DT Midstream (DTM), headquartered in Detroit, owns major assets in the Marcellus/Utica region and in other regions, such as Haynesville. Yesterday, DTM announced it had cut a deal to buy three FERC-regulated interstate pipelines from Oklahoma-based ONEOK, Inc. for $1.2 billion. Two of the three pipelines flow Marcellus/Utica molecules to Midwestern markets. Read More “DT Midstream Buys 2 Interstate Pipelines with M-U Connections”
UGI Corporation, a diversified energy company with midstream (pipeline) operations in the Marcellus and one of Pennsylvania’s largest utility companies, is selling its 169-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant near Wilkes-Barre, PA, to Castleton Commodities International for an undisclosed amount. The plant’s owner/seller is actually a wholly-owned subsidiary of UGI Corp. called UGI Energy Services. Read More “UGI Sells Marcellus Gas-Fired Power Plant in NE Pa. to Castleton”
MDN is going to eat some crow with this story. In 2016, we called attention to efforts by neighbors (and anti-fossil fuelers) in Warren County, PA, in testing water sources near a wastewater injection well that had been operating since 2013 (see Concerned Citizens Test Water Near NWPA Injection Well, No Leaks). There had been no leaks from the Bear Lake Properties Bittinger #4 oil and gas wastewater injection well site in Columbus Township for (at that time) three years. We pointed out that injection well leaks are rare. However, there has been a leak at the Bittinger #4 well, and it was a doozy, traveling approximately 1,770 feet from the well site. That’s a full one-third of a mile. Not good. Even worse is that the company (due to an errant employee) failed to report the leak to the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) for 109 days. Read More “NW Pa. Injection Well Leak Went Undiscovered for 109 Days”
In late 2015, MPLX (i.e., Marathon Petroleum) bought out and merged with the Utica Shale’s premier midstream company, MarkWest Energy, for $15 billion (see MarkWest Energy Investors/Unitholders Approve Merger with Marathon). The “new” MarkWest, aka MPLX, plays on a much larger stage now, including ownership and operation of major assets in the Permian Basin and the Bakken Shale, in addition to the Marcellus/Utica. However, the company’s first love, Marcellus/Utica, still plays a starring role. Greg Floerke, the executive vice president and COO of MPLX, sat for an interview with Hart Energy editorial director Jordan Blum at the company’s recent DUG Appalachia event in Pittsburgh. Read More “MPLX “Sweet Spot” is Processing M-U Rich Gas and Producing NGLs”
Permitting in Pennsylvania overseen by the Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been a hot mess for years. A Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation permit sometimes takes two, three, or even six months for approval — instead of the policy-mandated 14 days. According to a DEP press release from yesterday, that’s all behind us now. DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley and Gov. Josh Shapiro said the agency has eliminated the backlog for oil and gas permits. Credit where credit is due. Read More “PA DEP Claims Permit Backlog for O&G Now Completely Eliminated”
The Marcellus Shale Coalition® (MSC) was founded in 2008 and works with exploration and production, midstream, and supply chain partners in the Appalachian Basin and across the country to address issues regarding the production, transportation, and the use of clean, job-creating, American natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays. The MSC provides in-depth information to policymakers, regulators, media, and other public stakeholders on the positive impacts responsible natural gas production and transportation are having on families, businesses, and communities across the region. The MSC will have a new president as of Jan. 1, 2025: Jim Welty. Read More “Marcellus Shale Coalition Gets Fourth New President – Jim Welty”
Greg Wrightstone is a geologist and the executive director of the CO2 Coalition, located in Fairfax, Va. He’s also the author of “Inconvenient Facts: The Science That Al Gore Doesn’t Want You to Know” and “A Very Convenient Warming: How modest warming and more CO2 are benefiting humanity.” Writing on the American Greatness website, Greg has a fantastic column that makes a strong argument that the planet needs MORE carbon dioxide (CO2), not less. Did you know there is a benefit in having more CO2 and a warming of the earth? Forget the silly nightmare nonsense peddled by the left and open your mind to the reality that CO2 is a good thing, not a bad thing… Read More “Let’s Make CO2 Great Again: Making the Case for More, Not Less CO2”
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