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Empire Pipeline | Energy Services | Equitrans/EQT Midstream | Industrywide Issues | New York | Pipelines | Regulation | Statewide NY

MVP the Template to Finish Pipelines Like NY’s Northern Access
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

National Fuel Gas Company (NFG) and its pipeline subsidiary Empire Pipeline have worked on a plan to build the Northern Access Pipeline since 2016. Northern Access is a 97-mile project from McKean County in Pennsylvania into and through Allegany, Cattaraugus, and Erie counties in New York that will flow Marcellus gas into New York State. The radicals of the Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul administrations have repeatedly delayed the project. NFG still wants to build it but needs more time. Last July, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) gave NFG an extra 35 months to get the project done–until Dec. 31, 2024 (see FERC Gives NFG Extra 3 Years to Build Northern Access Pipeline). The Sierra Club appealed FERC’s time extension for the project, and it currently sits in court. Could an Act of Congress like the one that helped MVP finish help Northern Access too?
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Commodity Price | Industrywide Issues

Higher NatGas Prices on the Way – Rystad Predicts $2.91 Avg 2H23
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

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A Rystad Energy analyst says strong supplies and cool temps kept the price of natural gas low over the past few months–but that’s about to change. Rystad says new modeling shows a bump up in temps coming, and with it, a bump in the price of domestic natural gas. How much? Rystad believes the Henry Hub price will average $2.91/MMBtu for the remainder of 2023 (the latter half of the year). Which ain’t all that much if you ask us…but better than prices bumping around in the low $2 range as it has been since January.
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Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies

Chesapeake CEO Says Upper Marcellus Wells Good, Not as Good as Lower
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

Nick Dell’Osso

Earlier this week, the J.P. Morgan Energy, Power and Renewables Conference was held in New York City. The event featured a number of oil and gas luminaries. Among the speakers was Nick Dell’Osso, CEO of Chesapeake Energy. Chessy is a major driller in the northeastern Pennsylvania Marcellus region, along with a substantial presence in the Louisiana Haynesville. It was Dell’Osso’s comments about the Marcellus during a Q&A with the host from J.P. Morgan, Zach Parham, that caught our attention.
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Energy Services | Equitrans/EQT Midstream | Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Williams

Williams CEO Cheerleads for Competitor Mountain Valley Pipeline
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

Alan Armstrong

Earlier this week, the J.P. Morgan Energy, Power and Renewables Conference was held in New York City. The event featured a number of oil and gas luminaries. Among the speakers was Alan Armstrong, CEO of pipeline giant Williams, which owns and operates the Transco Pipeline system. Williams also built and operates an extensive gathering system in northeastern Pennsylvania. In reading through a transcript of Armstrong’s talk, near the end, he says Williams has “been really pushing for a long time now” to see that Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP), a competitor’s pipeline project, gets built. Why?
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Allegheny County | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania General Energy | Wastewater | Westmoreland County

Injection Well Fight Continues in Western PA – Plum, Murrysville
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

MDN recently reported that after eight years, Pennsylvania General Energy gave up on trying to build an environmentally safe wastewater injection well in Grant Township, Indiana County, PA (see Bad Guys Win: PA General Energy to Plug Grant Twp Injection Well). Yes, the bad guys (CELDF) finally won. However, a proposed injection well project is still alive and progressing in western PA, in Plum Township (Allegheny County). Neighboring Murrysville (in Westmoreland County) isn’t waiting for a company to apply to build an injection well there. The town is working on a new ordinance to ensure no injection wells can get built in Murrysville.
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Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Regulation

Bidenistas Already Close to Reissuing WOTUS Following Court Ruling
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

In May, after years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) provided closure on what is and what is not considered “waters of the United States”–or WOTUS (see U.S. Supreme Court Permanently Restricts EPA WOTUS Rule). SCOTUS ruled unanimously on WOTUS. The court came down on the side of rationality and common sense. However, we’re still not done with WOTUS. The Bidenistas (like the Obamadroids before them) have tried to rewrite and redefine WOTUS, and two court cases are still pending to deal with that. However, May’s court decision in a case called Sackett v. EPA goes a long way to overturning the Bidenistas’ new WOTUS rules. But what’s this? The Bidenistas occupying the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers say they are almost done tweaking their WOTUS regs in light of Sackett v. EPA.
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Antero Resources | Armstrong County | Carroll County | CNX Resources | Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Fayette County | INR/Infinity Natural Resources | Monongalia County | Noble County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Snyder Brothers | Weekly Permits | West Virginia

21 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 12-18
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

New shale permits issued for Jun 12-18 in the Marcellus/Utica gained one. There were 21 new permits issued, up from 20 the previous week. Last week’s permit tally included 12 new permits in Pennsylvania, 6 new permits in Ohio, and 3 new permits in West Virginia. Snyder Brothers scored the most new permits, with 9 issued in Armstrong County, PA. INR had the second most new permits, with 4 permits issued in Carroll County, OH.
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Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jun 23, 2023
June 23, 2023June 23, 2023

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Indiana County community appeals presence of fracking residue well; INTERNATIONAL: Church of England divorces fossil fuel companies; No rain in Panama means more pain in LNG; “Stranded assets” – who will have the last laugh?
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