Y&S Railroad Expanding Youngstown Yard to Service Cracker, M-U

We’re a sucker for a railroad story. There’s something magical about railroads, dontcha think? We spotted a railroad story that ties in with the Marcellus/Utica. Yesterday morning, the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) voted to approve a project (and back it with a grant) in Youngstown, Ohio. It is a significant, large-scale project by the…

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Steel Nation Founder Promotes Marcellus Shale at Trump Rally in PA

Last Friday, former President Donald J. Trump held a rally in Johnstown (Cambria County), PA, in the southwestern part of the state. A key focus of the meeting was energy and Trump’s support of PA energy versus Kamala Harris’ position of being against fracking (contrary to her recent flip-flop on the issue). During the rally,…

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Marcellus Shale Testing Lab in PA Sells Itself to Minneapolis Co.

Incorporated in 1988, Environmental Service Laboratories, Inc. (ESL) is an environmental testing laboratory based in Indiana, PA, providing various analytical testing, consulting, and field sampling services. ESL customers include Marcellus/Utica natural gas drilling companies, industrial facilities, municipalities, engineering firms, local/state/federal government, and the general public. ESL is accredited to test drinking water, wastewater, soil, solid…

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PA Construction Co. Glenn O. Hawbaker Loses PennDOT Contracts

Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., long known for providing stone quarries and asphalt plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio, also provides civil construction services for shale well sites. In August 2021, Pennsylvania’s then-Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, announced a plea deal with Hawbaker to pay back $20 million in alleged “stolen wages” from over 1,000 Hawbaker employees (see…

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Farming Without Fossil Fuels Is A Matter of Going Hungry

Farming Without Fossil Fuels Is A Matter of Going Hungry Kevin Killough Energy Reporter – Cowboy State Daily .. .… … [Editor’s Note: Farming, energy production, free speech and capitalism are the foundations of civil society as we know it and yet some would throw it all away in hunger games.] When it comes to

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Biden Is the Man with No Plan As Our Refineries Close

Biden Is the Man with No Plan As Refineries Close Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: Joe Biden is the anti-leader, the scarecrow with no voice, plan or understanding, propped up by special interests as supposed President as we self-destruct.] President Joe Biden continues his pursuit of

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Electricity, Oil and Natural Gas: The Lifeblood of Our World

Electricity, Oil and Natural Gas: The Lifeblood of Our World Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: The modern world we take for granted depends, for its life, on electricity, oil and natural gas and ignoring that fact could propel us backward at high speed.] The few wealthy

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WV Startup Helps Drillers, Pipelines Track Carbon Emissions

West Virginia University classmates Kyle Gillis and James Carnes founded Iconic Air in 2020 in Morgantown, WV, to help the… Continue reading The post WV Startup Helps Drillers, Pipelines Track Carbon Emissions first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks – August 6, 2022

Natural Gas Now Best Picks – August 6, 2022 Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. This week: Shifty Shapiro Claims Credit for DEP Settlement with Energy Transfer! Fires? Recycling? Don’t Worry

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Fossil Fuels Decisions Shouldn’t Be A Game of Risk with No Safety Net

fossil fuels Ronald SteinAmbassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California .. .… … [Editor’s Note: Those who wish to abolish fossil fuels need to start addressing the risks before plunging ahead because the danger to civilization without a safety net is huge.] We are being told of the world’s forthcoming demise with continued use of

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BX3 Supply & Rental Is Part of the Shale Revolution!

natural gas … …[Editor’s Note: BX3 Supply & Rental is living proof of the multiplier benefits of the Marcellus shale revolution in Northeastern Pennsylvania] This month, our contractor spotlight shines on BX3 Supply & Rental owner and president Bill Kelley. The Springville resident and 1970 Elk Lake High School graduate got his first lessons in management from

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Moody and Associates Is Yet Another Marcellus Shale Success Story

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … Moody and Associates is an environmental services company that has become an important part of the natural gas supply chain. Few, if any, of our industry partners have been around as long as Moody and Associates. They have been providing groundwater and environmental services for businesses, municipalities

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Zenith Energy Buys Guttman Energy Terminals in PA, OH, WV

Zenith Energy, based in Houston, TX and Metuchen, NJ, announced yesterday it has purchased the bulk terminal storage operations of Guttman Energy in three locations: Aurora, Ohio, Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, and Star City, West Virginia. Zenith says the reason for buying the terminals is to support customers in the Marcellus/Utica. What, exactly, is Zenith selling to

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Oil and Gas Jobs Are What It Is All About Here at NaturalGasNOW!

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … Job Killer Joe is making it difficult, but oil and gas jobs are out there and NaturalGasNOW is making sure you know about them! The dictatorship of Job Killer Joe, who immediately wiped out thousands of Keystone Pipeline jobs by Executive Order, is causing pipeliners real pain and we

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Down to Earth Means Lifting An Economy Spurred by Natural Gas

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … [Editor’s Note: Down to Earth is a company; a contractor benefitting from the shale revolution and helping it along with its supply chain services.] This month’s contractor spotlight shines on Down to Earth Equipment Rentals. We started working with them almost as soon as we arrived in

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