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    Heckmann and Energy Transfer Partners to Bring Wastewater Treatment Plants to the Marcellus

    BusinessWire (Feb 9)
    Heckmann Corporation and Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Sign Agreement to Provide Turnkey Solutions for Water Flows Created by Oil and Gas Drilling

    Heckmann Corporation and Energy Transfer Partners have entered into a 50/50 joint venture to deliver solutions for:

    “transportation and treatment solutions for supply, drilling, flow back, produced, and other types of discharged waters generated in the Marcellus and Haynesville Shale natural gas development areas.”

    Also according to the joint press release:

    “Heckmann and ETP have identified several potential projects and have begun the engineering and preliminary permitting necessary to proceed with construction of water pipelines, treatment, and other related facilities.”

    The press release does not comment on where said projects and proposed facilities will be located. Handling waste water is one of the hot-button issues with drilling. Stay tuned.

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    Youngstown, OH Gets 350 New Jobs Due to Marcellus Drilling

    The Vindicator (Feb 16)
    V&M delivers plant, 350 jobs

    Youngstown, Ohio is getting a new $650 million pipe mill and 350 new jobs due to Marcellus Shale drilling. V&M Star Steel has just announced they are building a new plant in Youngstown because of its proximity to the Marcellus Shale deposit. The new mill will manufacture pipes used in drilling in the Marcellus, according to V&M president, Roger Lindgren. The mill is expected to start operations in 2011, and be up to full capacity in 2012. Although this is a new plant and new construction, it is an expansion of V&M’s existing operation in Youngstown, built on property next to their current facility.

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    Drilling Waste Water Treatment Plant Proposed for Owego

    Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (Oct 28):
    Drilling processor targets Owego site

    From the Oct. 28th Press & Sun-Bulletin:

    A plant to treat waste from the Marcellus Shale is on the drawing board in the Town of Owego.

    Patriot Water Treatment pitched its plans to convert a former car dealership at 936 Taylor Road to a waste water treatment plant for Marcellus drillers at a planning board meeting Tuesday night. The proposal calls for installing holding and processing tanks in the existing building to treat round-the-clock shipments of drilling waste water, according to information from the planning board.

    And this:

    The plan, recommended for approval by the Tioga County Planning Board, estimates traffic from industrial waste haulers would average 96 trucks per day (four per hour), seven days a week. Haulers would use Day Hollow Road, Bodle Hill Road and Taylor Road to access the facility.

    Of course, anything to do with drilling is subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) opposed by the Press & Sun-Bulletin. The thought they want to leave you with is trucks lumbering down your street in the middle of the night hauling nasty chemicals ready to spill out on your front lawn.

    I know I would not want trucks round the clock going by my house–but–actually, they do! I live not a quarter mile from State Route 17 (the future I-86) and the traffic noise, especially from large trucks downshifting on a nearby hill, is 24×7. Traffic, especially if it’s mostly in the daytime, is a fact of commerce.

    Let’s let the good citizens of the Owego Town Board perform their due dilligence and render a decision that is fair to all the citizens of Tioga County. If the proposed location is too close to homes and traffic will be an ongoing disturbance, they should deny the permit. If not, grant it and reap the benfits of more jobs and more tax revenue from a new business in the area.

    I have confidence in our locally elected representatives to make the correct decision in this case.

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    Natural gas quest: DEC investigating disposal of fluids by drilling vendor

    Press & Sun-Bulletin (Oct 3):
    Natural gas quest: DEC investigating disposal of fluids by drilling vendor

    Pretty much a non-story story, typical “hit piece” by leftist media. There is a company providing chemicals for drilling, for Pennsylvania companies (PA because so far, since there IS no drilling in New York). Said company, Northeast Mud Services Co. of Bridgeport, W.Va. (NEMSCo), is alleged to have leaked chemicals at their warehouse facility. Problem is, no one can find any leaks. The other complaint is that they have the audacity to wash their trucks, the fear being that an eye-dropper full of chemical may have contaminated the mud through which the trucks travel and then affixed itself to the truck, and so spray washing the trucks to keep them clean is a no-no. Both allegations came from an anonymous “tip”.

    You can expect more of this nonsensical reporting to ramp up in the coming months as the New York DEC tries to sign off on the Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement.