Rover Pipeline: Growing the Pie, or Stealing Slices from Others?
Rover Pipeline–$3.7 billion, 711-mile natural gas pipeline that will run from PA, WV and eastern OH through OH into Michigan and eventually into Canada–starting flowing natural gas through a portion of the pipeline on Sept. 1st (see Big Portion of Rover Pipeline Now Up & Running – Thru Most of Ohio). Since then, Phase 1A…
Help Us Repel the Fractivist Invaders and Support NG Advantage!
Victor Furman Upstate New York Landowner Shale Gas Activist …. …. Vic Furman makes an impassioned plea for support of the NG Advantage natural gas transfer facility in the Town of Fenton. Help repel the fractivist invaders! The Town of Fenton, New York Planning Board will need to see our pro-gas support on Tuesday, September…
Guest Viewpoint: DRBC’s Fracking Moratorium and Potential Ban Are Immoral and Illegal
Bill Shaughnessy is a landowner from Wayne County, Pa., who has been unable to develop his minerals over the past seven years due to the Delaware River Basin Commission’s de facto oil and gas moratorium. This is his story of how the moratorium has affected his family, and how DRBC’s recent announcement that it is…
Here’s How Much the World’s Largest Oil Companies Reduced Their GHG Emissions
Earlier this week, Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) released a report that has some great news for the climate and not-so-great news for #ExxonKnew activists: the five largest oil and gas companies in the world have made dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. From Bloomberg: “The five biggest oil companies — Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch…
Congress Needs to Fix State Vetoes of Federal Pipeline Projects
As we have reported, history was made last Friday when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) overruled the New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) denial of a water permit for Millennium Pipeline’s tiny 7.8 mile pipeline spur from the main Millennium Pipeline to a natural gas power plant under construction in Orange County, NY…
Select Energy, Rockwater Energy Merger Delayed 2 Months
Rockwater Energy Solutions is a “leading provider of comprehensive water management solutions to the North American unconventional oil and gas industry” and the only company that provides complementary chemistry products and expertise in connection with its water solutions. Rockwater operates in the Marcellus/Utica region, among other shale plays. Select Energy Services is a billion dollar…
Hey Broome County: Enviros Love NG Advantage’s Virtual Pipeline
As we reported in August, a Broome County, NY judge ruled that the Town of Fenton (Binghamton area) Planning Board did not take a hard enough look at environmental and traffic issues related to their approval of NG Advantage’s plan to construct a facility in the town to compress and load natural gas onto tractor…
3 Pipelines About to Change Marcellus/Utica, Spur More Drilling
Every now and again it’s helpful to step back and look at the big picture, in particular with respect to major pipeline projects. These projects have a deep and profound affect on drilling. In fact, the addition of just three pipelines in our region (currently under construction) will fundamentally change the price of gas in…
FERC Hailed for NY DEC Overturn as Other Pipelines Seek Relief
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) … … FERC delivered a blow to the NY DEC by overturning their Millennium Pipeline denial; the Constitution and Northern Access pipelines will now seek similar relief. Yesterday we told you history has been made, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has broken the back of the New York…
Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Sep 20, 2017
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Dump WV personal property tax on businesses to lure more gas power plants; PA Senate Repubs don’t like House budget, want a severance tax; OH first responders say o&g companies do good job with information; Haynesville Shale…