Court Filing Says MVP Construction to Restart by End of June

On June 8, the West Virginia Dept. of Environmental Protection issued a renewed Section 401 water quality certification for the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. In a court filing by MVP that shoves the news in the faces of the corrupt Democrat three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit,

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EPA’s New Methane Tax (from Manchin’s IRA Law) is a Hot Mess

Last year after the shocking news that U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (from West Virginia) had sold out his state and the entire country by agreeing to support the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) bill, the details began to come out about just how bad this law really is for the oil and gas industry. First

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WV Legislators Introduce Bill to Block EPA Power Plant Regulations

In May, the Bidenistas at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a hellscape of new regulations aimed at forcing coal- and natural gas-fired power plants to close (see New Biden EPA Regs a “Death Sentence” for Fossil-Fuel Power Plants). West Virginia coal, oil, and natural gas stakeholders, along with state politicians, are unhappy. There is

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25 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 29-Jun 4

New shale permits issued for May 29-Jun 4 in the Marcellus/Utica finally went higher again last week. There were 25 new permits issued, up from the dismal 8 new permits issued the previous week. Last week’s permit tally included 13 new permits for Pennsylvania, 6 new permits for Ohio, and 6 new permits in West

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Unrelated Explosions at OH Utica Well Pad, WV Brine Plant

We have two explosions and resulting fires to tell you about–neither related to the other, except they happened two days… Continue reading The post Unrelated Explosions at OH Utica Well Pad, WV Brine Plant first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Equitrans Selling 900 Miles of WV Gathering Pipes to Hope Gas

Hope Gas, a Local Distribution Company (LDC), otherwise known as a utility company, provides gas service to approximately 112,000 residential,… Continue reading The post Equitrans Selling 900 Miles of WV Gathering Pipes to Hope Gas first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Equitrans Announces Mountain Valley Pipe to Get Completed in 2023

It literally took an Act of Congress, but the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline will be, according to the builder and… Continue reading The post Equitrans Announces Mountain Valley Pipe to Get Completed in 2023 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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8 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 22-28

New shale permits issued for May 22-28 in the Marcellus/Utica fell again for a second week. There were only 8… Continue reading The post 8 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV May 22-28 first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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M-U Driller Northeast Natural Energy Believes Geothermal the Future

Marcellus driller Northeast Natural Energy (NNE) has begun to drill a geothermal and carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) data collection… Continue reading The post M-U Driller Northeast Natural Energy Believes Geothermal the Future first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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If Debt Bill Passes, All 4th Circuit Lawsuits re MVP Dismissed

Although U.S. Senator Joe Manchin “absolutely thinks” that Congress will pass the debt ceiling bill negotiated by President Joe Biden… Continue reading The post If Debt Bill Passes, All 4th Circuit Lawsuits re MVP Dismissed first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal Includes Finishing MVP PDQ

Big news over the weekend. President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed to a compromise deal to raise the… Continue reading The post Biden-McCarthy Debt Ceiling Deal Includes Finishing MVP PDQ first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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DC Circuit Deals MVP Another Gut Punch in Friday Decision

Today’s lead story shares the good news that Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) is finally getting a literal “act of Congress”… Continue reading The post DC Circuit Deals MVP Another Gut Punch in Friday Decision first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Desperate Joe Manchin Predicts WV Will Win Fed Hydrogen Hub Project

Last Friday, Form Energy, a Boston-based firm building a utility-scale battery factory just across the Pennsylvania border in Weirton, West… Continue reading The post Desperate Joe Manchin Predicts WV Will Win Fed Hydrogen Hub Project first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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New Bill Introduced by PA Congressman Would Finish MVP This Year

Last Thursday, a Congressman from Pennsylvania, John Joyce (a physician from Altoona, PA), introduced House of Representatives Bill (HR) 3500,… Continue reading The post New Bill Introduced by PA Congressman Would Finish MVP This Year first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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