Tenaska Floats Plan for New 1.7 GW Gas-Fired Power in Ohio
Yesterday, Tenaska announced plans to expand its Tri-State Energy Hub project by adding a natural gas power plant in Saline Township, Jefferson County, Ohio. The new plant will be capable of generating up to 1,700 megawatts (1.7 GW) — enough to power approximately 1.7 million homes. The expansion builds on the company’s existing carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub, for which 30 carbon dioxide injection wells have already been submitted for approval (see Tenaska Set to Dig Test Well for Carbon Capture Storage in WV). Officials estimate the CCS portion alone could deliver a $1 billion economic impact, with additional job creation, tax revenue, and landowner payments expected. Read More “Tenaska Floats Plan for New 1.7 GW Gas-Fired Power in Ohio”
Last week was a good week for new drilling permits. The Marcellus/Utica region received 37 new drilling permits last week, Apr. 6 – 12, up 15 from the 22 issued two weeks ago. Pennsylvania issued 23 of the permits. Ohio issued 8 new permits. And West Virginia issued 6 new permits last week. The drillers who received new permits last week included: Antero Resources, Ascent Resources, Blackhill Energy, Clean Energy Exploration, EOG Resources, EQT, JKLM Energy, Laurel Mountain Energy, PennEnergy Resources, Repsol, and Snyder Brothers. 
For the week of Mar 3 – 9, the number of permits issued in the Marcellus/Utica to drill new shale wells increased by six from the previous week. Last week, 22 new permits were issued, with 13 (more than half) going to the Keystone State (PA). Expand Energy (Chesapeake Energy) scored five permits for a single pad in Bradford County. Coterra Energy also received five permits for a single pad in neighboring Susquehanna County. EQT had two new permits for a single pad in Washington County. And Range Resources rounded out PA’s permits with a single permit in Washington County. 
Last November, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NOG), a company that invests in non-operated oil and gas assets (they let others do the drilling), announced a deal to enter the Utica Shale (see