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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Nov. 16-20
November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

Last week Pennsylvania issued 11 new shale well drilling permits, all but one of them in the northeastern (dry gas) part of the state. Ohio issued one new permit, and West Virginia issued 2 new shale well permits.
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Crime | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | FirstEnergy | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Statewide OH

FirstEnergy Nuke Bribery Scandal Deepens – OH Regulator Resigns
November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

The plot thickens in the $60 million FirstEnergy nuclear subsidy bribery scandal. Last week MDN brought you the news that Ohio’s Attorney General, David Yost, had filed a second lawsuit to stop the collection of money from ratepayers that funds $150 million annual payments to FirstEnergy provided for under the law known as House Bill 6 (see OH AG Files 2nd Lawsuit to Block FirstEnergy $150M Nuke Payments). We also told you, in the same post, about a potential sixth person being investigated for involvement in the scandal. We have breaking news about the sixth person…
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Electrical Generation | Energy Services | FirstEnergy | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Statewide OH

OH AG Files 2nd Lawsuit to Block FirstEnergy $150M Nuke Payments
November 19, 2020April 20, 2022

We have a couple of important updates in the neverending saga of the biggest corruption scandal ever to hit Ohio. In July, then-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four of his associates were indicted for felonies related to an alleged $60 million bribery scandal in passing the hugely unpopular House Bill 6 (see FirstEnergy Involved in Bribery Scheme to Pass $1B Nuke Bailout Law). Ohio’s Attorney General, Dave Yost, has just filed a second lawsuit to stop the collection of money from ratepayers that funds $150 million annual payments to FirstEnergy provided for under HB 6. We also have news about a potential sixth person being investigated for involvement in the scandal.
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Lease & Royalty Payments | Monroe County | Ohio

Rising Phoenix Royalties Buys Royalty Payments from OH Landowner
November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

Yesterday Rising Phoenix Royalties (RPR) announced it has purchased the future royalty payments from a landowner in the Utica Shale, in Monroe County, OH. This acquisition is RPR’s third Marcellus/Utica transaction this year.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Nov. 9-13
November 18, 2020November 18, 2020

An interesting week for permits. Last week Pennsylvania issued just 2 new shale well drilling permits after having issued 3 the week before (lowest numbers we’ve seen). Ohio, which has not issued many permits in recent months, was on fire last week with 17 new shale permits! West Virginia issued just 1 new shale well permit.
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Energy Companies | Gulfport Energy | Ohio | Statewide OH

Gulfport Energy Files for Pre-arranged Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

We hoped it wouldn’t happen, but warned you it might when Gulfport Energy announced several weeks ago it had missed a debt payment and was in “restructuring” talks (see Gulfport Energy Misses Debt Payment, in “Restructuring” Talks). On Saturday, Gulfport, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), announced it had filed for a “pre-arranged” Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Belmont County | Energy Services | Ethane | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Processing Plants | PTT Global

PTT Delays Final Cracker Decision to at Least Middle of 2021
November 16, 2020November 16, 2020

Once again PTT Global Chemical is changing the timeline for a final investment decision (FID) to build a $10 billion ethane cracker plant in Belmont County, OH–for the umpteenth time. The most recent timeline had a decision coming by the end of this year or in the first quarter of next year. Whoops, they did it again! The new timeline is now “at least the middle of 2021.”
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Industrywide Issues | Mahoning County | Ohio | Wastewater

Bobcat Energy Plans 2nd Wastewater Injection Well Near Youngstown
November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

Injection well process (click for larger version)

Last year Bobcat Energy Resources finished work on a Class II wastewater injection well in Coitsville Township, near Youngstown, OH, and began operating the well (see New Mahoning Injection Well Online Soon; OEPA Issues Violation). Bobcat has filed an application with the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) to drill a second injection well at the same site. This is great news for Utica (and Marcellus) drillers that need a reliable way to dispose of large volumes of brine wastewater that comes out of wells for years after the wells are drilled and hooked to production.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Nov. 2-6
November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

Last week Pennsylvania issued a paltry 3 new shale well drilling permits (lowest we’ve seen in months), Ohio issued a single new permit, and West Virginia issued 5 new shale well permits. All 3 PA permits were issued in Greene County. The OH permit was issued in Carroll County (bit of a surprise). And all 5 WV permits were issued in Tyler County.
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Electrical Generation | Energy Services | FirstEnergy | Industrywide Issues | Litigation | Ohio | Statewide OH

FirstEnergy Fires CEO, OH Cities Sue to Block Nuke Bailout Pymts
November 2, 2020November 2, 2020

It’s all starting to come undone for FirstEnergy Corporation. Last week two of Ohio’s three largest cities sued to block annual $150 million payments to FirstEnergy’s Energy Harbor subsidiary on the basis those payments are ill-gotten gain, the result of FirstEnergy bribing government officials to pass House Bill 6 (HB 6) and keep it passed (see FirstEnergy Involved in Bribery Scheme to Pass $1B Nuke Bailout Law). Also happening last week: FirstEnergy’s board of directors fired its CEO and two other senior managers in light of the mushrooming scandal.
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Crime | Electrical Generation | Energy Services | FirstEnergy | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Statewide OH

2 Defendants Plead Guilty in $60M FirstEnergy Nuclear Bribery Case
October 30, 2020October 30, 2020

In July, now-former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and four of his associates were indicted for felonies related to an alleged $60 million bribery scandal in passing the hugely unpopular House Bill 6 (see FirstEnergy Involved in Bribery Scheme to Pass $1B Nuke Bailout Law). HB 6 gives Energy Harbor, a FirstEnergy subsidiary, $150 million per year for seven years ($1.1 billion) in ratepayer funds to prop up the company’s uneconomic nuclear power plants.
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Greene County (PA) | Guernsey County | Lease & Royalty Payments | Ohio | Pennsylvania

Peregrine Energy Buys Royalty Payments from SWPA, Ohio Landowners
October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

Guernsey County, OH (click for larger version)

Peregrine Energy Partners, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, continues its program to buy royalty payments from landowners in the Marcellus/Utica region. Yesterday the company announced another round of deals, this time purchased from landowners in Greene County, PA, and Guernsey County, OH.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Oct. 19-23
October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

For a second week in a row, all three M-U states issued new shale drilling permits last week. Pennsylvania issued 6 new permits, Ohio issued 5 new permits, and West Virginia issued 3 new permits.
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Weekly Shale Drilling Permits for PA, OH, WV: Oct. 12-16
October 22, 2020October 22, 2020

What do you know? All three M-U states issued new shale drilling permits last week! That’s the first time in perhaps the last two months all three states issued new shale permits in the same week. Pennsylvania issued 9 new permits, Ohio issued 3 new permits, and West Virginia issued 8 new permits.
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Electrical Generation | Franklin County | Industrywide Issues | Ohio

Group of Radicalized Ohio State Students Protest…Electricity
October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

A small group of radicalized, spoiled rotten children held a protest yesterday on the Columbus campus of Ohio State University to protest…electricity. That is, they “demanded” (spoiled children always demand, ever notice that?) that OSU not build a clean-burning, Utica gas-fired electric plant. Ahh, kids, how will you get the electricity to recharge your iPhones so you can take self-absorbed selfies and post them on Instagram?
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Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Monroe County | Ohio

OH Long Ridge Energy Power to Blend Hydrogen with Utica Gas
October 14, 2020October 14, 2020

Long Ridge power plant under construction in Hannibal, Ohio. Photo courtesy of Kiewit.

In June 2019 Long Ridge Energy Terminal in Monroe County, OH (transloading facility) began to build a 485-megawatt Utica gas-fired electric plant (see Work Begins on Gas-Fired Elec Plant in Monroe County, OH). The new Utica-fired plant is supposed to be up and running in “late 2021.” But what’s this? Even before it’s built, the owners have announced they are transitioning the plant away from Utica gas to burn hydrogen instead.
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