Researchers with the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) recently published a study in the journal Ecological Indicators. The study’s intent was to measure whether or not frack waste dumped in local landfills has radiation that is leaking out in groundwater (leachate) from those facilities. Research like this, if legitimate (and accurate), is a good thing. We…
Read More...In a process that began in December 2021, Olympus Energy (formerly Huntley & Huntley) announced it had contracted with Project Canary to monitor methane emissions from both the company’s drilling operations and the company’s pipeline operations (see Olympus Using Proj Canary to Monitor Drilling & Pipes for Methane). Last July, Olympus achieved Project Canary certification…
Read More...Two years ago, Chesapeake Energy announced that it would seek responsible gas certification from two organizations–Equitable Origin (EO) and MiQ–to certify the production of its natural gas produced in both its Marcellus and Haynesville operations (see Chesapeake Goes Whole Hog on ESG, Certifying Gas Across 2 Basins). Yesterday Chessy announced it had received recertification from…
Read More...Last week we told you that the shale production situation in Pennsylvania has caught the eye of the number crunchers at the U.S. Energy Information Administration (see EIA Observes M-U Gas Production Flat, Key PA Counties in Decline). Production in PA, overall, is flat and possibly decreasing. Nationally, production is up in other plays and…
Read More...Our Fuel Cell Future Is Here and It’s Absolutely Beautiful! Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Yes, fuel cell technology is real, it’s here and it’s beautiful. It’s natural gas with virtually no emissions and mover and shaker Toby Rice is pushing it.] A fuel cell manufacturer located
Read More...Model T Lessons on Value Tell Us Why EVs Aren’t Selling Bob Tomaine NaturalGasNOW Contributing Writer [Editor’s Note: Bob Tomaine compares the values of Henry Ford’s Model T with todays electric vehicles, which are neither new nor valuable and offer only political correctness.] Few would dispute that while Henry Ford was a mercurial eccentric,
Read More...This one has us laughing our considerably fat rear-ends off. The left long ago corrupted science, turning it from the pursuit of objective facts into forced obedience to political opinions (i.e., global warming is caused by fossil fuels). The left issues mountains of data–graphs, tables, pictures–that supposedly prove they are correct with their opinions and…
Read More...New shale permits issued for Jul 3-9 in the Marcellus/Utica saw a dramatic decrease after posting a dramatic increase the week before. There were 11 new permits issued last week, way down from the 39 issued the previous week. Last week’s permit tally included a scant 3 new permits in Pennsylvania, 3 new permits in…
Read More...Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, July 14, 1923 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. It’s fun and illuminating to look back 100 years ago at what
Read More...The analysts at the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) have been looking at natural gas production in the Marcellus/Utica (i.e., Appalachia) for 2022. The M-U is the largest-producing natural gas shale play in the world. Pennsylvania is the second-largest producer of natural gas in the U.S. after Texas. The EIA looked at PA’s production, specifically…
Read More...For years we’ve railed against what we consider the theft of royalties and bonus payments by the state of Pennsylvania from landowners with creeks and rivers running through their leased (for shale drilling) property. The Pennsylvania Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) claims that under a centuries-old law, the state of PA “owns” the…
Read More...One of the challenges faced by Energy Transfer in building its Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline (two pipelines) to transport NGLs from southwestern PA and eastern OH to the Marcus Hook refinery near Philadelphia was the terrain in Chester County, near Philly. The area has a karst topography–think of it as Swiss cheese underground, where…
Read More...Dennis Farm Preserved with Help from Coterra Energy Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … .. [Editor’s Note: The Dennis Farm is a marvelous example of how the oil and gas industry works with communities to make them truly sustainable in the very best sense of the word.] Coterra Energy has enjoyed a long relationship with
Read More...What a disappointment Rich Negrin has turned out to be as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection. During a DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting held yesterday in Harrisburg (and remotely, via teleconference), several virulent anti-fossil fuelers addressed the council, making wild claims against the DEP. Negrin simply accepted their babbling and told them…
Read More...Although Shell maintains flaring and accidental emissions from its new multi-billion-dollar ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA, have not violated state and federal air standards, the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) says they have–on numerous occasions. Shell didn’t argue the point, and in May, the company agreed to pay nearly $10 million in fines…
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