Renovo Energy Center Roars Back to Life, Upsized to 1,240 MW
Sometimes plans change, for the better! That’s what has happened with a Marcellus-fired power plant planned for Clinton County, PA called the Renovo Energy Center. The last time we wrote about Renovo was in February 2018 (see Marcellus-Fired Electric Plant in Clinton County, PA Gets DEP Approval). Happily, the project is active once again–and it has been upsized.
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A month ago the analysts at S&P Global Market Intelligence reviewed permits issued for shale drilling in Pennsylvania and found there were 24% fewer permits issued in August 2020 than in August 2019 (see 
A newly published paper by researchers with Harvard University tried its best to make a connection between fracking and high levels of radiation–and failed. You won’t know that by reading biased media accounts of the study nor by reading comments from so-called experts reporting on the findings. But when you read the study itself (below), the inescapable conclusion is that Harvard researchers didn’t prove a darned thing, other than there’s no real threat to human (or animal) health from air emissions coming from fracked oil and gas wells.
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Union voters are at center of Trump vs. Biden battle for Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania governor tramples legislators to impose carbon taxes; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Dakota Access oil pipeline clears hurdle to doubling capacity; NATIONAL: Natural gas generators make up largest share of U.S. electricity generation capacity; 4-Quadrant Model of climate change (video).
The Enverus U.S. rig count rose by 13 to 336 over the past week, after having slid backward the week before (see 
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, located in Massachusetts, has ruled that Enbridge, builder of the Weymouth compressor station, can keep a previously-issued state permit for the station, a permit that allows it to operate. This is the final humiliation and defeat of rabid anti-fossil fuelers who dedicated themselves to blocking the plant.
We think we’ve spotted a potential new export market for northeastern Pennsylvania natural gas. New Fortress Energy (NFE) issued a joint announcement yesterday with the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC) to say NFE will build LNG infrastructure and new gas-fired power plants in The Philippines. The two signed a “memorandum of understanding” (MOU).
Diversified Gas & Oil (DGO) is a fascinating company (
LNG was the main reason for the huge drop in natural gas prices two days ago (see 
A huge “thank you” for the hundreds and hundreds of well wishes and prayers for my wife and myself following our COVID-19 diagnosis. I am completely humbled and moved by your kind words of encouragement. I’m happy to report we have both turned a corner. This disease is long and tough and at least for us, there is no quick resolution. We still have coughs, periodic fever, etc., but the symptoms are lessening. We feel better. I suspect it will be at least another week before we will see the end of our symptoms…
Can a single barge sinking (as it did Tuesday night) in the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Louisiana cause the Henry Hub natural gas price to plunge some $0.22 in a single day? It seems the answer to that question is YES.
The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill in Westmoreland County, PA (southwestern corner of the state, near Pittsburgh) was fined $24,000 earlier this year (see 
DTE Energy has been a long-time pipeline builder and operator in the Marcellus/Utica region. DTE, based in Detroit, is both a utility company and a midstream/pipeline company. According to an in-depth Forbes article (quoting Bloomberg), DTE is “exploring options” to either sell or spin-off its natural gas pipeline assets, including those in the M-U.