Last Friday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a favorable environmental assessment for New Jersey Resources’ Adelphia Gateway pipeline project in the Philadelphia area.
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It’s that time of year when the prognosticators haul out the ole crystal ball and make predictions about what’s ahead for the coming year.
Read More “Experts Say Slow Growth Ahead for PA Marcellus in 2019”
Two units of the Calpine York 2 Energy Center, a new dual-fuel electric generating plant that primarily uses Marcellus Shale gas, are now up and running in York County, PA.
Read More “York, PA Gas-Fired Plant Goes Online”
RINO (Democrat wannabe) Tom Hogan, District Attorney for Chester County, PA, continues his vendetta against Sunoco Logistics Partners and the Mariner East 2 pipeline–foolishly spending gobs of taxpayer money in a frivolous and fruitless investigation (see Chester County DA Goes Rogue, Targets ME2 Pipe w/Criminal Probe).
Read More “Chester County DA Gets “Free” Help with ME2 Pipe Criminal Probe”
The bureaucrats at the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) are rubbing their hands together, eagerly anticipating millions of dollars to roll through the door and into the agency’s pockets following a recent PA Supreme Court ruling on strippers (see PA Supreme Court Rules Strippers Not Exempt from Impact Fee).
Read More “PA DEP Eagerly Anticipates Millions of Dollars from Strippers”
You know you’ve hit a nerve when so-called reporters (propagandists) at a Philadelphia-area newspaper drop all pretense of being objective in their reporting and begin calling a pipeline project made-up names–like calling Mariner East 2 “Frankenpipe.” Talk about petulant and childish!
Read More “Too Funny! Angry “Reporters” Call Mariner East 2 “Frankenpipe””
If a single Republican (in name only) puts their name to a bill with 25 Democrats, that’s all it takes for fake news media to herald it as a “bipartisan” bill (or bills, in this case).
Read More “Philly Democrat & RINO Team Up to Intro 12 Anti-Pipeline Bills”
Here’s the opening line in a newspaper story about the fantastic news that Energy Transfer/Sunoco Logistics’ Mariner East 2 (ME2) NGL pipeline is finally up and running: “Mariner East 2 is online, and its legions of critics are outraged.”
Read More “Sunoco LP’s Mariner East 2 NGL Pipeline Now Online!”
Pennsylvania strippers are back in the news. Hold on, this is a family-friendly site! We’re talking about stripper wells.
Read More “PA Supreme Court Rules Strippers Not Exempt from Impact Fee”
It’s not often a vital pipeline project, no matter how small, escapes our attention–but this is one of those times.
Read More “NFG Building 4.5 Mile NatGas Pipe to Feed Shell Cracker Complex”
On Sunday, Dec. 23, residents living near the Lackawanna Energy Center (LEC) in Jessup, PA (near Scranton) woke to a loud noise that sounded like a jet engine–and the release of natural gas into the air.
Read More “NEPA Gas-Fired Plant Gets Noisy, Scares the Neighbors”
Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station, a new natural gas-fueled power plant in southwest Pennsylvania, is now online.
Read More “Tenaska’s Westmoreland, PA Gas-Fired Plant Goes Online”
In January 2016, Invenergy announced their intention to build a natgas-powered electric plant in Elizabeth Township, in Allegheny County (see Invenergy Eyes SWPA for Second Marcellus-Powered Electric Plant).
Read More “Elizabeth Twp in Allegheny Co. OKs Invenergy Gas-Fired Plant”
Following an extensive (underscore extensive) review, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved the permit applications for Shell’s Falcon ethane pipeline project.
Read More “PA DEP Approves & Permits Shell Falcon Ethane Pipeline”
Because of lawsuits, regulatory actions by Pennsylvania, and (most relevant) delays from problematic underground geology near Philadelphia, the Mariner East 2 and 2X pipelines, being laid side by side, will temporarily use a 12-inch pipeline near Philadelphia already in the ground but no longer in use to patch together and complete the ME2 and 2X project.
Read More “Independent Report Shows Temporary 12-Inch Pipe for ME2 is Safe”
As we previously reported, an explosion and fire last week at the MarkWest Energy natural gas processing plant in Chartiers (Washington County), PA sent four people to the hospital–carried there by helicopter (see MarkWest Plant Explosion in Washington Co. Injures 4; 1 Critical). We are profoundly sad to report that the man who was in critical condition has died. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office reported that Jeffery Fisher, 61, of Salem, WV died at 3:38 p.m. Tuesday at UPMC Mercy hospital. Below is an update on the situation, with additional new details.
Read More “Sad Postscript: Man Dies of Injuries from MarkWest SWPA Explosion”