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  • Armstrong County | Ascent Resources | Energy Companies | Greylock Energy | Guernsey County | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Potter County | Snyder Brothers | Weekly Permits

    4 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 25 – 31

    April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

    What’s below dismal? The new permits report for two weeks ago showed just five new permits, which we called “dismal” (see 5 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 18 – 24). Last week, for March 25 – 31, there were just four new permits issued. Technically, there were only two new permits (both in Pennsylvania), but Ohio’s Dept. of Natural Resources was tardy in their update and recorded two new permits last week for permits issued the week before. We didn’t report them two weeks ago, so we will report them this week. In PA, there was one new permit each issued to Snyder Brothers (Armstrong County) and Greylock Energy (Potter County). OH issued two permits to Ascent Resources (both in Guernsey County). West Virginia issued no new permits for the second week in a row.
    Read More “4 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Mar 25 – 31”

  • Belmont County | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Wastewater

    Flood Waters Get Close to Shuttered Austin Master Frack Waste

    April 5, 2024April 8, 2024
    Flooding in Martins Ferry, OH (credit: WTOV Channel 9)

    Last week, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost took legal action seeking to force Austin Master Services (AMS) in Martins Ferry (Belmont County), OH, to correct “egregious violations of Ohio law” regarding the storage of oil and gas waste that he says threatens the Ohio River and Martins Ferry’s drinking water supply (see Ohio AG Sues Austin Master Services for Unsafe Storage of Wastewater). As the story began to unfold, we learned that AMS had stored at least 10,000 tons of fracking waste beyond its rating at the facility. Last weekend, the Ohio River, which is located 500 feet from the facility, reached flood stage and approached (but didn’t reach) the AMS facility.
    Read More “Flood Waters Get Close to Shuttered Austin Master Frack Waste”

  • Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Statewide PA

    With Respect to Orphaned Wells, PA DEP Doesn’t Know Jack Squat

    April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

    Last week, MDN reported on new (to us) information shared at a Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing that the state’s program to plug orphaned and abandoned oil and gas wells is, quite frankly, a hot mess (see Plugging PA’s Abandoned & Orphaned Wells is a Hot Mess). The Dept. of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) recordkeeping of old wells is rife with errors. And the price to plug orphaned wells has ballooned from $17,500 per well in most cases to now over $110,000! An editorial appearing in the Williamsport Sun-Gazette takes the federal and state governments to task for spending big money on a problem they can’t even accurately describe or outline.
    Read More “With Respect to Orphaned Wells, PA DEP Doesn’t Know Jack Squat”

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

    Big Green Threatens New Lawsuit to Block Drilling in OH Wayne NF

    April 5, 2024April 5, 2024
    Wayne National Forest (click for larger version)

    Last week, the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released a new draft plan to allow shale drilling to finally begin on land in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (see BLM Floats Draft Assessment for Drilling in OH’s Wayne Nat’l Forest). Even though a majority of the land and mineral rights in WNF are privately owned, the BLM and various lawsuits from foreign-backed Big Green groups have blocked drilling in WNF for the past 15+ years. It’s a TRAGEDY and horrific injustice against private landowners. With the BLM’s new plan, the usual radicalized groups are back to announce they are watching and plan to sue once again.
    Read More “Big Green Threatens New Lawsuit to Block Drilling in OH Wayne NF”

  • Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues

    City Council Votes Down Permits for Wisconsin Gas-Fired Power Plant

    April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

    In September 2022, MDN told you about a relatively modest-sized gas-fired power plant planned for Superior, Wisconsin, called the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (see Midwest Elec Grid Roasted for Supporting New Gas-Fired Power Plant). Last December, the Douglas County (WI) Board approved the sale of about 45 acres of land along the Nemadji River to RendField Land Company Inc. to allow a transmission line to be built to the plant (see County Approves Land Sale to Wisconsin Gas-Fired Power Plant). However, antis have been able to persuade (bully) the Superior City Council to vote against issuing permits for the plant.
    Read More “City Council Votes Down Permits for Wisconsin Gas-Fired Power Plant”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Regulation

    SEC Forced to Hit Pause Button on Woke Climate Disclosure Reg

    April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), corrupted by the Bidenistas, voted 3-2 (three Democrats vs. two Republicans) in March to issue a final regulation that will force all publicly traded companies to disclose their so-called greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the imaginary climate risks their businesses face (see Woke SEC Adopts Modified Version of Climate Disclosure Reg). The end result of the Biden SEC’s new regulations will be to “kneecap” oil and gas companies (see SEC Reg Requiring Disclosure of Climate Change Risk “Kneecaps” O&G). And that’s the purpose. A number of lawsuits have been filed against the new reg, including a lawsuit by 25 state Attorneys General (see The Many Lawsuits Challenging Woke SEC’s Climate Disclosure Reg).
    Read More “SEC Forced to Hit Pause Button on Woke Climate Disclosure Reg”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues

    2 Groups Collude with Mainstream Media to Push Fake Climate Stories

    April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

    Ahead of the Easter weekend, multiple media outlets reported that chocolate prices were soaring, and according to the coverage, the main culprit driving the inflating costs is so-called climate change. Across multiple platforms, the reports followed a similar message, using similar language to describe the problem and its causes — and the reports all came out the same week. The media reports can be traced back to a single source, an organization called Covering Climate Now. This is a story of how entire populations are being brainwashed with false narratives about the climate.
    Read More “2 Groups Collude with Mainstream Media to Push Fake Climate Stories”

  • Best of the Rest

    Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Apr 5, 2024

    April 5, 2024April 5, 2024

    NATIONAL: House GOP considers requiring LNG approvals in Ukraine aid; RFK, Jr.’s a ‘devout, radical environmentalist’; Natural gas storage surplus drops, but still very high; INTERNATIONAL: TC Energy appoints new CFO.
    Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Apr 5, 2024”

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