Mike Krancer Partner, Leader – Energy, Petrochemical & Natural Resources Practice Group at Blank Rome LLP A recent Millennium Pipeline decision slamming New York DEC was a needed move by FERC to protect its Federal jurisdiction but Congress needs to act as well. FERC issued a key and very welcome decision on September 15,…
Bill Shaughnessy Wayne County, Pennsylvania Landowner … … Bill Shaughnessy fights for what he learned from his Dad and Mom and the people of the Delaware against the DRBC tyrants and their land use power grab. Its been seven years almost to the day that I was sitting with my dying father, his family…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Attorney Thomas S. West Founder and Managing Partner The West Firm, PLLC The Cuomo administration has made it virtually impossible for any interstate pipeline to get approval; at least for it has for the three who have tried. The Cuomo administration, through the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (the “Department”), has dealt a…
Well that didn’t take long! Yesterday MDN brought you the fantastic news that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) had granted Williams a certificate/go-ahead to begin construction on Atlantic Sunrise, a $3 billion, 198-mile natural gas pipeline project running through 10 Pennsylvania counties to connect Marcellus Shale natural gas from northeastern PA with the Williams’…
Local and state officials recently joined US Methanol representatives in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new chemical plant in Kanawha County, West Virginia. The post West Virginia methanol plant under construction appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. Continue Reading: Shale Gas Reporter
Connie Mellin Natural Gas NOW “PAShaleAdvocate” The several year permitting process has ended and construction has officially started for the Greenfield portion of the Atlantic Sunrise Project. The Atlantic Sunrise Project is officially underway. The several year process of obtaining all the federal and state permits is now complete and construction of two compressor…
Bad news for the Sisters of the Corn and the radicals at Lancaster Against Pipelines. On Friday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Williams permission to begin construction on Atlantic Sunrise, a $3 billion, 198-mile pipeline project running through 10 Pennsylvania counties to connect Marcellus Shale natural gas from northeastern PA with the Williams’…
Attorney Thomas S. West Founder and Managing Partner The West Firm, PLLC FERC just gave Millennium Pipeline a big win and blew New York State DEC out of the water with a much deserved put-down and precedent for other pipelines. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) issued an important decision today in favor of Millennium…
Worldwide liquefied natural gas (LNG) demand is projected to grow almost nine percent this year alone — the fastest growth rate since 2011 — according to the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Global LNG Outlook 2017 released this week. With rising Chinese and European demand for the clean burning fuel, BNEF predicts the global oversupply…
Last week the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued the final permit needed by Williams to begin construction on Atlantic Sunrise, a $3 billion, 198-mile pipeline project running through 10 Pennsylvania counties to connect Marcellus Shale natural gas from northeastern PA with the Williams’ Transco pipeline in southern Lancaster County (see PA Issues Final…
West Virginia environmental regulators have decided to retract their approval for construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. The post West Virginia retracts approval of Mountain Valley Pipeline appeared first on Shale Gas Reporter. Continue Reading: Shale Gas Reporter