record every year for the last 10 years, reaching 1.8 Tcf in 2018. The state now accounts for 5-6% of total U.S. output, with a foothold
Read More...This past weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) paid a visit to Colorado and took the opportunity to tweet out fear-mongering nonsense about the oil and gas industry without bothering to confirm any facts beforehand. Namely, Ocasio-Cortez incorrectly characterized heat picked up on an infrared camera as “toxic fumes” and publicized results from volatile organic compound
Read More...Royalties paid to Pennsylvania landowners for natural gas extraction in primarily eight counties totaled $8.84 billion from 2010 through 2018, according to calculations by the state Independent Fiscal Office (IFO), Kallanish Energy reports. Royalty payments made in the remaining Pennsylvania counties where natural gas is produced would add another $982 million in royalty payments to
Read More...Texas is about to go green — by 2020, more electricity will come from wind than coal, according to analytics/consulting firm Rystad Energy. Propelled by the surging shale revolution, Texas now contributes 40% of total U.S. oil production and nearly 25% of marketed natural gas production, Kallanish Energy reports. However, the “Lone Star State” is
Read More...Today kicked off the beginning of New York City Climate Week. With dozens of events being hosted across the city, covering a myriad of different climate issues, one important topic is being ignored: Natural gas. Natural gas has cut 50 percent more emissions in the United States than wind or solar combined since 2005. So
Read More...Caithness Energy recently announced it has successfully secured financing for the construction for the $1.6 billion Guernsey Power Station, according to ConstructionEquipmentGuide.com. With financing, the 1,875-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas electric generating facility can move forward to construction. Caithness partnered with Apex Power Group to develop the project in the heart of the Utica and Marcellus
Read More...The Energy Information Administration projects natural gas production in the seven most productive basins and plays in the U.S. to rise 469 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) from September to October, according to Kallanish Energy. Gas production will increase to more than 82.36 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), up from 81.89 Bcf/d in
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The Pennsylvania economy has been driven forward by natural gas development; a fact that can’t be overstated according to a Wells Fargo Securities report. It is impossible to overstate the positive role of natural gas development on the Pennsylvania economy, according to the Economics Group at Wells Fargo Securities.
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The DRBC Commissioners, in a stunning display of cowardice and obsequious attention to direction from William Penn Foundation shills, reconsiders a decision. There, now that’s the DRBC (Delaware River Basin Commission) we know and expect –obsequiously bowing before the likes of THE Delaware Riverkeeper and her environmental cousin, the Sierra
Read More...Tennessee-based biofuel company Eco-Energy has acquired the Stone Mountain gathering pipeline system, Stone Mountain processing facility and the Stone Mountain rail terminal from Continuum Energy Services for an undisclosed price. The Stone Mountain gathering system is made of up over 600 miles of gathering pipelines that span Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia, Kallanish Energy learns. The
Read More...The U.S.’s 10th most populous U.S. city Tuesday moved to ban natural gas in most new residential buildings, beginning next year, Kallanish Energy reports. The 10-member San Jose, California, city council and Mayor Sam Liccardo voted unanimously to make San Jose the largest U.S. city so far to seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by
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