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…
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…
Antis in West Virginia who filed an appeal of a permit allowing US Methanol to build a plant in Institute, WV have been rejected by the WV Air Quality Board. Earlier this month US Methanol broke ground in Institute (Kanawha County), WV for its very first methanol production plant (see US Methanol Breaks Ground on…
A Pennsylvania Senator from Wilkes-Barre, John Yudichak (Democrat) has floated a “memoranda” among his Senate colleagues asking them to join him in sponsoring a resolution (copy below) for an “independent performance review” of the state Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) and its shale permitting program. Since Tom Wolf assumed office as governor of Pennsylvania in…
As MDN reported yesterday, construction work on two compressor stations part of the Williams $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline project began last Friday, the same day the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave the project permission to begin construction (see Williams Breaks Ground on Atlantic Sunrise Pipe, Ahead of Schedule). Next up will be digging…
Here’s a business you might not think about nor associate with Marcellus/Utica drilling–fuel deliveries. If you own a home and live outside of an urban area, you know all about fuel deliveries, because you likely either burn fuel oil or propane to heat your home. What you may not know is that drilling operations need…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Ridgetop Capital Partners has closed on another round of fundraising and is eying mineral rights in the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays. The post Ridgetop Capital to invest in Marcellus, Utica Shale appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. Continue Reading: Shale Gas Reporter