The number of monthly Oklahoma earthquakes has fallen 86 percent since a June 2015 peak, according to a recent Energy in Depth review of Oklahoma Geological Survey data and media reports. The latest data also show that potentially “felt” earthquakes, those registering magnitude 2.8 or greater on the Richter scale, declined 76 percent in September…
Last week the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approved two new Utica-gas powered electric plants, and authorized the expansion of […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Fire it up! On Friday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Energy Transfer permission to fire up the three […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Antis certainly learn from one another. If an anti-fossil fuel tactic works (in court) in one place, antis in other […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Shell’s long-talked about ethane pipeline, called Falcon Pipeline, is finally official. That is, official in the sense that Shell filed […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
CONSOL Energy, headquartered in Pittsburgh, began life as a coal company some 150 years ago. For the past half dozen […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
MDN has run two stories about a new Marcellus/Utica drilling company called Pin Oak Energy Partners, one in August (see […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Lewis County, WV is not the first county you think of when it comes to the Marcellus/Utica Shale. While Lewis […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Nuverra Environmental Solutions (formerly Heckmann) is one of the largest companies in the United States that handles transportation and disposal […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
Events related (or of interest) to the Marcellus and Utica Shale, primarily pro-drilling events. To have your event included (or if […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PA PUC […] Continue Reading: Marcellus Drilling News
By David Spigelmyer Pennsylvania is blessed with abundant natural resources. For more than 200 years, our coal, timber, oil, and natural gas have been the raw materials that have built our nation. As we recognize Manufacturing Day and Energy Month, it’s a good opportunity to explore the ways homegrown, domestic natural gas is presenting a…
Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about flaring & venting, Rice Energy purchase, pipeline projects and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown to THREE stations! We are now broadcasting…
The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund’s (CELDF) years-long Ohio anti-fracking campaign suffered its greatest blow yet on Friday, as the Ohio Supreme Court rejected the group’s appeal of the Mahoning County Board of Elections’ vote not to allow a measure aimed at banning fracking in Youngstown on the ballot for a seventh time. Six previous…
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. Earthworks, a fractivist group that has focused a lot on Texas, is being funded by a foundation created to help an eccentric billionaire avoid paying taxes. Earthworks is one of several fractivist groups that are part Jay Halfon’s network. Halfon is the Fractivist Rasputin, intimately connected with the trial…