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VA DEQ Stops Works on Tiny 2-Mile Segment of Mountain Valley Pipe

It appears the Virginia Dept. of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has become politicized. Why is it that leftists (like Va. Gov. Ralph Northam) politicize what are supposed to be impartial government agencies? The DEQ has issued a “stop work” order to Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) for construction activities along a tiny two-mile stretch in Montgomery County. Fine, if there are issues, stop the work. It’s the highly politicized and inappropriate press release the DEQ issued that accompanied the stop work order we object to.
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Referendum to Overturn OH Nuke Bailout Law Gains Momentum

Two weeks ago MDN brought you news about a newly passed Ohio law (House Bill 6) to prop up two bankrupt nuclear power plants and several coal-fired plants (see Ohio Nuke Bailout Law Means Fewer Natgas-Fired Electric Plants). The law raises electric rates for all Ohioans and threatens to end a number of planned natural gas-fired electric plant projects–billions of dollars worth of gas projects.
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DC Court Upholds FERC Authority in Approving Atlantic Sunrise Pipe

In March 2017, radical green groups, including the Sierra Club, Lancaster Against Pipelines, Lebanon Pipeline Awareness, Allegheny Defense Project, Clean Air Council, Concerned Citizens of Lebanon County, and Heartwood, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in an attempt to block construction of the $3 billion Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline project in Pennsylvania (see Radical Green Groups File Fed Court Case to Stop Atlantic Sunrise).
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Opposition Begins to Williams PA Leidy South Compressor Station

Proposed location of Williams Hegins compressor station (click for larger version)

Last Friday MDN told you that Williams has just filed a request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to build the “Leidy South Project” to expand Transco capacity in Pennsylvania (see Williams Files Leidy South Project with FERC to Expand PA Transco). The project includes building two new compressor stations. Residents who live near the proposed site for one of the two, in Schuylkill County, are opposed to the plan.
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UGI Completes Buyout of Columbia Midstream Gathering Systems

A month ago MDN told you that UGI, a big utility and midstream company headquartered in Pennsylvania, had cut a deal to buy certain pipeline assets in the Marcellus/Utica from Columbia Midstream (see TC Energy Sells Columbia Midstream M-U Assets to UGI for $1.28B). The deal is now done.
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Can a Single US LNG Export Facility Affect the Price of NatGas?

No doubt you’ve noticed the price of natural gas has been relatively low over the past few weeks, dropping from around $2.40 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf) a month ago to now flirting with $2/Mcf. The last time gas prices went below $2/Mcf was in 2016. One of the reasons, believe it or not, that the price has fallen dramatically over the past few days is because of a single LNG export facility–Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass facility (which exports some M-U gas).
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Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 6, 2019

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Trump calls off planned trip to Shell’s cracker plant in Beaver County; All that rain drives demand for seeding, water barriers; Yudichak, DEP secretary tout severance tax proposal to aid Nanticoke park plan; Susquehanna County responds to EMS crisis using shale money; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Freeport LNG allowed to export commissioning cargoes; Big Oil taking smaller rivals to school on shale; Inland leaders defend natural gas in homes, businesses; NATIONAL: United States sets new daily record high for natural gas use in the power sector; U.S. natural gas exports top 1 Tcf in 1Q2019, says DOE; Biden’s plan to eliminate fossil fuels is bad for our national security, worse for our economy; Give up your gas stove to save the planet? Banning gas is the next climate push; INTERNATIONAL: As Europe swelters, illegal refrigerants are emitting four million cars’ worth of CO2.
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