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  • Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | NG Vehicles

    GE & Chesapeake Launch "CNG In A Box" for Filling Stations

    October 9, 2012October 9, 2012

    The name may not be overly clever, but the concept sure is. GE and Chesapeake Energy have partnered to release new technology for convenience stores called CNG In a Box™. The new technology uses regular natural gas that is found in most urban areas via a local pipeline, and it compresses that case into Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), making it available at a pump similar to a regular gasoline pump.

    From the GE/Chesapeake press release:

    Read More “GE & Chesapeake Launch "CNG In A Box" for Filling Stations”

  • Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Ohio | Statewide OH

    Shale is "Revolutionary" for Ohio’s Petrochemical Industry

    October 9, 2012October 9, 2012

    Ohio finds itself at the very front end of the shale energy revolution and all of the benefits that will mean for the state. Most stories on how the shale boom will affect the state economically concentrate on the exploration and production (E&P) aspects and talk about jobs and tax revenue—very important aspects.

    Not mentioned so often is another beneficiary of the shale revolution: the petrochemical industry. Shale drilling, according to one trade group, will have a “revolutionary” (not just evolutionary) impact on chemical and plastics companies throughout Ohio. How?

    Read More “Shale is "Revolutionary" for Ohio’s Petrochemical Industry”

  • Coterra Energy (Cabot O&G) | Energy Companies | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Williams

    Federal Agency Opposes Marcellus Constitution Pipeline

    October 9, 2012October 9, 2012

    MDN has previously reported on the proposed new Constitution Pipeline being planned by Williams and Cabot Oil & Gas (see this MDN story). The Constitution would run from Susquehanna County, PA into Central New York—Schoharie County—where it would link to both the Tennessee and Iroquois interstate natural gas pipelines.

    A potentially powerful detractor of the proposed new pipeline has come forward: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). A field supervisor for FWS sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)—the federal agency charged with permitting pipelines—asking FERC to consider other possibilities before approving the Constitution Pipeline.

    Read More “Federal Agency Opposes Marcellus Constitution Pipeline”

  • Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues

    New Technologies Being Patented for Fracking

    October 9, 2012October 9, 2012

    An interesting tidbit from the Foley & Lardner LLP law firm who’s been keeping an eye on new technologies being patented related to hydraulic fracturing:

    Read More “New Technologies Being Patented for Fracking”

  • Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Statewide PA | Taxation

    Manufacturer Assoc Says Key to PA Drilling Success: Low Taxes

    October 9, 2012October 9, 2012

    A letter to the editor published in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal from the head of the Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association in response to an editorial on fracking in New York succinctly summarizes why Pennsylvania has been so successful in attracting and keeping drilling in their state. It also points out the differences between former Gov. Rendell and current Gov. Corbett in PA on the issue of shale gas drilling:

    Read More “Manufacturer Assoc Says Key to PA Drilling Success: Low Taxes”

  • Best of the Rest

    Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Oct 9, 2012

    October 9, 2012October 9, 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: Tue, Oct 9, 2012”

  • Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Research | Statewide PA

    Heinz Funds Cornell Research – Will We See Outcry like UB?

    October 8, 2012October 8, 2012

    public outcryIt’s interesting to MDN how a politically correct witch hunt has gone forth at University at Buffalo (UB) after the “revelation” that the authors of a new study at the university’s new shale institute had (gasp) done work for natural gas drilling companies in years gone by. Somehow the fact they have made a living outside of academe and (gasp) “in the industry” taints their ability to reason and research beyond acceptable (to the  left) limits (see this MDN story).

    Yet when anti-drilling organizations (like the Heniz Endowments) fund research at major universities (like Cornell and Carnegie Mellon) for millions of dollars in an effort to gin up so-called science to discredit natural gas drilling, not a peep from the same self-righteous crusaders. Why is that?

    Read More “Heinz Funds Cornell Research – Will We See Outcry like UB?”

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

    Washington Post to Cuomo: Go Ahead and Frack

    October 8, 2012October 8, 2012

    More evidence that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is receiving media “cover” to give him room to make a decision to move forward with fracking in New York. This time it comes from none other than the editorial board of the Washington Post.

    Read More “Washington Post to Cuomo: Go Ahead and Frack”

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

    AP Signals Andy: It’s OK to Frack, We Understand

    October 8, 2012October 8, 2012

    Is the AP attempting to give NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo media cover so he can make a pro-fracking decision? Perhaps. Cuomo and the left know that if Cuomo does not approve fracking—quickly—his political future nationally is toast. There is no way he gets elected president—ever—if he doesn’t approve fracking. His supporters know it. They don’t like it, but they know it.

    It’s interesting to MDN that we’re now starting to see stories like the following that tacitly give Cuomo their blessing if he ends up “making the tough choice to move forward” with fracking:

    Read More “AP Signals Andy: It’s OK to Frack, We Understand”

  • Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues

    NC Startup Aims to Trace Fracking Fluid in Water Supplies

    October 8, 2012October 8, 2012

    A startup  company in North Carolina is hoping to lay to rest (or validate) concerns that fracking fluid somehow gets from a mile underground into drinking water supplies near the surface. BaseTrace, started by a group of former Duke University students, is experimenting with a tracer chemical that can uniquely “fingerprint” fracking fluid used in each individual well and, theoretically, determine which well may be leaking—if indeed leaking ever happens.

    Although similar ways of tracking drilling fluids have been done in the past, BaseTrace is different with its ability to individually encode the tracer chemical for each individual well. Here’s more background:

    Read More “NC Startup Aims to Trace Fracking Fluid in Water Supplies”

  • Air Quality | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Regulation

    EPA Steps Up Enforcement Actions Against NatGas Drillers

    October 8, 2012October 8, 2012

    MDN reported today on the settlement of an environmental damage case in Weztel County, WV by Chesapeake Energy (see this MDN story). The story mentions that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) got involved through the back door of the Clean Water Act. MDN has long maintained that the EPA is attempting to control more and more of natural gas drilling in the country (we believe they’re a rogue agency on this issue).

    The U.S. Constitution makes it clear that regulating oil and gas drilling is not a federal function but a state function. Using the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and other federal legislation, the camel’s nose of the EPA is not just under the flap of the tent, most of the camel is now inside the tent. Why do we say that?

    Read More “EPA Steps Up Enforcement Actions Against NatGas Drillers”

  • Accidents | Chesapeake Energy | Energy Companies | Industrywide Issues | West Virginia | Wetzel County

    Chesapeake Pleads Guilty to Enviro Damage in Wetzel County, WV

    October 8, 2012October 8, 2012

    Two years ago Chesapeake Energy damaged some streams in Wetzel County, West Virginia. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) got involved because it involved violations of the Clean Water Act. Last week Chesapeake agreed to settle the case. Here’s the outcome:

    Read More “Chesapeake Pleads Guilty to Enviro Damage in Wetzel County, WV”

  • About MDN | Calendar

    Calendar of Events for Oct 8-21, 2012 [Free]

    October 8, 2012October 8, 2012

    Below are upcoming events for this week and next.

    Read More “Calendar of Events for Oct 8-21, 2012 [Free]”

  • Best of the Rest

    Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Oct 8, 2012

    October 8, 2012October 8, 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, Oct 8, 2012”

  • Economic Impact | Industrywide Issues | Maryland | New York | Ohio | Pennsylvania | Research | Statewide MD | Statewide NY | Statewide OH | Statewide PA | Statewide VA | Statewide WV | Utica Shale | Virginia | West Virginia

    USGS Releases Official Estimate of Oil & Gas in Utica Shale

    October 5, 2012October 5, 2012

    USGS logoThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has just released their first official assessment (i.e. estimate) of how much recoverable natural gas, oil and gas liquids is located in the Utica Shale throughout Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland and Virginia (a full copy of the USGS assessment is embedded below).

    The USGS estimates the Utica is #3 in size behind the Marcellus (#1) and Green River Basin (#2) for volume of recoverable natural gas in the U.S. Here are the numbers from the USGS, along with and a brief introduction to their first-ever assessment of the Utica:

    Read More “USGS Releases Official Estimate of Oil & Gas in Utica Shale”

  • Anadarko | Devon Energy | Energy Companies | Ohio | Statewide OH | Utica Shale

    Ohio’s Less Than Stellar Results from Oil Drilling

    October 5, 2012October 5, 2012

    The story line for development of the Marcellus and Utica Shale going back to the beginning of this year was, “Drillers are leaving the dry gas areas and going after wet gas,” meaning natural gas liquids. Why? Because the price for liquids is more favorable. That meant drilling activity was lessening in places like northeast Pennsylvania and (supposedly) moving to southwest PA, northern WV and eastern OH. To some degree that has happened.

    However, the price for natural gas liquids has fallen due an abundance created by Marcellus and Utica Shale drilling. So the more recent story has been a move toward drilling for crude oil, especially in Ohio. But drilling for crude in Ohio isn’t working out so well—at least for some drillers.

    Read More “Ohio’s Less Than Stellar Results from Oil Drilling”

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