Fixing the Nearly Unfixable EPA – Abuses, Collusion & Coverups
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has been a rogue agency for years under the previous Obama administration. To be fair, the agency has been a problem long before that–pretty much since its inception. Now that President Trump is attempting to reign in the EPA by trimming its budget and focusing it on its original intent–to…
Drilling Costs Rise in Marcellus/Utica; Workforce Becomes Issue
The petrochemical conference in Pittsburgh earlier this week wasn’t the only event in town. The DUG (Developing Unconventional Gas) East conference and exposition took place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, several blocks from the petchem event. The reporting from one session in particular caught our attention. A panel of drillers and service companies…
EQT will purchase Rice Energy for $6.7 billion
EQT Corp will purchase Rice Energy and become the largest natural gas producer in the United States. The post EQT will purchase Rice Energy for $6.7 billion appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. Continue Reading: Shale Gas Reporter
Study Destroys ‘Tooth Fairy’ Research Used by Activists to Try to Justify Banning Fracking
Anti-fracking activists like Gasland director Josh Fox have long used a 2013 study outlining a “roadmap” for transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy as the centerpiece of their sales pitch to the America that a radical policy — banning fracking — is actually feasible. But that research led by Stanford University professor Mark Jacobson has…
Primoris Lands Another Pipeline Contract for $53M in PA Marcellus
Primoris Services Corporation, a pipeline building company based in Dallas, TX, has built a number of gathering pipelines in the Marcellus region. We’ve been covering some of the projects Primoris has been involved with since 2013 (see our Primoris stories here). Their announcements don’t name the customer. The amounts are typically in $10-$90 million range….
Energy Economics: Production Up, Costs Down
Institute for Energy Research …. …. As the natural gas industry grows, it is also streamlining how energy is produced. Keeping costs down now takes less manpower, which is just good economics. In the debates over energy markets and climate change policy, people often cite dueling statistics over jobs. Two recent examples concern the…
Mountain Valley Pipeline receives environmental impact statement
The Mountain Valley Pipeline has received its final environmental review ahead of a vote on the 304-mile project carrying Marcellus Shale natural gas through West Virginia and Virginia. The environmental assessment was released Friday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which regulates interstate pipeline construction. The pipeline, which will have the capacity of 2…
Marcellus/Utica Region Could Support 4 More Crackers, but Will It?
In March of this year, the Team Pennsylvania Foundation released a report called “Prospects to Enhance Pennsylvania’s Opportunities in Petrochemical Manufacturing” (see PA Study Finds Marcellus/Utica Can Support 4 More Ethane Crackers). The report is derived from a comprehensive study conducted by powerhouse oil & gas consulting firm IHS Markit. According to the report, Pennsylvania…
Shell’s Ethane Pipeline “Right on Track,” Construction Starts 2019
Quite a bit of news came from the recent Northeast U.S. Petrochemical Construction conference held earlier this week in Pittsburgh. One session featured a Shell rep talking about Shell’s Falcon Ethane Pipeline, a pipeline with two “legs” that will feed Shell’s mighty ethane cracker plant in Beaver County, PA (see Shell Working on 94-Mile Ethane…
Anti 2Fer: Nutters Rally & March at 2 Marcellus Events in Pittsburgh
It’s kind of humorous when a small group of insane anti-fossil fuelers participate in a march that they call “Stop the Madness.” Kind of meta, dontcha think? An anti reporter from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tagged along (who could tell the difference?) to “report” on a group of “about 100 protesters from 11 organizations” who rallied…