Virtual pipeline company Xpress Natural Gas (XNG), which operates a major compression station/trucking facility not far from MDN headquarters, has agreed to sell itself to Basalt Infrastructure Partners, an investment firm located in London and New York City. The sale price was not disclosed.
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Vermont Gas is probably sorry it ever decided to build a tiny 41-mile pipeline between Chittenden and Addison counties to deliver clean-burning natural gas to Vermonters. Not only was the project hounded by anti-fossil fuel nutjobs, since going online in 2017 the project has been hounded by the State of Vermont itself! After a multi-year investigation, the state is accusing the project of multiple violations during construction and about to levy a hefty fine.
Read More “VT Gas Pipeline Still Hounded Years After Project is Done & Flowing”
After Joe Biden signed an Executive Order in his first few days on the job killing the Keystone XL pipeline project (instantly throwing 11,000 union members of out high-paying jobs), anti-fossil fuel nuts have been salivating (drooling, actually) in anticipation of what else old dementia Joe will do next to kill off other pipeline projects, including Equitrans’ Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). One of Big Green’s trusty mouthpieces at the AP has penned a wishlist for which projects may get the ax next, and how it will happen.
Read More “Antis Drool Over Actions Biden May Take to Block Pipes Incl. MVP”
The City of Monroe, North Carolina is a shining example of what other cities should do. The city recently launched a new LNG facility online (took three years to build). The city buys natural gas on the open market when the price is low, liquefies and stores it, and then regasifies it for use later–saving residents money. Smart folks running Monroe.
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Newly appointed Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard “Dick” Glick is already targeting natural gas pipelines–to keep them from getting built. Since his appointment by Donald Trump, Glick, a Chuck Schumer Democrat, has voted against every single new natural gas pipeline project using the excuse of man-made global warming. Now he’s using the tactic of pitting landowners against pipeline projects over the issue of using eminent domain.
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All three M-U states received permits to drill new shale wells last week. Pennsylvania received 22 new permits. Ohio received 2 new permits. And West Virginia received 8 new permits.
Read More “Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Jan 25-29”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Natural gas production far exceeded consumption in West Virginia in 2019; Struzzi to Wolf: enough is enough (re severance tax); Industry says Gov. Wolf should attack COVID, not Pennsylvania’s energy producers; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Seattle City Council passes measure to end most natural gas use in commercial buildings and some apartments; Exelon threatens to mothball four nuclear power plants unless paid a premium for their zero-carbon electricity; NATIONAL: The seven elements of our odious American oligarchy; U.S. shale: Biden’s drilling ban actually undermines emission targets; Oil companies push ‘clean shale’ amid Biden’s moves on fossil fuels; Wintry weather lifts natural-gas prices; Exxon Mobil, Chevron CEOs discussed merger; INTERNATIONAL: Shell, C3 AI, Baker Hughes, and Microsoft launch the Open AI Energy Initiative; How fossil fuels are saving lives in developing countries.
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