Shell Chemical Appalachia’s cracker plant in Beaver County is expected to contribute $3.7 billion to Pennsylvania’s economy annually, according to a study prepared by Robert Morris University. When the plant becomes operational, which is expected in 2022, the study estimates $132 million in direct labor income from the 600 jobs directly created by the plant
Read More...Equitrans may have to clear more regulatory hurdles to obtain a key water crossing permit to complete the Mountain Valley Pipeline project, according to Pittsburgh Business Times. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that plans for the project may not be sufficient to comply with the Clean
Read More...Chesapeake Energy recently announced plans to partner with MiQ and Equitable Origin to seek responsibly sourced certification for its Lower 48 natural gas production, according to Natural Gas Intelligence. The company said it would be “the first company to independently certify and continuously monitor its natural gas production across two major shale gas basins” via
Read More...A report, titled Fracking with “Forever Chemicals,” recently revealed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency granted approval for chemicals that could potentially break down into toxic “forever chemicals” to be used for fracking in 2011, according to Farm and Dairy. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or substances that can degrade into them were approved for fracking
Read More...Shell’s natural gas cogeneration facility, built to power its petrochemical plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, created electricity from each of its three units and distributed power to the PJM Interconnection regional electrical grid for the first time, according to the Pittsburgh Business Times. The natural gas steam cogeneration plant on site will produce enough energy
Read More...Ohio joined more than a dozen states who’ve enacted legislation that prevents local governments from banning the use of natural gas or propane on July 1 as Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 201 into law, according to Farm and Dairy. The effort is in response to the recent trend of large cities banning natural
Read More...What is fracking? Fracking is a slang term for hydraulic fracturing. Fracturing is a process by which highly pressurized fluid is pumped thousands of feet into the ground to fracture rock formations. The goal is to release the natural gas that’s locked inside the rock. Is it safe? What most concerns people about fracturing is
Read More...Last week President Joe Biden signed a bill to repeal a Trump-era rule that loosened regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, according to CNN. Biden said the bill is an “important first step” to cut methane pollution and said it “reflects a return to common sense and commitment to the common
Read More...Last week EQT announced a comprehensive plan to reduce Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse emissions by 2025, according to Natural Gas News. The announcement comes just a week after the company joined the Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Oil & Gas Methane Partnership, which targets a reduction in methane emissions in line with the
Read More...Thirteen new permits to drill in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays were issued in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia during the week of June 21-27, according to Marcellus Drilling News. Nine new permits were issued in Pennsylvania with all but one on the same well pad in Greene County. Ohio issued three new permits
Read More...The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the PennEast pipeline in a 5-4 vote on Tuesday, overturning a lower court’s decision that blocked the company from condemning state-owned land in New Jersey to move the project forward, according to NJ Spotlight News. The court’s decision could make it easier for future pipeline projects to
Read More...More drillers in the Marcellus Shale are joining the “responsibly-sourced” natural gas movement that’s been sweeping through the Appalachian Basin in recent months, according to Farm and Dairy. Range Resources recently unveiled plans to enter a pilot program with Project Canary, a climate tech company, to certify two well pads in southwestern Pennsylvania via the
Read More...The Appalachian Basin saw a less drastic change in production and drilling activity than most major oil plays in the United States during the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the USA Marcellus and Utica Shales Market research report. Forty percent of the natural gas produced in the United States last year
Read More...Congress moved to restore environmental regulations to limit methane emissions, reversing a Trump-era rollback, with a 229-191 House vote on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The decision from the House followed an earlier 52-42 vote by the Senate to reverse the rollback. President Biden is expected to sign the measure, bringing him one
Read More...House Bill 201, a bill that would prohibit local municipalities from implementing bans on the use of natural gas, has passed through the Ohio legislature and is on its way to Gov. Mike DeWine to be signed into law, according to Marcellus Drilling News. The news comes as states in the Marcellus and Utica shale
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