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  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Regulation | Statewide OH | Wastewater

    Latest Attack from Left on M-U Fracking – Block Ohio Injection Wells

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

    Here’s the latest ingenious way radicalized anti-fossil fuelers are attempting to cut off and strangle the Marcellus and Utica shale industry: Deny drillers any kind of means to dispose of the brine (naturally occurring water from the depths) that comes out of the borehole for years after a well is drilled. One of the best, most environmentally safe ways to dispose of brine is via injection wells. Antis are trying to strip Ohio’s right to regulate injection wells in the Buckeye State, hoping if the feds take over, many of those wells would get shut down.
    Read More “Latest Attack from Left on M-U Fracking – Block Ohio Injection Wells”

  • CNG/LNG | Exporting | Industrywide Issues | Regulation

    Freeport LNG Gets Extra Two Years to Build 4th Export Train

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

    The second-largest LNG export terminal in the U.S., Freeport LNG, located near Galveston, Texas, experienced an explosion and fire in early June (see Explosion Rocks Freeport LNG Export Plant – Offline for 3 Weeks). Freeport, when it’s online and running, liquefies and exports roughly 2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas–some of it from the Marcellus/Utica. The plant is now expected to be back online in November (see Freeport LNG Restart Timeline Slips from October to November). Freeport wants to build a fourth train, added to the three already built and (soon to be back) online. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Freeport an extra two years to build its fourth liquefaction train.
    Read More “Freeport LNG Gets Extra Two Years to Build 4th Export Train”

  • Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Statewide NY

    Could Fracking Issue Help Elect Next Governor in New York State?

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022
    Lee Zeldin

    In something of a surprise, one major poll has the race for Governor in New York State a tossup–within the statistical margin of error. Lee Zeldin, a Republican Congressman from Long Island, is challenging incumbent Democrat Kathy Hochul, who was corrupt Andrew Cuomo’s Lt. Governor and took over as Governor following Cuomo’s resignation in disgrace. Hochul is every bit as radical, maybe more so, than Cuomo was, at least when it comes to banning fossil energy in the state, including her support to keep fracking banned. Given skyrocketing prices for natural gas (and oil-based products) in the Empire State, Zeldin’s support for fracking appears to be having a positive impact on the race. Zeldin, a fracking supporter, may even win–although it’s still a long shot.
    Read More “Could Fracking Issue Help Elect Next Governor in New York State?”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Statewide PA

    Shapiro Will Pretty Much Kill New Marcellus Drilling in PA as Gov

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022
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    There is no question that Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is anti-Marcellus Shale drilling. NO QUESTION. And if you look at his public statements, as reported by the official mouthpiece of the Democrat left (PBS), his own statements on the gubernatorial campaign trail indicate Shapiro will allow VERY little new drilling in the Marcellus. Most new permits will be wiped out by a Shapiro DEP that will enforce huge new setbacks (“no drill zones”), institute onerous new regulations of tiny pipelines with almost no pressure in them (very expensive), and grant “comprehensive health responses” to anyone living near fracked wells (meaning anyone with a faux health claim is to be believed and awarded big money from the company that drilled the well). Our back-of-the-envelop calculation is you can expect perhaps a 75% decrease in the number of new permits issued from current levels in a Josh Shapiro administration. And the level of permits we see now is already WAY down in number (see the chart on the left).
    Read More “Shapiro Will Pretty Much Kill New Marcellus Drilling in PA as Gov”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | ESG | Industrywide Issues

    More States Look to Blacklist BlackRock, Other ESG-Focused Funds

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

    More states are looking to divest state pension funds from BlackRock and other woke ESG investment banks that push anti-fossil fuel agendas. BlackRock, the largest investment firm in the world with some $10 trillion under management, is hemorrhaging customers. Last week we told you that South Carolina had joined Louisiana, Texas, West Virginia, and Florida in announcing it is divesting its state pension funds from BlackRock (see Boom! BlackRock Loses Another $200M – from South Carolina). It appears Nebraska and other unspecified states are getting ready to join them in divesting from divestor BlackRock.
    Read More “More States Look to Blacklist BlackRock, Other ESG-Focused Funds”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | ESG | Industrywide Issues

    Harvard Endowment Lost $2.3B Last Year Due to ESG Investing

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

    ESG investing is a euphemism from the left that means divesting from fossil energy companies. ESG investing has become all the rage in recent years. We have shared a number of articles about large pension funds in places like New York City divesting from fossil energy companies. As is typical, California is way ahead of the rest of the country in this regard. The huge California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), with $479 billion in assets under management, has been investing using ESG guidelines for more than a decade. A recent Wall Street Journal article revealed CalPERS has lost huge amounts of money by focusing on ESG investing (see Dark Side of ESG – Huge Losses for Investors, High/Regressive Taxes). Harvard went all-in last year with its ESG investing program–and lost $2.3 billion!
    Read More “Harvard Endowment Lost $2.3B Last Year Due to ESG Investing”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Crime | Industrywide Issues

    Brainwashed “Just Stop Oil” Kids Try to Deface Van Gogh Painting

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

    This is how deeply global warming brainwashing has gone in our children. A couple of kids (judging from media pictures) who belong to a fringe group called Just Stop Oil want to influence the British government to stop ALL new oil and natural gas projects–onshore and offshore. The tactic chosen by the kids to convince the adults to stop all new drilling was to throw tomato soup on a priceless Vincent van Gogh painting called “Sunflowers” in London’s National Gallery last Friday.
    Read More “Brainwashed “Just Stop Oil” Kids Try to Deface Van Gogh Painting”

  • Best of the Rest

    Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 17, 2022

    October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

    NATIONAL: Energy Aspects says shale oil output threatens to peak in 2024; DOE seeks public input on energy systems improvement in remote areas; How Saudi Arabia took advantage of President Biden.
    Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 17, 2022”

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