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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Chester County | Crime | Energy Services | Energy Transfer Partners | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | Sunoco Logistics

Extremists Illegally Block ME2 Pipe Construction in Chester County
January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Better Path Coalition Protesters in Chester County, PA

Once again the left shows its true colors. When they can’t win by launching multiple, frivolous lawsuits, when they can’t win by pressuring weak politicians, and when they can’t win by parading around in front of leftwing “mainstream” media behaving like silly arses, the left reverts to engaging in criminal activity. A couple of protesters illegally blocked work on the recently resumed project to finish up the Mariner East 2 pipeline in the Marsh Creek Lake area. The two locked themselves together into the bucket of a backhoe early Thursday morning, cheered on by ten others.
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Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Transco | Williams

Mighty Transco Pipeline Delivers Highest-Ever Volumes Thx to M-U
January 7, 2022April 20, 2022

The mighty Transco pipeline (Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line) is a 10,000-mile pipeline network with a mainline extending approximately 1,800 miles between South Texas and New York City. It is owned and operated by midstream giant Williams. Years ago Transco reversed much of its flow to send Marcellus/Utica gas southward. A good deal of M-U gas also flows into the NYC area via Transco as well. The Transco system recently added the Leidy South project in Pennsylvania to bump up Marcellus flows through the system. Those extra flows have led to an all-time high record flow rate on Transco of 17.15 million dekatherms (MMdt) on Jan. 3, 2022.
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Allegheny County | Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Olympus/Huntley & Huntley | Pennsylvania | Regulation

How One Couple Blocked the West Deer Well Pad – Lessons Learned
January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Olympus Energy (formerly Huntley & Huntley) drills in the Greater Pittsburgh region, in Allegheny and Westmoreland counties. In 2021 Olympus filed an application to build a new well pad in a rural part of Allegheny County, in West Deer Township. So-called “concerned citizens” got amped up to oppose the project (see Antis in West Deer, PA Gear Up to Oppose Olympus Well Pad). Antis successfully convinced the board of supervisors to come over to the dark side. In December, West Deer supervisors voted 4-0 to deny a permit to build the pad (see West Deer Township Denies Olympus Permit to Build Shale Pad). This is the story of how the effort to block legal drilling activity was accomplished in West Deer Township.
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Pennsylvania | Statewide PA

PA Shale Gas Permits “Back to Normal” in Dec After Nov’s Big Dip
January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Pennsylvania permits to drill new shale wells hit a 13-year low in November 2021 (see Permits to Drill New Shale Wells in PA Hit 13-Year Low in November). What about December? Fortunately, PA permits for December rebounded and were slightly above the number issued in December 2020. Whew. We don’t like to see those big dips.
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Energy Companies | Lease & Royalty Payments | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Washington County

Rising Phoenix Royalties Buys Royalty Payments from PA Landowner
January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

Rising Phoenix Royalties (RPR) announced it has purchased the future royalty payments from a landowner in the Marcellus Shale, in Washington County, PA. This latest purchase by RPR covers 98 acres drilled under by Range Resources. This is not the first RPR transaction we’ve reported on.
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Education | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Statewide OH

OOGEEP: Next Round of $1K Scholarships for O&G Students in Ohio
January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

The Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Program (OOGEEP) and the Ohio Oil and Gas Energy Education Foundation announced the latest round of scholarship applications for 2022 are being accepted now through March 1st. Scholarships are awarded to students interested in pursuing careers in the natural gas and oil industry, such as petroleum engineer, finance, equipment operator, mechanical engineer, welder, and many more. Each scholarship is for $1,000.
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Industrywide Issues | Research

Enverus Rig Count @ 707 (+1); Marcellus @ 38 (+1), Utica @ 10 (+0)
January 7, 2022April 20, 2022

For the week ending Jan. 6, the Enverus U.S. oil and gas rig count rose by one on the week to 707. That’s still a bit lower than the post-pandemic high of 719 hit a few weeks ago, but working in the right direction. The Marcellus gained one rig for 38 active rigs, while the Utica held steady at 10 active rigs. The combined M-U had 48 active rigs last week.
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Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 7, 2022
January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Hochul calls for ban on natural gas in new buildings; NATIONAL: US weekly LNG exports go up maintaining 2021 trend; Will the energy transition really chip away at oil demand?; Company turning natgas into hydrogen gets federal $1B loan; EOG breaks with industry, plans growth – will Wall Street reward them?; Biden administration does have a magic wand for energy prices; INTERNATIONAL: Gas prices surge again in Europe, business owners ‘terrified’ for the future; Gas gap in Europe drives U.S. LNG exports to record high.
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