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PHMSA Tells Court ME2 Pipe Must Release Info Terrorists Can Use
For years anti-fossil fuelers have sought to make confidential safety information about the Mariner East 2 (ME2) pipeline public. Specifically, they want to reveal “blast radius” information in hopes of inflaming opposition against the pipeline in their near-religious effort to get the pipeline permanently shut down (see PA Court Shuts Down Anti Request for ME2 Emergency Plan). Fortunately, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court shut them down. But what’s this? Now the federal government, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) no less, is telling a federal court that revealing blast radius information is just fine.
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Everyone wants to be perceived as “responsible” these days, as in “responsibly sourced gas.” How to do it? Project Canary is a Denver-based firm that developed its own methane measurement technology and third-party verification called TrustWell™. A number of Marcellus/Utica drillers, including EQT, Chesapeake Energy, Southwestern Energy, Range Resources, and Seneca Resources have all joined the Project Canary program. Tallgrass Energy’s Rockies Express (REX) Pipeline aims to be the first interstate pipeline system that is Project Canary certified end-to-end, flowing Marcellus/Utica gas responsibly.
For years we have pointed out the botched strategy of New England politicians in blocking new pipelines to the region from the Marcellus. In the past during cold weather events, New England, which relies heavily on natural gas to generate electricity, has imported natural gas from our enemies in Russia in order to keep the lights on (see 
The price of natural gas, both the futures price at the Henry Hub NYMEX, and the spot price at hundreds of trading hubs across the country, continues to rise. The commodity price of natural gas has been the focus for a number of MDN posts in recent weeks. The question we’re often asked is, What will the price do over the next year or so? Will it stay this high? Will it decrease? We have two articles to share predicting what the NYMEX price of natural gas will be in the spring (and beyond). We think you’ll find both articles interesting. Let’s haul out the crystal ball…
A healthy number of permits were issued to drill new shale wells across the Marcellus/Utica region last week. Pennsylvania issued 19 new permits in both southwest and northeast PA. Ohio issued 8 new permits, all of them to a single driller (Ascent Resources) for two well pads in two different counties. West Virginia issued 9 new permits–all but 2 of them were issued to Antero Resources in Tyler County.
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pa. Dems running for Senate shun talk of fracking ban; EQT slides on 26M-share secondary offering; Steel Nation announces Director of Steel Nation Environmental; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Red-hot natural gas markets help push North American LNG to Asia; NATIONAL: Senior Democrats’ push for powerful climate tool collides with political realities; EIA product highlight: Natural Gas Storage Dashboard; INTERNATIONAL: ‘Blah, blah, blah’: Greta Thunberg lambasts leaders over climate crisis; World’s largest oil, natural gas producers to increase carbon, methane cuts; Investors see natural-gas crunch spilling into crude market, lifting oil prices.