TransCanada Changing Name to TC Energy
TransCanada is undergoing a name change, from TransCanada to TC Energy, in order to more accurately reflect the fact they operate in more than just Canada.
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Big Green has Cost America $110B by Blocking Energy Projects
A new report (full copy below) by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Global Energy Institute (GEI) found that the anti-energy “Keep it in the Ground” (KIITG) movement has prevented at least $91.9 billion in domestic economic activity and eliminated nearly 730,000 job opportunities. In addition, federal, state, and local governments have missed out on more than $20 billion in tax revenue.
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Trump Officially Nominates Andrew Wheeler to Head EPA
Andrew Wheeler – Trump’s choice to head EPA Yesterday President Trump formally nominated Andrew Wheeler to become Administrator of the federal Environmental Protection Agency, a job he’s been doing without the title for the past few months. We freely admit we are conflicted about Wheeler.
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Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 10, 2019
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gov. Wolf says for PA to have a strong natural gas industry, we need pipelines; Now is the time to build the Appalachian Storage Hub; PA natural gas industry paying its fair share; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Natural gas permit draws hundreds to hearing in southern Oregon; Elgin’s garbage trucks soon all will be running on natural gas; NATIONAL: Williams appoints Scott Hallam as Senior VP of Atlantic-Gulf operating area; Utilities speed up closure of coal-fired power plants; Steady natural gas rig count might be trouble for prices; Minorities poised to take advantage of oil and gas boom; U.S. natural gas prices sink on mild weather and hedge fund sales; The natural gas price crash isn’t over; Part 2 – More U.S. LPG export capacity on the way?; INTERNATIONAL: The Middle East, Africa, and Asia now drive nearly all global energy consumption growth; B.C. Premier John Horgan expecting ‘peaceful resolution’ to natural gas pipeline protest.
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Antero Resources 2019: Spending & Drilling Less, Producing More
Antero’s acreage location (click for larger version) Antero Resources, a “pure play” driller focused on wet gas drilling in the Marcellus/Utica region, released its 2019 capital budget and production “guidance” (estimates) yesterday. We found some interesting things in the press release and accompanying slide presentation.
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Air Quality | Dominion Energy | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | Pipelines | Regulation | Statewide VA | Virginia
Va. State Agency Approves Atlantic Coast Pipe Compressor Stn
Artists rendering of ACP Buckingham County compress station (click for larger version) Finally a little good news for Dominion Energy’s 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline project: The Virginia State Air Quality Board voted yesterday 4-0 to approve a compressor station for the pipeline in Buckingham County.
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St. Louis Marcellus/Utica Pipeline Begins Construction
Spire STL Pipeline route (click for larger version) In February 2016, MDN told you about an exciting new market for Marcellus and Utica Shale gas that may open up one day in the Midwest (see New Midwest Pipeline to Tap REX’s Marcellus/Utica Gas). That day is coming–this year.
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New Quebec Pipeline to Help Western Canada Export LNG
Gazoduq pipeline approximate path (click for larger version) This is so cockamamie: Build a pipeline across the Canadian province of Quebec, a province that has outlawed fracking and shale drilling, in order to flow natural gas that IS fracked from shale thousands of miles away, so it can be exported from an LNG facility on Canada’s East Coast.
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Time for Exxon to “Resist” & Refuse to Comply with Mass. AG?
When the radical left repeatedly loses court cases, they put on their arrogant “civil” disobedience clothes and pronounce they are engaging in the age-old American practice of resisting an unethical practice or situation. Is it time for Exxon Mobil to do the same?
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Government Research Uses Sound Waves to Help Frack Wells
ORNL researcher Joanna McFarlane, prepares to test a sample with the IMAGING beamline at the High Flux Isotope Reactor. (Image credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin) The process of fracking (hydraulic fracturing) of shale uses water, a LOT of water, forced into small cracks in order to force those cracks open and allow the gas and oil to escape. What if you could use far less water (and chemicals) by first bombarding the rock with sound waves?
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Must-Watch Video: Puncturing the Myth of 100% Renewables
What do fossil fuels, capitalism, industrialization and free speech have in common? They’re all under attack by the radical left, and we’re in danger of losing the fight to preserve them–and our way of life.
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Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 9, 2019
Shale, pipelines bringing jobs to West Virginia; Peoples announces commitment to reduce methane emissions by 50% in Pittsburgh; Scott Rotruck joins Orion Strategies’ Pittsburgh office; AOC and green Hulk reveal the fractivist playbook; U.S. drilling permits finish strong in 2018, but start slow in 2019; Go public on a blank check? It can work if you’re an energy star; Record-breaking year for LNG World News with almost 1 million visitors; Saudi Arabia potentially eyeing U.S. LNG investment.
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EQT Lays Off ~15% of Workforce – Fires Back at Rice Brothers
On Monday EQT Corporation, the largest natural gas producing company in the U.S., laid off “more than 100” (possibly as many as 132) employees, and issued a letter to shareholders trying to gin up support for the company’s “new” course of action.
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Accidents | Energy Companies | Energy Services | Industrywide Issues | MarkWest Energy | Pennsylvania | Range Resources Corp | Washington County
Range SWPA Production Takes Hit After MarkWest Plant Explosion
Range Resources issued an updated 2018 (not 2019) capital spending and operational update yesterday to say (a) they spent about $20 million less last year than originally forecast and (b) the company took a hit on production because of an outage at the MarkWest Houston/Harmon Creek processing facilities.
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List of 18 PA Drillers Who Owe $6M+ in Impact Fees from Strippers
Although Snyder Brothers Inc. valiantly fought a legal battle against the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) over paying impact fees (taxes) on low-producing “stripper wells,” they lost. But it wasn’t just Snyder Bros. withholding impact fees on stripper wells.
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PA Gov. Wolf Issuing Exec Order to Lower Greenhouse Gas
In typical lib Dem thinking, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf thinks he can wave his magic Executive Order wand and lower so-called greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide and fugitive methane) to help save Mom Earth.
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