The Sierra Club Demonstrates It’s Really the Job Suppression Club

Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) … Few green organizations descend to the level of depravity when it comes to advancing their cause as the Sierra Club, which is really a job suppression club. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Groups like the Sierra Club are jobs killers. When was the last

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Big Green Kills 1000s of WV Jobs via Atlantic Coast Pipe Lawsuit

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Groups like the Sierra Club are jobs killers. When was the last time you heard about a Big Green group actually creating new

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WV Wants to Extend I-68 Another 73 Miles for Shale Industry

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Some 15 elected West Virginia officials met on Monday with the Route 2 | I-68 Authority. The aim of the meeting is to move the ball down the field (or the asphalt

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What Was West Virginia’s Governor Thinking? Coal?

Daniel B. Markind, Esq.Flaster Greenberg PC West Virginia’s Governor vetoed a strong bipartisan supported bill to plug up nearly 4000 abandoned oil and natural gas wells. Why? To support coal?  West Virginia Governor Jim Justice made one of the most curious gubernatorial moves in recent years recently, when he vetoed a bill that would have directed

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Pipeline Jobs Keep Young People in West Virginia

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. A high school student reporter recently turned in an excellent segment for PBS’ News Hour Weekend program about the job opportunities for young people working on pipelines in West Virginia. Among the

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Utica Shale Brings $70 Billion of Investment to Ohio and There’s More

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc.   The Utica Shale has brought $70 billion of investment to Ohio and there’s more to be had. The Utica also underlies most of the Marcellus. Imagine that! When we think Utica Shale, we tend to think Ohio because that’s where the oil and gas industry has put $70 billion

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WV Governor Inexplicably Vetoes Bill to Plug Abandoned Wells

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. What happened? Just a few weeks ago MDN told you that the West Virginia legislature had passed a bill with bipartisan support (and support from both the drilling industry and surface owners)

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Diversified Pays $400M for HG Energy’s Shale Assets in PA, WV

This article is provided FREE for Google searchers. In order to access all content on Marcellus Drilling News, please visit our Subscribe page. Diversified Gas & Oil has been on a mission to buy as many non-shale (conventional) oil and gas wells as it can in the Appalachian Basin. It owns close to 3 million

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The Shale Revolution Rolls Over Its Skeptics with New Natural Gas Record

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. The shale revolution is just destroying its enemies, with record production of natural gas, growing exports and long desired energy security for the United States. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is out with stunning statistics on the impacts of the shale revolution. The data is simply overwhelming; the shale revolution

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Harrison County power plant to spur economic growth in West Va.

A new 550-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant in Harrison County is expected to break ground this spring and be operational by fall 2021, according to WV News. More importantly, the project is expected to serve as a catalyst in stimulating West Virginia’s economy. The plant, a joint project of Energy Solutions Consortium and Caithness Energy,

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