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
Read More...EQT announced it has joined Climate and Clean Air Coalition’s Oil & Gas Methane Partnership, an initiative committed to lowering methane emissions in line with the Paris climate accord, according to Natural Gas World. The oil and gas companies who’ve joined the initiative are responsible for more than 30% of global oil and gas production.
Read More...Forty-six permits were issued in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays during the week of June 14-20, according to Marcellus Drilling News. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued 30 new permits during the week of June 14-20. A majority of the permits were dispersed among three well pads operated by EQT, Chesapeake Energy and
Read More...The Utica Shale Academy continues to work on preparing the Hutson Building in downtown Salineville for next school year, according to Morning Journal. The school is already beginning to move into the building with much of the Amatrol equipment used to train students in industrial trade on location. Additionally, plans are in place for a
Read More...The Eastern Ohio Development Alliance awarded Encino Energy its Excellence Award in the large business category, making Encino the first oil and gas exploration company to receive the honor, according to Farm and Dairy. Encino was selected for the Excellence Award for prioritizing safety, mitigating the environmental impacts of its operation and investing in and
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