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18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 9 – 15
It’s not often this happens. Last week, for the week of Jun 9 – 15, only Pennsylvania issued new permits to drill shale wells. Neither Ohio nor West Virginia issued any new shale permits. Bummer. PA issued 18 new permits last week. Eight of the permits went to Pennsylvania General Energy for a single pad in Lycoming County. Another six permits went to Range Resources for a single pad, also in Lycoming County. Ergo, 14 of the 18 permits were issued in Lycoming County. Read More “18 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Jun 9 – 15”
Last week, MDN told you that EQT’s vice president of midstream, Robert Wingo, was moving on to another job (see 
Recent actions taken by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) appear to be quite significant, yet it has not received any media attention. On June 18, FERC took several actions to remove regulatory obstacles and therefore speed up the construction of needed natural gas infrastructure projects in the United States. FERC issued a blanket waiver (valid for the next two years) of its Order No. 871, which has allowed Big Green to block the construction of pipeline projects while rehearing requests are being handled. The result has been to delay projects by years while Big Green ties up such projects with endless appeals. Waiving Order No. 871 frees up FERC personnel to go ahead and issue orders to allow projects to begin construction. 
Commonwealth LNG received major news this week from two different government agencies. The first bit of news was a final authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to proceed with building the $11 billion project in Cameron, Louisiana. The second bit of news was a final authorization to export to countries without a free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, granted by the Department of Energy (DOE). Commonwealth still plans to make a final investment decision (FID) on the project in the third quarter of this year. 
Energy Transfer (ET) is a major energy infrastructure company based in Dallas, Texas, owning and operating one of the largest and most diversified portfolios of energy assets in the United States. It is a publicly traded master limited partnership with a vast network of pipelines and associated infrastructure, transporting a variety of energy products (natural gas, NGLs, oil, refined products) across the country. In our region, ET built and operates the Rover Pipeline, Mariner East, Revolution, and various refined products (gasoline, oil) pipelines. Big company. Important company. However, it wasn’t always this large and significant. How did it get that way? 
Every now and again, the left will deal honestly with energy issues. It’s rare, but it happens. Recently, a journalist for Canary Media made the following stark admission in an article: “Even before Trump and fellow Republicans began pulling the financial rug out from under the industry, green hydrogen megaprojects were collapsing.” He goes on to list the evidence for “green” hydrogen’s collapse—prior to Trump and the Republicans coming into power in January. 
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