Antis Launch Effort to Block Iroquois Pipe Compressors in NY & CT
The Iroquois Gas Transmission pipeline project called Enhancement by Compression (ExC) increases horsepower at three compression stations — two in New York and one in Connecticut — by an extra 125 MMcf/d, flowing more Marcellus/Utica gas into New York City and New England (see Despite Antis’ Best Efforts, More NatGas Coming to New England). The ExC project was supposed to begin construction in spring 2023 and be placed in service by November 2023. Yeah, well, that didn’t happen, even though FERC approved it back in 2022 (see Iroquois Gas Enhancement by Compression Project Approved by FERC). As Iroquois finally gets ready to begin construction, antis and neighbors of the compressor plants are launching an effort to stop the expansions.
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Hope Gas is a Local Distribution Company (LDC) that provides gas service to approximately 125,000 residential, industrial, and commercial customers in thirty-five West Virginia counties. The company owns and maintains more than 6,900 miles of pipelines that safely deliver West Virginia natural gas to many homes and commercial or industrial sites. In September, Hope Gas asked the WV Public Service Commission (PSC) of West Virginia for permission to build a new 30-mile pipeline in Monongalia County (see 
Amol Wayangankar, principal of Enkon Energy Advisors, spoke at the recent Hart Energy DUG Appalachia event in Pittsburgh. He had some REALLY interesting things to say about pipelines and takeaway capacity and where (and how much) Marcellus/Utica gas flows. One fascinating observation: Over the past 24 months, Appalachia gas production grew 0.3 Bcf/d, while production in the Haynesville Shale grew 2.5 Bcf/d and 5 Bcf/d in the Permian Basin. The M-U is in danger of losing market share to other basins unless we can begin to get more of our production out of the Northeast.
The Baker Hughes U.S. rig count hit a new low for 2023 five weeks ago (see 
In August, University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) researchers released three studies commissioned by the State Dept. of Health supposedly investigating whether or not there is a connection between shale drilling and childhood diseases, including cancer (see 
With all of the posturing and hoopla happening at the 28th United Nations Climate Change (COP28) conference being held in Dubai, which mercifully ends tomorrow, let’s look at the facts. The windbags at COP28 have elected to make natural gas THE DEVIL at this year’s event. Fugitive methane (escaping into the atmosphere) is the big boogeyman that will toast Mom Earth into a cinder, so they say. The solution, according to flatulating windbags like U.S. Special Envoy John Kerry and UN Secretary-General António Guterres, is to outlaw fossil fuels (specifically natural gas). Yet here’s what the facts show: The Marcellus/Utica natural gas industry is already the world leader in lowering methane emission intensity, due to the implementation of best practices for years.
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Need to ‘phase-out’ fossil fuels, Markey says; NATIONAL: John Kerry pledges to slash emissions from AC units, refrigerators; US industry group backs pipeline safety bill.