Tuesday, December 24, 2024

'World-Class Standards" Of Shale Gas Production In PA

Top-- Gas flare in Nigeria; Shell Petrochemical Plant gas flare;  Bottom-- Shale Gas Well Pad Gas Flare 500 feet from someone’s bedroom; Shale gas well pad gas flare near PA school. 

Prepare For Winter Weather:

-- PUC Urges Pennsylvanians To Prepare Now For Winter Storms  [PaEN]  

-- Reuters: US Winter Storms Could Cause Power Outages, Cut Natural Gas Supplies 

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboard - December 28:

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 28 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 28 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboard - January 4:

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 4 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments  [PaEN] 

-- DEP To Hold Jan. 30 Hearing [Not Jan. 28] On Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Monroe Energy LLC Trainer Refinery In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Feb. 11 Hearing On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Marketing’s Marcus Hook Terminal, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 103 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Related Articles Last 2 Weeks:

-- DEP: Oil & Gas Wells Plugged In Last 6 Years: 2,941 Conventional Wells, 325 Paid By Taxpayers; 460 Shale Gas Wells Were Plugged By Well Owners   [PaEN]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility- PA: Jan. 22 Webinar On How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 18 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In November; 292 General Permits So Far In 2024  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies Supersedeas, Allows Operation Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County During Appeal  [PaEN]

-- Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday Announces Transition Committee Members, Including An Energy & Environment Committee  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: PA Needs To Set Construction, Operating Standards For Hundreds Of Miles Of Unregulated Fracking Wastewater Pipelines 

-- WSJ: America’s Big Natural Gas Footprint Is About To Get Even Bigger: ‘Build Baby Build’  [PDF of Article]

-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Reveals Latest Shale Gas Drilling Plans In Southwest PA 

-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Executes New Shale Gas Drilling Plan In Union Twp., Washington County 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 2024 In Review: EQT, Consol Highlight Energy Industry Upswing

-- PublicSource.org: Scrutiny Of EQT Fracking Likely To Shift In 2025 With Gas-Friendly Washington  

-- PublicSource.org: Protect PT Challenges Fracking Permits In Westmoreland County 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shale Gas Industry Consent Agreements Set Groundwork For Future Methane Regulations

-- “World-Class Standards” Of Shale Gas Production In PA 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: What PA Has Been Doing On Energy Generation Is Simply Not Working, Renewable Energy Reliable, Economical - By Sharon Pillar, PA Solar Center 

-- Utility Dive: Pennsylvania Asks FERC To Lower PJM Capacity Price Cap To Prevent ‘Runaway’ Costs

-- Inside Climate News: Elevated Levels Of Radium Found In Western PA Freshwater Mussels Downstream Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Discharge Points

-- Protect PT/Three Rivers Waterkeepers Jan. 16 Plum Boro Community Meeting On Pennaco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells,  Plum Borough Community Center, Allegheny County 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Protect PT: Jan. 22 How To Run For Local Public Office Training Webinar, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week - 15; Aug. 23 Was 21 [1.3.25]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week - 15; Aug. 23 Was 21 [12.27.24]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.06   Ohio- $3.15   PA- $3.26 [1.3.25]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.02  Ohio- $2.99   PA- $3.21 [12.27.24]

-- WTAJ: 200,000+ PA Residents Could See 18% Increase In National Fuel Gas Natural Gas Bills In 2025 

-- WFMJ: National Fuel Gas Customers Could See 17% Increase In Gas Costs Starting Aug. 1 

-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan. 1

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp. Issues Electric Grid Reliability Warning Ahead Of Expected Winter Storm In Eastern US Starting Jan. 4  

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: Preparing For Winter - How The Natural Gas industry Ensures Safety And Reliability 

-- Financial Times: US Gas, Heating Oil, Energy Markets On Edge As ‘Polar Vortex’ Set To Deliver Deep Freeze In Northern US

-- FoxNews: Natural Gas Prices Spike As Forecasts Of Colder Than Expected Winter

-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Prices Surge 16% As Forecasters Warn Of Artic Blast In January

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Up 2.4% With One Week Left On Ukraine-Russian Pipeline Transit Deal

-- Marcellus Drilling News: NYMEX Natural Gas Price Up 14% Last Week To $3.75; Heading For $4.30? [Cold Weather, LNG Demand Push Prices Higher]  [PDF of Article]

-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Demand Hits Record High, Prices Increase On Last Day Of The Year

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Increase As Norway LNG Gas Export Outage Adds To Loss Of Russian Flow

-- Bloomberg: Russia, Ukraine End 5 Decades Of Natural Gas Transit To Europe

-- Reuters: What Happens When Russian Natural Gas Supply To Europe Via Ukraine Ends Jan. 1?

-- FXEmpire: 2025 Natural Gas Forecast: LNG Exports, Domestic Demand Push Upward Price Potential 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rise With Clock Ticking Toward Expiring Ukraine, Russia Pipeline Transit Deal Jan. 1

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Worried About Gas Stoves? An Induction Cooking Class Explores An Alternative

-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Eastern Hellbender May Get Federal Protections 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 2024 In Review: EQT, Consol Highlight Energy Industry Upswing

-- ABC6: Dozens Forced Out Of Their Homes After Natural Gas Leak In Bethlehem 

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: 5 Years After Philadelphia Refinery’s Closure, Pollution Concerns Persist

-- Financial Times: Methane Pollution At US’s Biggest Oilfield Plunges 26% After Biden Crackdown

[Posted: December 24, 2024]

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