Marcellus Drilling News

Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Statewide PA

Radical Anti Groups Ask Fed EPA to Shut Down PA Fossil-Fired Power
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

Some 23 extremist so-called environmental groups from Pennsylvania (and beyond) sent a letter to federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan asking him to rachet up federal regulations to be so extreme it forces the remaining electric power plants in PA that use coal and natural gas to close down. The extremist groups include PennFuture (headed by former PA Dept. of Environmental Protection Secretary Pat McDonnell), the so-called Clean Air Council (funded by the Haas and Heinz families), and the Philadelphia Solar Energy Association.
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Ohio | Statewide OH

OH Landowners Frustrated with Old, Leaking Conventional O&G Wells
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

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There are more than 270,000 oil and natural gas wells across Ohio. Many of them (most) are conventional wells. Many (most) are also old (the first well was drilled in 1860). Some 80,000 of Ohio’s O&G wells are Clinton sandstone wells. Half of those, roughly 40,000, are inactive and many are “in a state of disrepair.” Rachel Wagoner, a journalist with Farm and Dairy Magazine, spent more than six months investigating Ohio’s old and abandoned oil and gas wells. She recently published an extensive report that finds some companies that own some of the wells simply ignore them and don’t/won’t fix them. Some companies take so long to respond when asked to address problems, it’s the same thing as refusing to fix them. In some cases, the unfixed wells are causing problems for landowners and nearby residents.
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CNX Resources | Electrical Generation | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues

CNX Partners with California Co. to Produce Clean Electricity
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

Sapphire FreeSpin® In-line Turboexpander

An interesting announcement issued yesterday by CNX Resources says the company is partnering with a California company, Sapphire Technologies, to use technology that creates clean electricity by tapping into pressures used in producing natural gas. No financial details of the deal were disclosed. CNX will use Sapphire’s turboexpander technology at a facility somewhere in the Marcellus.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Bradford County | CNG/LNG | Energy Services | Exporting | Industrywide Issues | New Fortress Energy | Pennsylvania

Here We Go Again – Sending LNG Safely by Rail Called “Bomb Train”
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

LNG rail car

“You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that is it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” – Rahm Emanuel, when he was Barack Obama’s White House Chief of Staff. By any standard you use, the rail disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, was (is!) a serious issue. To compare that disaster with a hypothetical train derailment of LNG (liquefied natural gas), referring to specially-outfitted rail cars that would carry the LNG (not yet allowed) as “bomb trains,” is the height of arrogance and ignorance. Yet a plan to use LNG rail cars to deliver Marcellus LNG from Bradford County, PA, to a port on the shoreline of the Delaware River in Gibbstown, N.J. is being compared to East Palestine in a laughable op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | ESG | Industrywide Issues

The Left Attacks “Responsible Gas” Certification Authorities
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

How many times have we said words along these lines: Even if you have a magic wand and could remove 100% of carbon dioxide emissions and 100% of methane emissions from the production and use of natural gas, the irrational nutters of the environmental movement would STILL hate natural gas and demand the end of its use. We have said those words and expressed those sentiments dozens of times–at least. The follow-on question we always ask is this: Why do we even try to placate the left with “responsible gas” certifications when they will never be happy? We have incontrovertible proof of our claims.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Pipelines

Left Worried Berkeley’s Overturned Gas Ban Affects Entire Country
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

Yesterday MDN brought you the fantastic news that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in liberal California, had overturned a ban on hooking up new homes and businesses to natural gas in Berkeley, CA (see Fed Appeals Court Overturns Berkeley, CA “First in Nation” Gas Ban). We said yesterday, “We don’t know this for sure, but we hope this case can be used as a precedent to challenge similar municipal bans in other states, including states served by M-U gas. New York City, which is a big user of M-U gas, passed a ban almost identical to Berkeley’s ban.” We weren’t the only ones thinking about the broader implications and consequences of the 9th Circuit’s ruling. The left is already fretting over it.
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Alternative Energy | Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Regulation

The Biggest Gamble in History – Ending the Use of Fossil Fuels
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

Those who believe the world can force a transition to so-called renewable energy in the next 20-30 years and force the world to stop using fossil energy are delusional. Among them are the “leaders” of the G7 nations: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. The so-called forced energy transition is, says energy expert David Blackmon, “one of the biggest policy gambles in world history.” The G7 are all betting the farm on the proposition that they can force fossil fuels out of business and replace them with “rent-seeking” solar, wind, EVs, and hydrogen.
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MUI

MDN Upstream Index (MUI) – Apr 19, 2023
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

The most recent day of active trading was Tue., Apr. 18, 2023. The numbers below reflect yesterday’s closing numbers.

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Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 19, 2023
April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Natural gas is the sharpest tool for improving air quality; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Emails reveal CCI “really impressed” by NJ climate lawsuit; NATIONAL: Shale giant investing in geothermal energy; BLM seeks public comment for proposed oil lease sale; Rystad sees US shale job boom and higher wages coming; Walmart moves forward with natural gas trucking pilot; Finances now stronger than ever, E&Ps assess what’s ahead; INTERNATIONAL: Five countries are laundering Russian oil and selling it to the West.
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