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  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | ESG | Industrywide Issues

    Climate Cultists Demand “Real Zero” CO2 Emissions – Econ Collapse

    July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

    The crazies are getting crazier–if such a thing is possible. The Kool-Aid drinkers–those who are so brainwashed into the climate cult they refuse to think for themselves–are now demanding “real zero” carbon emissions. They say companies like Amazon and Google and Apple and other Big Green leftist idols who have pledged to be “net zero” carbon emissions by such and such a date are hiding. Those companies are actually still belching out CO2 by the megaton but claim they’re “green” by using nonsensical net zero pledges. Companies that pretend to be net zero use carbon offsets “over there” in order to keep belching out carbon “over here.” Now the crackpots are demanding total, worldwide “real zero” carbon emissions–the end of society as we know it.
    Read More “Climate Cultists Demand “Real Zero” CO2 Emissions – Econ Collapse”

  • Best of the Rest

    Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 19, 2022

    July 19, 2022July 19, 2022

    MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Ithaca will help property owners swap natgas appliances for electric; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: The price of frac sand has spiked 150% in Permian; INTERNATIONAL: O&G reservoirs are cheapest options for underground hydrogen storage; EU GDP could drop 1.5 pct if Russian gas supply halts; Europe eyes 42pc rise in LNG import capacity by 2026.
    Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 19, 2022”

  • Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Greene County (PA) | Pennsylvania

    Possible Frac-Out Reported at EQT Well Site in Greene County, PA

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022
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    A frac-out, or “inadvertent return” happens when drilling mud pops out of places where it’s not supposed to–places outside the borehole being drilled. A landowner who lives near a well being drilled and fracked by EQT in Greene County complained her water well was fouled by EQT’s drilling, and that a nearby abandoned well is releasing fluids and natural gas. According to the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP), EQT confirmed some of its fluids are “communicating” with the abandoned well–a frac-out.
    Read More “Possible Frac-Out Reported at EQT Well Site in Greene County, PA”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Industrywide Issues | Statewide WV | West Virginia

    Sen. Joe Manchin Pushes the Pause Button on BBB, Left Goes Berserk

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

    Joe Manchin was “this close” to selling out the country by voting for the Democrat Build Back Better (BBB) nonsense that does nothing to actually save the planet but does hand out large gobs of money to favored political cronies (and stokes inflation even more). Manchin STILL may sell out his country and vote for such madness, but he hit the pause button to say he wants to see July’s inflation numbers (reported in August) first before he commits to jumping off the political cliff with the rest of the Democrats. Manchin’s simple act of hitting the pause button caused the left to become unhinged, savaging Manchin in mainstream media. Unfortunately, BBB is not dead. Far from it.
    Read More “Sen. Joe Manchin Pushes the Pause Button on BBB, Left Goes Berserk”

  • Energy Companies | EQT Corp | Industrywide Issues | Lease & Royalty Payments | Litigation | Statewide WV | West Virginia | Wetzel County

    WV Judge in Landowner Royalty Lawsuit Points Gun at EQT Lawyer

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

    This is one of those more bizarre court cases we’ve heard about. In April 2021, MDN reported that a group of West Virginia landowners/rights owners filed a claim against EQT, alleging the company had allowed leases to lapse, then at a later date, reentered their property and drilled new wells without permission (see Federal Judge Allows EQT Trespass Lawsuit in WV to Advance). The case, Huey v. EQT, has been in and out of federal court. A West Virginia Second Judicial Circuit Judge, hearing a related part of the case, is accused of pulling out a gun and leaving it on his bench pointing at the attorney representing EQT, who was, understandably, quite nervous.
    Read More “WV Judge in Landowner Royalty Lawsuit Points Gun at EQT Lawyer”

  • CNX Resources | Energy Companies

    CNX Invests in, Provides NatGas to Biodegradable Plastics Company

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022
    AirCarbon Pellets

    CNX Resources has invested in a California company that makes a biodegradable plastic substitute out of methane. The amount of the investment was not disclosed. CNX also announced a 15-year agreement to supply captured waste methane from third party industrial activities in the Appalachian region to provide the raw methane that will be used as the feedstock for biodegradable plastics. NewLight Technologies Inc. uses ocean microbes that feed on methane and produce a material it calls AirCarbon, which mimics the properties of plastic.
    Read More “CNX Invests in, Provides NatGas to Biodegradable Plastics Company”

  • Clearfield County | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation

    Clearfield County, PA NatGas Bitcoin Miner Pauses Operations

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

    Bitcoin mining is becoming an important customer for Marcellus/Utica natural gas. Gigantic computer server farms run complex mathematical computations and the result of those computations is a blockchain. When a blockchain is formed, the server farm doing the computations gets compensated with bitcoins, a form of digital money. Bitcoin (the generic term is cryptocurrency) mining uses huge amounts of electricity to run all of those computers. That’s where natural gas comes in. Natgas is used to generate the electricity used to power the computers. A bitcoin “miner” in Clearfield County, PA, recently paused operations at the facility. Why?
    Read More “Clearfield County, PA NatGas Bitcoin Miner Pauses Operations”

  • Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Electrical Generation | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation | Statewide PA | Taxation

    PA Hit with Elec Power Price Uncertainty as Wolf Appeals RGGI Case

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

    Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s foolish plan to force PA’s coal- and natural gas-fired power plants to begin paying an obscenely high tax on carbon dioxide emissions as part of the so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) got blocked on July 1 by PA Commonwealth Court (see PA Commonwealth Court Blocks RGGI Carbon Tax Pending Fall Trial). However, Wolf appealed the court decision to the PA Supreme Court. Appealing the case unblocks the new tax and puts it into play again. Power generations are confused as to whether or not they need to include the tax in the costs they pass on to customers (you and me). And what happens if another court reblocks the tax until the full case is heard later this year? Wolf is creating chaos and price uncertainty for electricity in PA.
    Read More “PA Hit with Elec Power Price Uncertainty as Wolf Appeals RGGI Case”

  • Accidents | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Kinder Morgan | McKean County | Pennsylvania | Pipelines | Tennessee Gas Pipeline

    No Cause Yet Determined for TGP Line 1 Explosion in McKean County

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

    A portion of Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) running through Clermont, PA (in McKean County) exploded and caused a fire in a remote part of the town (wooded area) last Tuesday evening (see Tennesse Gas Pipe Explodes in McKean County – 125 MMcf/d Offline). TGP declared a “force majeure” shutting down the pipeline (actually two pipelines) in the area, knocking some 330 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of gas offline. A day later, TGP posted a new notice to say Line 2 was OK and returning to full service. Roughly 125 MMcf/d would remain offline from Line 1 (the pipeline that exploded) in that area until further notice. We have a small update.
    Read More “No Cause Yet Determined for TGP Line 1 Explosion in McKean County”

  • Best of the Rest

    Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 18, 2022

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022

    NATIONAL: Studies show EVs Dems insist you buy are worse for environment and lower quality; The many reasons ESG is a loser; Soaring U.S. production can’t keep LNG prices in check; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC will struggle to balance supply and demand in 2023; Europe becomes top market for USA crude; Saudi crown prince says unrealistic energy policies lead to higher inflation.
    Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 18, 2022”

  • Commodity Price | Industrywide Issues

    NatGas Hottest Commodity in World – US Price Up 100%, Europe 700%

    July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

    According to Bloomberg, natural gas is “the hottest commodity in the world” right now. Since the start of last year, the price natural gas fetches in Europe has risen a staggering 700 percent! In a separate article from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the EIA points out the Henry Hub NYMEX price of natgas has doubled over the past 12 months. Natural gas, says Bloomberg, now rivals oil as the fuel that shapes geopolitics. And there isn’t enough of it to go around. This is a golden opportunity for the U.S. to produce and export more of it.
    Read More “NatGas Hottest Commodity in World – US Price Up 100%, Europe 700%”

  • Allegheny County | Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel | Hydraulic Fracturing | Industrywide Issues | Pennsylvania | Regulation

    Allegheny Co. Exec Vetoes Frack Ban Under Parks, Supports Alt Bill

    July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

    As he promised to do, Allegheny County, PA County Executive Rich Fitzgerald vetoed a horrible bill passed by County Council that would prohibit drilling and fracking *under* county-owned parks (see Allegheny County Council Passes Frack Ban, Co. Exec Fitzgerald to Veto). In his veto message, Fitzgerald pointed out the single case of drilling that has happened under a county park–under Deer Lakes–resulted in no pollution or contamination and the inflow of some $7 million into county coffers from signing bonuses and royalties. Fitzgerald doesn’t want to hamstring future executives with a bad law that would prevent drilling under other parks, someday.
    Read More “Allegheny Co. Exec Vetoes Frack Ban Under Parks, Supports Alt Bill”

  • ESG | Industrywide Issues

    Conservatives Launch Funds to Counter Activist Climate Investing

    July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

    Sometimes it’s hard not to despair when you see big investment firms aggressively trying to defund oil and gas companies (see Investors Representing Half the World’s Wealth Go Mad re Net-Zero). But the forces of good are beginning to fight back. Both Texas and West Virginia have put BlackRock, Inc. and others on notice their respective states intend to cut off doing business with them (see ESG Investing Loses Momentum as States Target Investors like BlackRock). And now, two new investment firms have formed. One of the firms was formed with the backing of two billionaires and attempts to pressure investors and companies into stop using ESG criteria and to “depoliticize” investing. The other firm is a newly formed ETF that folks can invest in that is anti-ESG. Bring it on!
    Read More “Conservatives Launch Funds to Counter Activist Climate Investing”

  • Carbon Capture | Industrywide Issues | Pipelines

    DOE Spends $2.6B from Infra Bill on Carbon Capture Projects, Pipes

    July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

    Last November, Congressional Democrats (and a few RINO Republicans) passed the $1.2 trillion boondoggle referred to as the Biden infrastructure bill (see Biden So-Called $1.2T Infrastructure Bill Passes Thanks to RINOs). It was a “Hail, Mary” move aimed at trying to retain some of their power, which they will certainly lose in the 2022 election. Of the $1.2 trillion allocated over the next five-plus years, only $110 billion (or 9%) of it will actually be used for infrastructure–roads, bridges, pipelines, etc. The Biden Dept. of Energy announced yesterday it will allocate $2.6 billion of it (a paltry two-tenths of one percent) for carbon capture pilot projects and carbon dioxide pipelines. It’s a drop in the bucket.
    Read More “DOE Spends $2.6B from Infra Bill on Carbon Capture Projects, Pipes”

  • Crude Oil | Industrywide Issues

    API Grows a Spine: Attacks Biden Trip Begging for OPEC Oil

    July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

    You know we’re not big fans of the American Petroleum Institute (API), an organization run by Big Oil companies (like Exxon and Chevron) that actively works against the best interests of smaller independent shale energy producers. API supports an oil and gas-killing carbon tax, as just one example of its fossil fuel heresy. Yet the API has suddenly grown a spine and is attacking President Biden’s pathetic begging trip to Saudi Arabia to ask OPEC to increase oil production. API even released a new video inviting Biden to visit American energy sites following his failed Middle East visit to learn how American energy companies can solve the problem of high gasoline prices.
    Read More “API Grows a Spine: Attacks Biden Trip Begging for OPEC Oil”

  • Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Regulation

    FERC’s Proposed Policy Changes Mean Uncertainty, Fewer Gas Projects

    July 15, 2022July 15, 2022

    Under orders from the White House, earlier this year Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Richard “Dick” Glick tried to permanently enshrine global warming considerations as a requirement to approve all new pipeline projects (see FERC Democrats Ram Thru Global Warming Policy for Pipe Decisions). Under extraordinary pressure from just about everyone (both Republicans and Democrats), a month later he backed off (see FERC’s Glick Does “Abrupt About-Face” on New Global Warming Regs). But FERC still plans to adopt these onerous changes. According to attornies with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, the proposed changes “are significant, having the potential to stifle the development of greenfield projects and major expansions if they are allowed to go forward.”
    Read More “FERC’s Proposed Policy Changes Mean Uncertainty, Fewer Gas Projects”

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