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  • Energy Companies | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Norse Energy | Regulation | Statewide NY

    Norse Energy Hurt by NY Fracking Delay Files for Bankruptcy

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    Consquences ahead signContrary to what anti-drillers say, lack of drilling in New York does have serious consequences—the latest consequence being the bankruptcy of Norse Energy Corp. MDN has reported over the past several years on Norse, the “little energy company that could” (we had hoped) hang on until New York released new shale drilling rules. But New York’s moratorium has now stretched on nearly 4 1/2 years and frankly, there’s no end in sight.

    In mid-November Norse issued a press release saying they would run out of money in December unless they could restructure their debt (see this MDN story). They only had $1.5 million cash on hand at the time. Then, a few weeks later, a judge ordered Norse to put $7.65 million into an escrow account to cover potential losses in a dispute (see this Norse press release). Apparently the escrow judgment pushed Norse over the financial cliff. They’ve now filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection:

    Read More “Norse Energy Hurt by NY Fracking Delay Files for Bankruptcy”

  • Chesapeake Energy | Columbiana County | Energy Companies | Ohio | Utica Shale

    Utica Shale Drilling in Columbiana County, OH Slows

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    Is Columbiana County, Ohio’s Utica Shale drilling cooling down? That’s what a recent article seems to indicate. There were only two new permits sought in the past month, both from Chesapeake Energy.

    Here’s the lowdown on Columbiana’s drilling activity since 2010:

    Read More “Utica Shale Drilling in Columbiana County, OH Slows”

  • Brooke County | Hancock County | Industrywide Issues | NGLs | West Virginia

    Drillers Ship NGLs from Weirton, WV to Houston via Barge

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    Good old American ingenuity…Drillers are not waiting for processing plants to be completed or pipelines to come online in order to sell their natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the Marcellus and Utica Shale region. A few weeks ago, one million gallons of NGLs were loaded on a tanker barge originating at the port in Weirton, WV. The barge floated first down the Ohio River, and then the Mississippi River on its way to Houston, TX for processing.

    Read More “Drillers Ship NGLs from Weirton, WV to Houston via Barge”

  • Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Pipelines | Processing Plants | Statewide OH | Utica Shale

    $10 Billion+ in Utica Shale Infrastructure Coming to Ohio

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    The Akron Beacon Journal ran an excellent round-up article on Sunday looking at the mammoth infrastructure investments (pipelines, processing facilities, etc.) being made in Ohio’s Utica and Marcellus Shale region—like in excess of $10 billion of investments already under way or planned for the near future.

    Here’s a quick overview:

    Read More “$10 Billion+ in Utica Shale Infrastructure Coming to Ohio”

  • Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Regulation | Statewide NY

    NY Landowner Group Ramps up Calls/Letter Campaign to Cuomo

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    The Joint Landowners Coalition of New York (JLCNY) launched a new round of phone calls and a letter-writing campaign to encourage Gov. Andrew Cuomo to not delay any further the release of new fracking rules for New York. The JLCNY wants its members and supporters to call and print and mail a draft letter (embedded below).

    MDN received the following notice on Saturday:

    Read More “NY Landowner Group Ramps up Calls/Letter Campaign to Cuomo”

  • Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Regulation | Statewide OH | Taxation

    Ohio Legislature Sees Flurry of Shale Drilling Bills

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    As the Ohio General Assembly comes to a close later this month (the end of their two-year term), Democrats have introduced a number of bills aimed at restricting the Utica and Marcellus Shale drilling industry in the state. Fortunately the Assembly is controlled by Republicans, so these bills will go nowhere. Still, it’s instructive to see what’s on Democrats’ hearts and minds, and possibly what the future holds if the political winds in Ohio change.

    Here’s the list of bills recently introduced, and a summary of what they would do:

    Read More “Ohio Legislature Sees Flurry of Shale Drilling Bills”

  • Industrywide Issues | Ohio County | Research | Wastewater | West Virginia

    WVU & Jesuit Univ Testing Ohio & Allegheny Rivers for Bromides

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    Wheeling Jesuit University and West Virginia University are teaming up to study water samples from the Ohio and Allegheny rivers for the presence of bromides to see if bromides are coming from shale drilling wastewater discharges into the rivers. Bromides themselves are not toxic, but in sufficient quantities bromides can lead to the formation of cancer-causing trihalomethanes.

    The study is a precaution to ensure bromides, which are found naturally, are not coming from drilling activity (i.e. drilling wastewater discharges).

    Read More “WVU & Jesuit Univ Testing Ohio & Allegheny Rivers for Bromides”

  • Air Quality | Industrywide Issues | Ohio County | Research | West Virginia

    WVU & Wheeling Health Dept Conduct Marcellus Air Quality Study

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    The Wheeling-Ohio County Health Department and West Virginia University are together collecting data in the greater Wheeling, West Virginia area to see if drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale has a detectable impact on local air quality.

    Read More “WVU & Wheeling Health Dept Conduct Marcellus Air Quality Study”

  • About MDN | Calendar

    Calendar of Events for Dec 10-23, 2012 [Free]

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    Below are upcoming events for this week and next.

    Read More “Calendar of Events for Dec 10-23, 2012 [Free]”

  • Best of the Rest

    Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Dec 10, 2012

    December 10, 2012December 10, 2012

    The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading:

    Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Dec 10, 2012”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Research

    University of Texas Goes Amish, Shuns its Own Fracking Study

    December 7, 2012December 7, 2012

    Breaking AmishThe University of Texas (UT) is the latest institution of “higher learning” to succumb to political correctness—they have withdrawn (censored) a previously published study that concludes hydraulic fracturing does not pollute groundwater. Science has gone out the door at UT like it did at the University at Buffalo, over the same issue. Professors and researchers issue a report, based on scientific evidence, that anti-drillers perceive as favorable to fracking—and the rabid anti-drillers form up like a pack of wolves and hunt down and academically kill anyone connected to the research and resulting report. “You say fracking doesn’t contaminate water, that there’s no scientific proof that it does (going against our orthodoxy)? You’re dead meat—we’re coming for you.”

    Thing is, the chief accuser, the alpha wolf who’s doing the hunting, is the Public Accountability Initiative (PAI). Who are they? An anti-fossil fuel organization funded in the background by ultra-leftist and financial markets manipulator George Soros (see this MDN story for background). Bloomberg and other mainstream media won’t touch that part of the story—the part that those doing the accusing are full of conflicts of interest themselves. That doesn’t fit the template narrative of their reporting.

    Read More “University of Texas Goes Amish, Shuns its Own Fracking Study”

  • Economic Impact | Exporting | Industrywide Issues | Research

    DOE Study: LNG Exports Under All Scenarios are a Good Thing

    December 7, 2012December 7, 2012

    The Dept. of Energy – Office of Fossil Fuels commissioned a research report earlier this year by the venerable NERA Economic Consulting. The study, released to the public yesterday and titled, “Macroeconomic Impacts of LNG Exports from the United States” (full copy embedded below), takes a look at liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the U.S. NERA considers multiple scenarios of low price/high price, low volumes/high volumes, etc., and concludes that there is no downside to exporting natural gas, and in fact, the more we export, the better.

    Why is this NERA report important? Because the DOE will  use it as part of their decision-making process about whether or not to approve requests to build LNG export facilities. There are currently 15 such requests before the DOE. If all 15 facilities were approved, it would provide for 8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to be exported per year.

    Read More “DOE Study: LNG Exports Under All Scenarios are a Good Thing”

  • Education | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Statewide PA

    Philly Profs Discriminate Against $15K MSC Shale Scholarship

    December 7, 2012December 7, 2012

    Two professors at the Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) continue to stir the pot of discontent at the school and have now involved their teacher’s union in an attempt to deny a few lucky students $15,000 in financial scholarships. Say what? Precisely correct. A professor that got his feelings hurt because he wasn’t in the announcement loop, and another professor who’s anti-fossil fuels, joined forces at CCP to oppose a new Energy Training Center at the college because the Marcellus Shale Coalition pledged $15,000 to help with scholarships (see this MDN story for background).

    Now the two malcontent profs have enlisted their fellow profs to sign on against it:

    Read More “Philly Profs Discriminate Against $15K MSC Shale Scholarship”

  • Athens County | Ohio | Utica Shale

    Samples Provide First Clue to Utica Underneath Athens, OH

    December 7, 2012December 7, 2012

    Although we don’t have a great deal of information about the Utica Shale in Athens County, Ohio, a recently drilled vertical well targeting the Medina sandstone formation reached all the way down to the Utica.

    Samples from that well give us some inkling of what may lie below Athens in the Utica layer, and whether or not the Utica would be productive in that area (hint: it’s good news):

    Read More “Samples Provide First Clue to Utica Underneath Athens, OH”

  • Columbia County | Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Jobs | Pennsylvania | Supply Chain

    PA Pump Manufacturer Invests $2.4M, Adds 50 New Jobs

    December 7, 2012December 7, 2012

    Yet another Pennsylvania manufacturer is expanding thanks to work coming in from the Marcellus Shale.

    K-Fab Inc., located in Berwick (Columbia County), PA is investing $2.4 million and adding 50 jobs to support a new product line for the Marcellus Shale drilling industry: pumps.

    Read More “PA Pump Manufacturer Invests $2.4M, Adds 50 New Jobs”

  • Broome County | Health Impacts | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | New York | Research | Statewide NY

    Lupardo to Martens: What Happened to the NY Fracking Panel?

    December 7, 2012December 7, 2012

    Binghamton, NY-area Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, a Democrat who so far has been somewhat non-committal on the fracking debate, but who seems to now tilt firmly in the anti-drilling camp, sent a letter to Dept. of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens two days ago. Her letter essentially asks, “What happened to the fracking panel you appointed?” Lupardo is one of the members of the High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel, a group appointed by Martens in July 2011. The panel has not held any meetings since December of last year (see this MDN story).

    Lupardo wants the panel to meet again so she can go on the record with her “concerns” about fracking and the health review under way now (see her letter to Martens below).

    Read More “Lupardo to Martens: What Happened to the NY Fracking Panel?”

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