Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. We told you Rep. Wendy Ullman was only into doing political theater as a legislator but now she’s proven it by her comment to Tom Wolf. Senator Lisa Baker and Rep. Jonathan Fritz have been long pursuing legislation that would treat any Delaware River Basin Commission fracking as
Read More...By any measure, it’s obvious to see that shale *drilling* activity in northcentral Pennsylvania counties–including Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, and Tioga–is on the “bust” side over the past five-plus years. 2016 was the low point. However, is there any hope of seeing another boom in shale drilling in the region?This post appeared first on
Read More...We love to hear about companies born in the Marcellus/Utica grow up and expand to other regions. One such company is Deep Well Services, which expanded from our region into the Permian, and now, to another country (see SWPA’s Deep Well Services Going International w/Unit in Argentina). Steel Nation, another of our favorite companies, is
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … .. Natural gas benefits to shale region communities all across Pennsylvania are simply huge. That was the message heard at Think About Energy. Improvements in education, quality of life, and community resilience were common threads in a virtual Think About Energy discussion facilitated by Cabot external affairs director George Stark
Read More...Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Resource Environmental Management is a service company, yet another that has achieved much success serving the natural gas industry. When Dawn and Jerry Washo decided to return to Pennsylvania from St. Louis, Missouri to raise their family, Montrose in Susquehanna County appealed to them. The small-town
Read More...George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas … .. A Cabot Oil & Gas career opportunity and the love of nature moved the Cordovas family to Susquehanna County. Alejandro Cordova got his early education in Mexico, and moved to Brooklyn, NY, where he started a family and found work in construction. The experience that he
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) DEP dramatically ordered a rerouting of Mariner East after Marsh Creek but DEP earlier ordered what failed and now blames Energy Transfer. It could have been avoided. The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has no one to blame but themselves for what happened at Marsh Creek Lake in
Read More...Rick HidukManaging Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … .. Trades students are back at school in the Northern Tier thanks to natural gas industry funding help combined with agency perseverance. In support of trades-based education and programs geared to getting students into an ever-changing workforce more quickly, grants and various funding initiatives have helped educators and administrators get
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Joe Biden is busy trying to reassure some Pennsylvanians he might be fine with fracking but it’s not his call. When it is, he’s a big NO. Joe Biden was against fracking. Then, he told Pennsylvanians it was all a misunderstanding; he favored fracking. Then, after the usual
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. The Energy and Policy Institute is a totally phony entity and it exists solely to project what it does onto others as a distraction. Projection is “the externalization of blame, guilt, or responsibility as a defense,” according to Merriam-Webster. It’s what leftists do to distract from what their
Read More...George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas George Stark talks about the Shale Energy Alliance “I Fracking Voted” campaign and the need to get out the vote for energy development. As you already know, election day is right around the corner. In fact, today is National Voter Registration Day! What better time to share an exciting new initiative
Read More...S&P Global analysts have been looking at natural gas production numbers for Pennsylvania. The most recently available data is from June (numbers are always delayed a few months). S&P found that shale gas production in PA dropped 2% in June from May, to 18.48 Bcf/d. June’s numbers were essentially flat to the same time in
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Nick DeIuliis, the straight-talk CEO of CNX Resources and Shawn Steffee of Boilermakers Local 154 provide some great insight on energy politics! It’s impossible not to be impressed with Nick DeIuliis, the CEO of CNX Resources. He’s clearly not the typical corporate CEO, hiding behind a wall of
Read More...Last week Ohio finally broke the drought of not issuing permits for new shale wells in the Buckeye State. Finally! Last week Pennsylvania issued 13 new permits for wells on three well pads. Ohio issued 4 new permits for wells on two well pads. And West Virginia issued 1 new permit.This post appeared first on
Read More...Williams’ Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, a 200-mile greenfield pipeline from northeastern to southeastern PA where it joins the Transco Pipeline, went online in October 2018 (see FERC Approves Atlantic Sunrise for Startup! Pipe Opens Sat. Oct. 6). Shippers on Atlantic Sunrise include Cabot Oil & Gas, Seneca Resources, and Range Resources. Yesterday the Pennsylvania Dept. of
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