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Energy Services | Equitrans/EQT Midstream | Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Regulation | Statewide WV | West Virginia

Equitrans Likes Traitor Joe’s Sellout of Country for MVP Pipeline
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

As we previously stated and continue to state: West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s sellout of the entire country (and the entire fossil energy industry) in return for a vote on separate legislation that supposedly will ensure Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) gets completed (no guarantee a vote will be taken), is not worth the price. Unsurprisingly, Equitrans Midstream, the company building MVP, is delighted to learn of Manchin’s plan to sacrifice the country in return for completing its pipeline. Extremely short-sighted.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | Statewide PA

THE Delaware Riverkeeper Loses Lawsuit to Block Adelphia Pipe
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

New Jersey Resources’ Adelphia Gateway project converts an old oil pipeline stretching from Northampton County, PA through Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester counties, terminating in Delaware County at Marcus Hook, into a natural gas pipeline. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued final approval for the project in December 2019 (see FERC Issues Final OK for Southeast PA Adelphia Gateway Pipeline). Since that time, THE Delaware Riverkeeper (Maya van Rossum) has been attempting to block the project. Yesterday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (D.C. Circuit) shot down Riverkeeper’s lawsuit.
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Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Transco | Williams

Williams 2Q: Summer Heat + LNG = High Activity on Transco Pipe
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

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Williams CEO Alan Armstrong was jazzed on yesterday’s second quarter update call with analysts. Armstrong said, “We continue to see strong fundamentals driving a great pipeline of growth opportunities, particularly increasing demand for U.S. LNG exports and power generation along the Transco corridor.” 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. Most of the gas flowing through Transco comes from the Marcellus/Utica. Net income for Williams was $484 million in 2Q22, up 48% from 2Q21. A big focus for Williams in the near term will be new gas gathering projects in the Marcellus region.
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Energy Services | Hydrogen | Industrywide Issues | Williams

Williams Invests in Tech to Convert NatGas to H2, No Emissions
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

In addition to issuing its second quarter update yesterday, Williams made a second announcement of interest. The company has invested an unspecified amount of money in Aurora Hydrogen, a company developing technology that converts natural gas to hydrogen with zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Several other companies, including Chevron and Shell, invested too.
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Electrical Generation | Illinois | Industrywide Issues

Illinois EPA Approves EmberClear Gas-Fired Power Plant in Pawnee
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

In June 2017, MDN reported that EmberClear, based in Houston, TX, wants to build a $1 billion, 1,100 megawatt combined-cycle natural gas-fired plant about 15 miles from Springfield, Illinois, in Pawnee (see NatGas and Coal Go to War in Central Illinois). In April 2018, Springfield city alderman approved a deal for what is now called the Lincoln Land Energy Center to purchase “at least” 80,000 gallons of water per day from City Water, Light and Power (CWLP) for a cool $29,000 per month (see Central Illinois Gas-Fired Power Plant One Step Closer to Reality). The radicalized Sierra Club tried to block the project by blocking a key permit (see Sierra Club Targets Proposed Central Illinois Gas-Fired Power Plant). They failed.
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Hydrogen | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Statewide OH | Statewide PA | Statewide WV | West Virginia

Industry-Led Group Pushing for Hydrogen Hub in M-U Gets a Name
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

One of the criticisms MDN has levied against the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, is that each state is attempting to “go it alone” with respect to attracting a $2 billion investment from the federal government for a hydrogen and CCUS (carbon capture, utilization and storage) hub in our region (see WV, OH, PA Compete Against Each Other to Attract $2B Hydrogen Hub). Other states outside of our region are combining their efforts. All three M-U states need to combine their efforts to attract the hub to the Marcellus/Utica region, or risk losing the opportunity. There is a group attempting to be that unifying force. Will it succeed?
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Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 3, 2022
August 3, 2022August 3, 2022

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chesapeake Energy to supply gas to Golden Pass LNG; NATIONAL: Survey says sky-high gas prices don’t make us all want EVs; INTERNATIONAL: BP second quarter profits highest in 14 years; Shell makes record profits for two quarters in a row.
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