Shale Gas News – August 3, 2019

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, Hurricane Barry, Mississippi LNG exports and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our

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Kentucky gas explosion results in one casualty, damage to several homes

A gas line explosion in a residential community in rural Kentucky killed on person and set several houses on fire early Thursday morning, according to Reuters. Flames from the blast rose about 300 feet in the air, Lexington television station WKYT reported. The woman killed in the explosion was found outside her home, according to

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USA Today’s Flaring Editorial Is Glaringly Inaccurate

While a recent USA Today editorial demonstrates the outlet’s desire to add some “flare” to its content, it also showcases a limited knowledge of the oil and natural gas industry’s flaring process. As Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Wayne Christian explained in a rebuttal to the piece: “’Flaring’ is an important part of America’s rise to

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Clown Judges from 4th Circus Block Atlantic Coast Pipe…Again

The same U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals judges who quoted from Dr. Seuss’ book “The Lorax” in a previous decision against Dominion Energy’s Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) have, once again, delivered another blow to ACP. In a very poor decision issued on Friday, the clown judges overturned reissued permits from the U.S. Fish and

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DEP Permits for NWPA FM100 Pipeline – Marcellus Gas to Transco

In March we told you about National Fuel Gas Company’s (NFG) FM100 Project in northwestern Pennsylvania that will beef up and extend an existing pipeline network to flow an extra 330 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of Marcellus gas to Williams’ mighty Transco Pipeline (see NFG FM100 Pipe Project in NW PA to Feed

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New Infrastructure Training Academy Coming to Western PA

Northpointe CIWA Campus The Energy Innovation Center Inc. and Armstrong County Industrial Development Council (in western Pennsylvania) have formed a joint venture to launch the Critical Infrastructure Workforce Academy™ (CIWA). Located at Northpointe, an 800-acre business park in Freeport, CIWA will give students a 20-acre “classroom” to learn how to install, operate and maintain critical

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Shale Gas News – July 27, 2019

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Range Resources, Lack of new NYC gas, West Virginia cracker plant and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104

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Leisure Class Environmentalists Are Too Often Just Selfish NIMBYs

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Leisure class environmentalists are the bane of true environmentalism or, as I prefer to call it, conservation. It is nothing but selfish NIMBYism. I first became aware of leisure class environmentalists many years ago, not long after I won an “Environmentalist of the Year” award from a local

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Holyoke Mayor Goes Full Green with Climate Change Envy, Betrays Cause

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Holyoke Mayor makes green splash to collect pander points with trendy Bay Staters, while betraying the very cause he espouses and denying others what he has. Is there any public official left in Massachusetts without his head up you know where, who can stand on his own two

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Rhode Island Indians Take FERC to Court re Massachusetts Pipeline

In March 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s (TGP) Connecticut Expansion project (see FERC Approves TGP Connecticut Expansion Pipeline Project). The project involves building 13.42 miles of new pipeline loops in three states: Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. When completed, the new looping will serve an additional 72,100 dekatherms of

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Switcheroo: Marcellus/Utica Now has More Pipe Capacity than Gas

The pipeline situation today in the Marcellus/Utica region is far different than it was just a year or two ago. Not long ago lack of pipelines meant we had an overabundance of natural gas in the region without buyers, driving prices into the basement. Today? It’s all different. Because of new and expanded pipelines coming

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Pipeline Vandalism Is A Crime; Stop Pretending It’s Your Civil Liberty!

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Pipeline vandalism is both criminal and dangerous but apologists for it want us to believe it’s only protest and their right; that they’re victims. Shame! The EnviroPolitics blog included a headline yesterday that should infuriate anyone with the slightest respect for the law. “Protest a pipeline in these

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Out-of-Town Protesters, Funded by Billionaires, Used to Fight Pipelines

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Out-of-town protesters are the workhorses of the pipeline opposition. Financed by billionaires, they destroy and disrupt, leaving behind their dirt. A fellow by the name of Matt Cordio, who is President of Skills Pipeline, a technology talent-solutions company, and the founder of Startup Milwaukee, recently wrote an outstanding

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Shale Gas News – July 6, 2019

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about the PA Budget, LNG exports, impact fee distribution and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH

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UGI unit to pay $1.28B for Columbia Midstream

UGI Corp recently announced its UGI Energy Services unit has plans to acquire Columbia Midstream Group from a TC Energy subsidiary for roughly $1.28 billion, according to Kallanish Energy. The deal will expand UGI’s midstream portfolio and provide an opportunity to invest an additional $300-$500 million over the next five years. The Columbia Midstream Group

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