Antis Try to Smear MVP with Misleading “Second Water Rupture” Story
We previously reported that a section of the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) in Roanoke County, Virginia, ruptured during a water test in early May (see Section of MVP Ruptures Near Roanoke Under Water Pressure Test). Pressure testing is done using water before a new natgas pipeline is brought online. Water is pumped through the pipeline at pressures far exceeding what the pipeline is rated for. Equitrans, the builder, replaced the ruptured section of pipe and tested it again before bringing the system online. Imagine our surprise and disappointment to learn from mainstream media there was a second rupture before the pipeline came online. Except, there wasn’t. But you wouldn’t know that from the headlines of the stories circulating yesterday and today.
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Last week, MDN told you that two Big Green groups in Pennsylvania, Trout Unlimited and the Mid State Trail Association, are attempting to block a project by Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE) to install a tiny 3.7-mile gathering pipeline to connect several PGE wells to the Transco pipeline system, along with two 8-inch water pipelines of about the same length, in Lycoming County (see 
In March, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro traveled to Scranton, PA, to announce a proposal to “immediately pull Pennsylvania out of a multi-state carbon cap-and-trade program” (the so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI) and instead enroll PA in its very own RGGI-like carbon tax program (see 
Yesterday, the Massachusetts State Senate voted to have the state jump into the energy abyss. They voted in favor of blackouts and brownouts by banning the use of natural gas — coming in the next five years. It boggles the mind. Their vote (if confirmed by the House, which is a given) will destroy thousands of jobs related to the natural gas industry in the Bay State. You know, we don’t feel a bit sorry for the people living in Massachusetts for the energy Armageddon they are about to experience. Of note, there were two patriots who voted against this insanity: Republican Sens. Peter Durant of Spencer and Ryan “Paul Revere” Fattman of Sutton.
As we reported in May, former President Donald J. Trump met with oil and gas industry members in April at his Mar-a-Lago estate (see 
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Who doesn’t love a good Top 10 (or, in this case, Top 100) list? Yesterday, Hart Energy published a list of the Top 100 private oil and gas producers in the Lower 48 states. The list is based on information provided by Enverus and Oil and Gas Investor. The article’s point was to call attention to the dramatic change in the list given the consolidation (mergers and acquisitions) over the past 18 months — changes which are “reshaping the landscape,” according to Hart Energy. When perusing the list, the first thing we noticed is that four of the Top 10 in the list of Top 100 are major gas and oil producers operating in the Marcellus/Utica.
Last Friday, Morningstar DBRS published a commentary titled, “Record-High Temperatures Boost Power Demand but Ample Gas Inventories Prevent a Bigger Jump in Prices” (full copy below). Since early March, U.S. and European natural gas prices have climbed steadily in the anticipation — and eventual onset — of much warmer than normal early summer temperatures even as producers curbed supply to contend with the glut built up during the past mild winter. Although U.S. and European gas storage inventories have been drawn down from early 2024, they remain high for this time of year. Large inventories are preventing prices from moving higher, says Morningstar analysts. It’s classic economics — more supply with the same demand equals lower prices.
The radicals at the tax-exempt (extremely partisan) PennFuture organization have arrogantly proffered a report with policy recommendations for the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), lecturing DCED on how it should “reshape the Commonwealth’s strategic collaborations” with public and private partners. And what does this reshaping look like? Defund any efforts that benefit the oil and gas industry in the state (responsible for billions in revenue and hundreds of thousands of jobs) and instead invest in “clean energy” (unreliable wind and solar) and “energy efficiency” (tell PA citizens to turn the thermostat up in the summer, down in the winter, while trying to convince them they love it).
Last Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that applications are open for $850 million in federal funding “for projects that will help monitor, measure, quantify and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.” The funding, to be taken from the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), aims to force small operators to significantly reduce methane emissions from oil and natural gas operations. Essentially, it is a massive bribe to vote for Biden in November. Companies that get in on the gravy train will vote for (and donate to) the Democrat Party. That’s how it works in the disgusting swamp called D.C.
They lost, and we won for the 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) project. “They” means the radical environmental left (nutters who irrationally hate all fossil energy, including natural gas), and “us” means those who support the common sense use of fossil energy and projects like MVP. According to the left, the next battleground is to block the construction of an extension of MVP called Southgate. The left will always tell you what they are planning. You only have to listen and have the courage to believe them.