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XUtica shale development remains in the early stages but is very similar to how the Eagle Ford shale in Texas grew, the federal government reports.
"Production data indicate that natural gas production growth from the Utica is on par with the growth in natural gas production in the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas, when comparing the first 20 months of activity in both those plays," the Energy Information Administration reports.
EIA: "Despite the relatively modest levels of production from Utica, estimates of Utica's production per rig show significantly steeper growth than what occurred in other locations at the beginning of their development.
"There are several reasons for this. Although Utica producers are currently very much in an experimental and exploration phase now, producers are entering the Utica with experience gained in producing from other major shale gas plays.
To read more or comment...From Clean Water Action today:
WASHINGTON, DC – This week the Government Accountability Office released DRINKING WATER: EPA Program to Protect Underground Sources from Injection of Fluids Associated with Oil and Gas Production Needs Improvement, the results of its two year investigation into the Environmental Protect Agency's (EPA) Underground Injection Control (UIC) program. Clean Water Action welcomes this much needed investigation into oversight challenges in the UIC program and calls on EPA to implement the recommendations detailed within the report (view the report here - http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-14-555).
"As oil and gas production has soared in recent years, so has the amount of wastewater created in the process," said John Noël, Clean Water Action's National Oil and Gas Campaigns Coordinator. "If we are serious about protecting drinking water resources for generations to come, we need EPA to step up its oversight of injection wells and update the program to reflect the realities of unconventional oil and gas development."
In the five years between 2007-2011, oil production from shale jumped 5 fold to 217 million barrels, while gas from shale increased over 4 fold to 7.2 trillion cubic feet. As a result, every day over 2 billion gallons of fluids are injected into underground wells which conveniently tuck oil and gas production wastes out of sight. The EPA UIC program is involved in some form of oversight of these wells which total around 172,000 across America. The GAO report outlines a number of risks these wells pose to our vital underground sources of drinking water including overpressurization, earthquakes and toxic chemicals in the injected wastes. The GAO also highlighted concerns about inconsistent EPA oversight, enforcement, and outdated regulations.
The report specifically highlights the threat that diesel fuels used in oil and gas fluids poses to drinking water resources, along with the lack of information the EPA has to track and permit its use. "…while it is the responsibility of the operator to obtain a permit for any injection covered by UIC program laws or regulations, the information officials need to ensure that diesel permits are issued when necessary may not be available, depending on state requirements and practices." Clean Water Action has long called for EPA to ban the use diesel fuels and believes this report further substantiates that position.
"As shale drilling and the resulting wastewater continue to increase, we are seeing more evidence of overpressurization and earthquakes resulting from injection wells. EPA needs to heed the warning of the GAO investigators and not blindly assume that all is well with the UIC program." Noel continued, "The fact that EPA lacks the information it needs to protect communities from the use of diesel fuels in oil and gas fluids is stunning."
A lot has changed in the oil and gas industry since 1974 when the Safe Drinking Water Act first created the UIC program. Clean Water Action agrees it's time for our underground sources of drinking water to receive the type of modern oversight American's deserve.
Sunoco Logistics has suffered a setback to its plans to pump propane and ethane in its 300-mile Mariner East Pipeline across southern Pennsylvania.
Two administrative law judges on Wednesday released a 25-page decision recommending that state utility regulators deny the company's request to exempt buildings to shelter 18 pump stations and 17 valve control stations from local zoning ordinances in 31 locations.
The judges said the buildings cannot be exempt because Sunoco Logistics' Mariner East pipeline service does not constitute public utility service.
The parties can submit new arguments by Aug. 19 and replies by Aug. 29. Then the final decision is in the hands of the five-member Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.
To read more or comment...From the Pennsylvania-based Marcellus Shale Coalitione arlier this week:
Pittsburgh, Pa. – Today, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) released the results of its annual workforce survey [click here for detailed pdf. overview]. The findings – based on 2013 data – were provided by a large majority of MSC member companies, representing nearly 95% of Pennsylvania's shale production.
"Shale development represents a generational opportunity for our Commonwealth. Since day one, our industry has focused on fostering the growth of a skilled and well-trained local workforce to ensure that lifelong opportunities are being fully realized," said MSC president Dave Spigelmyer. "These collaborative and ongoing efforts – industry groups, member companies and other key stakeholders working closely with a host of educational institutions as well as trade schools – continue to deliver strong results in the form of new jobs for our region's workforce, as reflected again in this survey data."
Key survey highlights include:
To read more or comment...From Kinder Morgan:
"We are extremely pleased to provide a key solution to New England's long-term energy infrastructure needs," said Natural Gas Pipelines East Region President
From Enterprise Products Partners today:
"This key addition to our customer base brings a significant increase in long-term capacity commitments, further supporting development of the world's largest ethane export terminal," said A.J. "Jim"
From the Hess Corp. on Wednesday:
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 30, 2014--
Hess will own the general partner of the MLP, all of its incentive distribution rights, and a majority of its limited partner interests following completion of the initial public offering.
Hess expects the MLP to file a registration statement with the
From the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday:
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) today authorized Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to site, construct, and operate facilities to liquefy and export domestic natural gas from its existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal located near the city of Freeport, Brazoria County, Texas.
The Freeport Liquefaction Project includes the construction and operation of a liquefaction plant with three trains, each with a capacity of 4.4 million metric tons per annum, for total liquefaction capacity of 1.8 Bcf/d. The project also includes pretreatment plant facilities that will interconnect with several pipelines, as well as facilities to allow bi-directional flow of gas through the existing Freeport Pipeline.
In addition, FERC authorized Freeport LNG's Phase II Modification Project that would revamp the previously authorized, but unconstructed Phase II Project. The Phase II Modification Project comprises three major components: reorientation of the Phase II dock, modification of the transfer facilities, and modification of access roads at the terminal.
The two projects would be constructed together at Freeport's existing Quintana Island terminal.
Today's order adopts FERC environmental staff's recommendations by requiring the company to adhere to more than 80 conditions to mitigate potential adverse environmental impacts. The U.S. Department of Energy has conditionally approved Freeport LNG's export of gas to both Free Trade Agreement and non-Free Trade Agreement countries.
This is the third LNG export project authorized by FERC. There are currently 10 LNG export projects that have filed formal applications pending before the Commission, and there are three LNG export projects in the prefiling process.
To read more or comment...Pittsburgh-based EQT is proceeding with two of three pipeline projects.
The company said that the Ohio Valley Connector, a 36-mile pipeline to connect its Equitrans system in northern West Virginia to pipes in eastern Ohio will go forward.
So will the 330-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline which will extend their transmission system through West Virginia into Virginia.
The Ohio Express project, which would have connected EQT's pipelines in Clarington in Ohio's Monroe County to other pipeline systems further west in Ohio is being pushed to a backburner, the company said in an July 24 earnings call with analysts.
To read more or comment...The federal Bureau of Land Management has reached an agreement with activists that will require that environmental impact statements be prepared for federal land leases in California, reports the Baker Hostetler law firm.
Click here to read the full story.
To read more or comment...From the Associated Press today:
Federal prosecutors in Cleveland are seeking a three-year sentence and a $250,000 fine for the owner of a northeast Ohio oil and gas drilling company accused of dumping large amounts of toxic brine down a storm sewer and into a creek that feeds the Mahoning River.
Sixty-four-year-old Ben Lupo of Poland, Ohio, pleaded guilty in March to one count of unpermitted discharge into U.S. waters. His sentencing is Tuesday in Cleveland.
Prosecutors wrote in a motion that Lupo had employees dump drilling fluids down a storm sewer 33 times between October 2012 and January 2013. The fluids contained chemicals such as benzene, toluene, barium and chlorides.
To read more or comment...A new pipeline connection is allowing Colorado-based Antero Resources to ship natural gas from Ohio's Utica shale west to higher-priced Midwest markets for the first time.
Click here to read the full story.
To read more or comment...A new 80-room hotel has opened in Carrollton in Ohio's Carroll County in the heart of the Utica shale drilling.
It was developed by New York-based Drill Capital Inc. that has another Ohio hotel in the works.
The Carrollton facility is a Microtel Inn and Suites, part of the Wyndham Hotel Group.
For more details, read the story in Columbus Business First. Click here.
To read more or comment...From Access Midstream Partners today:
OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 29, 2014-- Access Midstream Partners, L.P. (NYSE:ACMP) today announced financial results for the 2014 second quarter. The Partnership's adjusted EBITDA for the 2014 second quarter totaled $275.1 million, an increase of $68.5 million, or 33.2%, from 2013 second quarter adjusted EBITDA of $206.6 million. Net income attributable to the Partnership totaled $67.5 million in the 2014 second quarter, a decrease of $1.7 million, or 2.5%, from the 2013 second quarter net income of $69.2 million. Distributable cash flow (DCF) for the 2014 second quarter totaled $200.4 million, an increase of $47.7 million, or 31.2%, from 2013 second quarter DCF of $152.7 million and resulted in a distribution coverage ratio of 1.45. Financial terms are defined on pages two and three of this release.
Throughput for the 2014 second quarter totaled 356.6 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas, or 3.92 bcf per day, an increase of 6.8% from 2013 second quarter throughput of 3.67 bcf per day. Throughput increased in the Partnership's Marcellus, Utica, Eagle Ford and Niobrara Shale regions. Partnership revenue for the 2014 second quarter totaled $292.9 million, an increase of $45.7 million, or 18.5%, compared to 2013 second quarter revenue of $247.2 million. Revenues in both periods exclude revenues attributable to the Partnership's equity investments as those revenues are accounted for as part of the Partnership's investments in unconsolidated affiliates. If the Partnership's proportional share of revenue from equity investments was included, revenue for the 2014 second quarter would have totaled $378.0 million, an increase of $71.4 million, or 23.3%, compared to the 2013 second quarter.
Capital expenditures during the 2014 second quarter totaled $307.7 million, including maintenance capital expenditures of $32.5 million. These capital expenditures included $113.4 million for the Partnership's share of capital expenditures in entities accounted for as equity investments.
To read more or comment...Columbus-based American Electric Power is seeing an increase in industrial electric demand in eastern Ohio's Utica shale region.
Click here to read reporter Tom Knox's story in Columbus Business First.
To read more or comment...
From Anadarko Petroleum Corp. today:
"Anadarko delivered exceptional operating performance during the second quarter, with an increase of 65,000 barrels of oil per day over the second quarter of 2013 led by our U.S. onshore assets and the El Merk development in
From Williams Partners today:
Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) and its wholly owned subsidiary Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco) today announced a fully contracted expansion project designed to deliver 180,000 dekatherms a day of additional natural gas capacity for local distribution along the Eastern Seaboard.
The Garden State Expansion Project consists of additional compression to provide 180,000 dekatherms of firm natural gas transportation service and increased reliability to a local gas distribution company along the New Jersey coast that was affected by Hurricane Sandy. The $150 million project would provide firm transportation from Transco's Zone 6 Station 210 Pooling Point in Somerset County, N.J. to a new interconnection on Transco's Trenton Woodbury Lateral in Burlington County, N.J. Williams Partners plans to place the project into service in phases with the first phase in 2016 and the second in 2017, assuming timely receipt of necessary regulatory approvals.
To read more or comment...From the U.S. Energy Information Administration today:
Jul 30, 2014
In the 2014 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO2014), EIA projects that the price of oil will largely determine whether to use carbon dioxide (CO2) enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technologies to extract additional crude oil from existing producing fields. The injection of CO2 gas into oil reservoirs at high pressure forces the CO2 to mix with oil. This reduces the oil's viscosity and causes the oil to increase in volume (swell). The result is an increase in the total cumulative volume of oil produced and in the percentage of oil-in-place that is recovered. The decision by a producer whether or not to employ this technique depends on a number of factors, including the geophysical properties of the reservoir, the oil within that reservoir, the cost of applying CO2 EOR, and the revenue received from additional production.
To read more or comment...From Gulfport Energy:
Dry Gas Gathering Update
To capture development synergies within the area of mutual interest ("AMI") of the previously announced joint development agreement between
From PDC Energy today:
From GlobalData on Wednesday:
LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 30 July 2014 - Global oil demand in 2014 is forecast to increase by about 1.2 million barrels per day (mmbd) compared to 2013 levels, while non-Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) members' production will grow by approximately 1.6 mmbd, reducing the call for OPEC production, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
The company's report* states that a significant increase in non-OPEC production is forecast to occur, particularly in North America, where crude oil and condensate production will increase by about 1.3 mmbd.
To read more or comment...From ProPublica on Tuesday:
Report Criticizes EPA Oversight of Injection Wells
Federal environment officials have failed to adequately oversee hundreds of thousands of wells used to inject toxic oil and gas drilling waste deep underground, according to a new congressional report.
Naveena Sadasivam writes that the report, released Monday by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, is critical of the Environmental Protection Agency's inconsistent handling of safety inspections, poor record keeping, and failure to adjust its guidelines to adapt to new risks brought by the recent boom in domestic drilling, including the understanding that injection wells are causing earthquakes.
Highlights from the article:
See the full story here: http://www.propublica.org/article/report-criticizes-epa-oversight-of-injection-wells;
To read more or comment...From Earhworks on Tuesday:
"While we applaud the commitments made by the Department of Energy, labor unions, utility groups and other stakeholders, voluntary measures and new research initiatives don't adequately protect communities and the climate.
These rules can be a first step down the road to limit dangerous methane pollution and begin to truly shift our energy systems away from an "all of the above" strategy to one that throws the full weight of our resources behind renewable energy."
To read more or comment...From the U.S, Energy Information Administartion today:
Jul 29, 2014
Cash from operations for major energy companies has flattened in line with flat crude oil prices, which have had the lowest price volatility in years. Based on data compiled from quarterly reports, for the year ending March 31, 2014, cash from operations for 127 major oil and natural gas companies totaled $568 billion, and major uses of cash totaled $677 billion, a difference of almost $110 billion. This shortfall was filled through a $106 billion net increase in debt and $73 billion from sales of assets, which increased the overall cash balance. The gap between cash from operations and major uses of cash has widened in recent years from a low of $18 billion in 2010 to $100 billion to $120 billion during the past three years.
To read more or comment...From Sterne Agee analysts today on CONSOL Energy 2Q 2014 report:
CONSOL ENERGY (NYSE: CNX) Flash Note
Price: $39.94
Price Target: $56.00
Analysts: Michael S. Dudas, CFA (646) 376-5329 / Satyadeep Jain, CFA (646) 376-5357
Higher Coal Costs Contributed to EPS Shortfall; Gas Costs Impressive. Pittsburgh Seam Reserve Increase By More Than 30%
Our Call
While 2Q EPS missed on higher coal costs and other line items, Consol's gas production costs dropped significantly driven by higher Marcellus contribution. Also, 30% coal reserve increase supports long-term, low-cost profile of Consol's core coal asset. Monetization of midstream assets appears on track. Liquidity remains strong at $1.9 billion. Shares remain our top pick in the mining space and one of Sterne Agee's top 2014 stock picks. Recent sector correction provides attractive entrypoint.
• 2Q'14 Results – Consol reported 2Q'14 adjusted earnings of $0.07/share vs. our $0.25 and street's $0.23 estimate. Adjusted EBITDA of $246M fell slightly short of our $254M and street's $258M estimate. Coal and gas production results were in line with pre-announced figures. Geological issues at Enlow Fork impacted 2Q coal production costs. As a result, thermal total production costs increased sequentially to $46.44/ton from $41.45/ton in 1Q'14. Average gas realization of $4.44/mcfe (thousand cubic feet equivalent) came in below our $4.69/mcfe estimate. However, total gas costs dropped to $3.44/mcfe, below our $3.67/mcfe estimate. Costs decreased primarily due to 120% increase in Marcellus gas sales volumes. As a result, gas margin of $1.00/mcfe came in line with our estimate, and above 2Q13 margins of $0.69/mcfe.
• 2014 Guidance – Consol recently raised the lower end of its 2014 gas production guidance by 10 Bcfe to 225-235 Bcfe and maintained 2015-16 annual production growth targets of 30%. Consol recently lowered Buchanan met coal production guidance from 3.6-4.2 MT to 3.4-3.8 million tons (MT). Management expects to ship 5 MT of met (low and high vol) in 2014. We are pleased to see Consol exercise production discipline at Buchanan given current depressed met coal prices. Management expects to increase its 2015 domestic sales of Buchanan coal by 50%. During the past three months, we estimate Consol did not hedge any significant additional gas volumes for 2014-15. We estimate the company priced nearly 4 MT of additional thermal coal for 2015 at $57/ton, below our expectations.
• Gas Business - In Noble County, Ohio, Consol recently turned on line its 3-well NBL 19 pad with an impressive initial production (IP) rate of 23 MMcfe (million cubic feet equivalent) per day, per lateral. In 2014 Consol expects to turn NBL16 wells on line in August, NBL18 pad in October, and NBL30 pad in September. The company also reported encouraging IP rates from its wells in Central Pennsylvania (7.8 MMcf per day at the 3-well Shaw pad in Westmoreland County) and North Wet Gas area (8-well WFN6 pad) in Marcellus. Consol remains long firm transportation and has structured its capacity contracts to allow for 30% growth targets through 2016. Consol and its joint venture partner recently announced their intention to form an MLP (master limited partnership) for their midstream gathering services. If we they do decide to go ahead, we expect closing in late 2014/early 2015.
Ohio has approved 1,421 Utica shale wells, as of July 26.
Of that total, 970 Utica wells have been drilled and 487 Utica wells are in production, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
It says that 49 rigs are working in Ohio.
Twenty new permits were issued: two in Belmont County, six in Guernsey County, three in Harrison County, five in Monroe County, two in Noble County and two in Washington County.
To read more or comment...From Rex Energy on Monday:
From Chesapeake Energy today:
OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 29, 2014-- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with RKI Exploration & Production, LLC (RKI) to exchange nonoperated interests in approximately 440,000 gross acres in the Powder River Basin (PRB) in southeastern Wyoming. Under the agreement Chesapeake will convey to RKI approximately 137,000 net acres and its interest in 67 gross wells, with an average working interest of 22% in the northern portion of the PRB ("Northern Area"), where RKI is currently designated operator. In exchange RKI will convey to Chesapeake approximately 203,000 net acres and its interest in 186 gross wells, with an average working interest of 48% in the southern portion of the PRB ("Southern Area"), where CHK is currently designated operator. In addition to the exchange of acreage, Chesapeake will pay RKI $450 million in cash. The transaction, which is subject to certain closing conditions including the receipt of third-party consents, is expected to close in August 2014.
Upon closing of the acreage exchange, Chesapeake's PRB acreage will be concentrated in the Southern Area. It will operate nearly 100% of its 388,000 net acres in the PRB, and will hold an approximate 79% average working interest. Chesapeake currently holds approximately 322,000 net acres in the PRB with a 38% average working interest.
Anticipated key benefits of the RKI acreage exchange include the following:
To read more or comment...From CONSOL Energy today:
The second quarter earnings results included the following pre-tax items related to recent transactions completed by the company:
To read more or comment...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is failing to control leaks of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the nation's natural-gas pipelines, the agency's inspector general said Friday.
A report calls on the EPA to do more to control inadvertent emissions of methane, which has a more intense—though shorter—warming effect on the planet than carbon dioxide, the agency said.
Natural gas consists almost entirely of methane.
About $192 million of natural gas was lost in 2011 because of leaks in pipelines, known as distribution lines, that transport the fuel to end users, the inspector general said. That cost was borne by consumers, according to the report.
To read more or comment...From Bloomberg News today:
By Robert Hutton and Nidaa Bakhsh
The U.K. began the bidding process for the next set of onshore oil and gas exploration licenses, including shale that is considered a cheaper and more secure energy source.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change set out the details, which include planning guidance for areas of outstanding natural beauty, national parks and world heritage sites. About half the U.K. will be open for bids.
To read more or comment...Fom the American Petroleum Institute on Friday:
WASHINGTON, July 25, 2014 – Estimated U.S. oil well completions increased by 5 percent in the second quarter of 2014 compared to year-ago levels, according to API's 2014 Quarterly Well Completion Report, Second Quarter.
"America's oil and natural gas industry increased oil drilling in the second quarter thanks in large part to access on private and state lands," said Hazem Arafa, director of API's statistics department. "Additional access to our own vast energy resources and streamlined federal permitting would allow for more opportunities to produce U.S. energy while creating more American jobs and generating more revenue for our government."
Estimated total well drilling increased in the total year-to-date figures for 2014. Estimated natural gas well completions decreased over the same time period, but exploratory gas wells increased by 22 percent in 2014.
API is the only national trade association representing all facets of the oil and natural gas industry, which supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy. API's more than 600 members include large integrated companies, as well as exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation's energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 20 million Americans.
From Magnum Hunter Resources on Friday:
HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - Jul 25, 2014) - Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (
Magnum Hunter Management Comments
Mr. Rick Farrell, Senior Vice President of Land and Business Development for Triad Hunter, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Magnum Hunter, commented, "We are very pleased to announce this successful acquisition of proved reserves and mineral leases. Our Land Department has worked on this transaction for about one year now due to the complexities of dealing with a bankrupt estate. We have been highly encouraged with our Marcellus production results on this property. With this purchase, we can now drill an additional 5 Marcellus wells (total of 8). By owning the Utica mineral rights acquired, we also have a new opportunity to drill another 7 new wells which appear to be geologically well situated based upon our Stalder Pad production results and the recent data obtained from drilling, logging, and fracture stimulating the Stewart Winland 1300 UH located immediately across the Ohio River in West Virginia. Therefore, this 1,700 net mineral lease acquisition allows for a total of 15 wells, approximately 100% of which will be owned by Magnum Hunter."
To read more or comment...From the U.S. Energy Information Administration today:
Jul 28, 2014
Nearly midway through the summer storage injection season, working natural gas in storage is on pace to meet EIA's expectations for a record overall build. The current Short-Term Energy Outlook projects a record build of close to 2,600 billion cubic feet (Bcf) from the beginning of April through the end of October, which would put inventories at 3,431 Bcf at the end of October.
To read more or comment...From Enlink Midstream last week:
DALLAS, JULY 25, 2014 --- The EnLink Midstream companies today announced the declaration of the quarterly distributions for EnLink Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENLK) (the Master Limited Partnership) and EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (the General Partner) from the second quarter of 2014:
To read more or comment...
HUDSON: Bill Rich is troubled by the increasing number of tank cars he sees on the Norfolk Southern Corp. rail line in northern Summit County - rail cars that could be carrying highly volatile Bakkan crude oil.
Mile-long trains dominated by hundreds of tank cars are common through downtown Hudson, and some may be carrying more than 3.5 million gallons of the crude, extracted from North Dakota and Montana and headed to East Coast refineries.
As the U.S. rapidly increases its oil and gas production beyond the capacity of existing pipelines, rail shipments of all types of oil have surged, from 9,344 tank cars in 2008 to more than 434,000 in 2013, says the American Association of Railroads. There was a 75 percent increase in the last year alone.
Bakken is the most volatile, and perhaps more than 50 trains loaded with the North Dakota crude pass through northern Ohio weekly. Safety concerns have mounted as 47 people died in a crash-explosion in 2013 in Lac-Megantic, Quebec. Last April, a train carrying 3 million gallons of Bakken shale derailed and exploded in Lynchburg, Va. There were other accidents in North Dakota, Alabama, Pennsylvania, New Brunswick, and Oklahoma.
To read more or comment...It is the lawsuit that everyone in Ohio saw coming.
Fairlawn-based Bass Energy Inc. and Ohio Valley Energy Systems Corp. have filed a suit against the city of Broadview Heights and its community bill of rights that blocks new drilling.
The suit is the first of its kind in Ohio with drillers challenging local charter amendments and votes under home rule that ostensibly give communities the authority to ban drilling and hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
The Broadview Heights charter amendment was approved by voters by a 2-1 margin in November 2012.
To read more or comment...Supplies of natural gas are growing in the Appalachian Basin, but the lack of pipeline capacity has hurt drillers in Ohio and surrounding states.
That was the message earlier this week from Pittsburgh-based EQT Corp.
The company has halted its Utica shale drilling in Ohio but intends to drill its first Utica well in Pennsylvania in Greene County..
That will cost about $15 million and is likely the deepest Utica well ever drilled at 13,500 feet deep.
To read more or comment...The company with plans to build an ethane cracker near Parkersburg, W. Va., is promoting downstream manufacturing clusters in the Appalachian Region including Ohio and surrounding states.
That assessment came earlier this week from David Peebles of the Odebrecht Group at a U.S. Department of Energy conference at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Click here to see his PowerPoint presentation.
To read more or comment...From four eco groups:
Denver, CO - In a ruling issued today, a Colorado state court invalidated a local ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, but left the door open for the City of Longmont and environmental groups to file an appeal to overturn a state policy that places the interests of the oil and gas industry over the health and safety of local citizens. In her 17 page ruling granting the industry and the state summary judgment in their challenge to Longmont's democratically enacted 2012 fracking ban, the judge determined that her hands were tied by a series of decades-old state court rulings, stating that "[w]hether public policy should be changed in that manner is a question for the legislature or a different court."
"While we respectfully disagree with the Court's final decision, she was correct that we were asking this Court, in part, to place protection from the health, safety, and environmental risks from fracking over the development of mineral resources," stated Kaye Fissinger, President of Our Health, Our Future, Our Longmont. "It's tragic that the judge views the current law in Colorado is one in which fracking is more important than public health; reversing that backwards priority is a long-term battle that we're determined to continue."
In its decision the Court determined that Longmont's ban conflicted with the states interests in oil and gas development, ignoring the fact that the state legislature requires oil and gas development to be done in a way that is protective of public health and the environment. "Despite the Court's ruling, we continue to believe that a fracking ban is entirely compatible with the state's responsibility to safeguard our communities and our natural resources," stated Sam Schabacker, Western Region Director with Food & Water Watch. "Fracking is an inherently harmful practice that has no place near our towns, homes and recreational areas."
To read more or comment...IGS CNG Services has opened a public fueling station in the Youngstown area, the Dublin-based company's second in Ohio and sixth in all, reports Columbus Business First.
IGS in March broke ground for the compressed natural gas station in Girard off Interstate 80.
Click here to read the full story.
To read more or comment...Rice Energy's Bigfoot 9H well in Ohio's Belmont County is the No. 1 producing well in the Buckeye state, according to a new report by an law firm with offices in Cleveland and Columbus.
In its quarterly summary of Utica shale drilling in Ohio, the Benesch law firm noted that the Rice Energy well topped the Antero Resources' Yontz well in Monroe County.
Other items from the 10-page report:
-- Investment in waste-handling-and-processing firms in Ohio is on the increase.
To read more or comment...From Tallgrass Energy:
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP (NYSE:TEP) ("TEP" or the "Partnership") announced today that Tallgrass Development, LP has offered TEP the right to purchase a 33.3% interest in Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline, LLC ("Pony Express") for total consideration of $600 million. The terms of the offer provide certain cash flow preference rights that will afford TEP with first dollar preference on specified cash distributions from Pony Express through September 30, 2015.
"TEP is excited to have the opportunity to acquire an interest in Pony Express and to further diversify our operations and footprint. If the acquisition is completed we expect it to be accretive to TEP in 2014."
Pony Express owns and is developing an oil pipeline project. That project consists of two components that include (i) the conversion of an approximately 430-mile natural gas pipeline and the construction of an approximately 260-mile southward pipeline extension that, when complete, will result in an oil pipeline from Guernsey, Wyoming to Cushing, Oklahoma, and (ii) the construction of an approximately 66-mile lateral in Northeast Colorado that will interconnect with the mainline. The project is being completed in stages, with the mainline expected to be placed in service during the third quarter of 2014, while the Northeast Colorado Lateral is expected to be in service sometime during the first half of 2015.
To read more or comment...From Noble Energy today:
Key highlights for the second quarter of 2014 include:
From EQT Corp. today:
PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) today announced second quarter 2014 net income attributable to EQT of $110.9 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, compared to second quarter 2013 earnings of $86.9 million, or $0.57 per diluted share. Adjusted earnings for the second quarter 2014, excluding the impact of a few items including a $37.7 million gain on the Nora asset exchange, were $88.3 million, or $0.58 per diluted share – which was 3% higher than the $85.5 million, or $0.56 per diluted share last year. Adjusted operating cash flow in the quarter was $317.2 million, compared to $319.1 million; and adjusted cash flow per share was $2.08, compared to $2.11. The Non-GAAP financial measures are reconciled in the Non-GAAP Disclosures section of this news release.
Second Quarter Highlights 2014 vs. 2013:
EQT's second quarter 2014 operating income was $224.8 million. Adjusted operating income was 16% higher than the prior year, primarily due to increases in production sales volume, contracted transmission capacity, and gathered volume, and partially offset by a 10% lower average realized price. Net operating revenues increased 9% to $474.4 million in the quarter, while net operating expenses increased only 4% to $287.4 million.
To read more or comment...From Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. today:
Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results
Equivalent production in the second quarter of 2014 was 127.6 Bcfe, consisting of 121.8 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas and 961,000 barrels of liquids. These figures represent increases of 34 percent, 34 percent, and 26 percent, respectively. "Our total liquids volumes increased 40 percent sequentially—with crude oil and condensate volumes increasing 44 percent—due to strong well performance from new Eagle Ford wells that were placed on production during the quarter," commented
From the U.S. Energy Information Administration today:
July 24, 2014
U.S. refineries have been processing record volumes of oil recently. Refinery inputs hit a record-high 16.8 million barrels per day (bbl/d) in each of the past two weeks, exceeding the previous record from summer 2005. Refineries in the Midwest and Gulf Coast in particular pushed the total U.S. input volume upward, as these refiners' access to lower-cost crude oil, expansions of refining capacity, and increases in both domestic demand and exports contributed to higher refinery runs.
To read more or comment...From the American Petroleum Institute:
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2014 – The American Petroleum Institute today rebutted speculation by the Department of Transportation about the characteristics of crude oil from the Bakken.
"The best science and data do not support recent speculation that crude oil from the Bakken presents greater than normal transportation risks," said API President and CEO Jack Gerard. "Multiple studies have shown that Bakken crude is similar to other crudes.
"DOT needs to get this right and make sure that its regulations are grounded in facts and sound science, not speculation."
API represents all segments of America's oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 600 members produce, process, and distribute most of the nation's energy. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy.
From the Associated Press:
A North Dakota emergency manager says this week's fire at a Williston oil field supply company likely burned dozens of different chemicals that were stored there.
Williams County Emergency Manager Mike Hallesy says the fire at Red River Supply will need to be fully extinguished before investigators can determine what caused it.
He also said the half-mile voluntary evacuation zone that was cordoned off has been lifted since the fire is mostly out.
To read more or comment...The Ohio Department of Natural Resources was strangely absent in the wake of a major natural gas well fire on June 28 in southeast Ohio, critics say.
The agency's lack of involvement in the well fire in Monroe County was called "quite alarming" by attorney Nathan Johnson of the Ohio Environmental Council in a Wednesday teleconference.
"Where was ODNR's Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management in this situation?" he asked. "It's not clear where they were and what they were doing."
An 11-page report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency indicates that the state agency was not actively involved in the fire until July 1, three days after the well pad near Clarington went up in flames, and the agency was involved sporadically after July 1.
To read more or comment...From Gastar Exploration on Monday:
Proved undeveloped (PUD) reserves at mid-year 2014 represented approximately 62% of total proved reserves compared to approximately 44% at year-end 2013. The total PUDs had a PV-10 value of
From Bloomberg News:
By Mark Drajem
Pennsylvania regulators were unprepared for the fracking-fueled boom in natural gas production during the past decade, putting drinking water supplies at risk, the state's watchdog said.
The state's Department of Environmental Protection failed to order drillers to clean or replace tainted water supplies, or to act quickly on residents' complaints of contamination, Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said today. It also used a 25-year-old inspection policy.
To read more or comment...From ProPublica on Tuesday:
New York State of Fracking: A ProPublica Explainer
New York's stance on fracking has changed drastically since the practice was first introduced in the state in 2008, especially as concerns were raised about the state's pristine water supply, ProPublica's Naveena Sadasivam reports.
She offers a rundown on what you need to know about the current state of fracking in New York, the protections available to the state's major watershed and the implications of the most recent court ruling for local municipalities.
Key takeaways from her Q&A:
More in her full story here - http://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-state-of-fracking-a-propublica-explainer.
To read more or comment...From Ohio State Rep. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown:
State Rep. Hagan Renews Call for Fracking Chemicals Disclosure
Lawmaker highlights pending legislation to address recent Halliburton chemical spill concerns
To read more or comment...
From the Association of American Railroads today:
AAR Responds to U.S. DOT Proposed Rule on Safety of Moving Flammable Liquids by Rail
Washington, D.C., July 23, 2014 – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today responded to the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) proposed rulemaking on the safe movement of flammable liquids by rail, including crude oil and ethanol. While AAR is examining the details of the proposed rulemaking and will provide full comments at a later date, President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger today made the following statement:
To read more or comment...Statement on proposed federal rules on oil train tank cars from ForestEthics that was released today:
Obama Administration Releases New Oil Train Regulations
[Bellingham, WA] Today, in response to growing public safety concerns nationwide, the Obama
Administration issued new draft regulations for trains carrying crude oil.
From the U.S. Energy Information Administartion today:
Jul 23, 2014
Russia is a major exporter of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas. Sales of these fuels accounted for 68% of Russia's total export revenues in 2013, based on data from Russia's Federal Customs Service. Russia received almost four times as much revenue from exports of crude oil and petroleum products as from natural gas. Crude oil exports alone were greater in value than the value of all non-oil and natural gas exports.
To read more or comment...From the Associated Press today:
WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of older rail tank cars that carry crude oil would be phased out within two years under regulations proposed Wednesday in response to a series of fiery train crashes over the past year, including a runaway oil train that exploded in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic, killing 47 people.
Accident investigators have complained for decades that the cars are too easily punctured or ruptured, spilling their contents, when derailed.
The phase-in period for replacing or retrofitting the DOT-111 tank cars is shorter than the Canadian government's three-year phased plan. However, regulators left open the question of what kind of tank car will replace the old ones, saying they will choose later from among several proposals.
To read more or comment...Here's the 158-page report on Marcellus shale drilling in Pennsylvania filed by the Pennsylvania auditor general.
Click here to read the press release and access the report.
To read more or comment...The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette looked into whether fracking activities in Pennsylvania damaged water supplies. Here is what the newspaper found:
"Oil and gas operations have damaged Pennsylvania water supplies 209 times since the end of 2007, according to official determinations compiled by the Department of Environmental Protection that the agency is preparing to release for the first time.
"State environmental regulators are planning to post the information on DEP's website this month, but an early version of the spreadsheet was provided to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in response to an open records request."
Read the full story, including a map, here.
To read more or comment...Pennsylvania's official watchdog on Tuesday criticized the state's protectors of natural resources for failing to crack down on oil and gas companies and make the public aware of what it's doing to keep the state's water clean.
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said the Department of Environmental Protection is plagued by a lack of resources but routinely failed to follow its policies for policing the burgeoning Marcellus shale-gas industry.
"It is almost like firefighters trying to put out a five-alarm fire with a 20-foot garden hose," DePasquale said in releasing a 158-page audit. "There is no question that DEP needs help, and soon, to protect clean water."
Click here to read more from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
To read more or comment...From Mark West Energy Partners:
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 22, 2014--
In the
During the period required to complete all necessary repairs to Houston's Plant III, MarkWest was able to minimize disruption to its producer customers by utilizing its large, high-pressure, rich-gas header system to route gas to the Majorsville complex in
From the American Petroleum Institute:
WASHINGTON, July 23, 2014 – The American Petroleum Institute will review the regulations proposed by the Department of Transportation today for the shipment by rail of crude oil, ethanol and other flammable liquids and plans to submit detailed comments during the public comment period.
"Every decision in the oil and natural gas industry begins with our core value of safety, which we approach with a foundation grounded in science and data," said API President and CEO Jack Gerard. "Knowing that more can always be done, our focus is and always has been on enhancing safety by addressing accident prevention, mitigation and response in a comprehensive manner.
"The government can and should take steps to ensure greater safety without stalling the energy renaissance that is creating good jobs, growing our economy and improving America's energy security. As the regulatory process moves forward, we will continue to work collaboratively with the rail industry, regulators and local first responders toward our goal of zero incidents."
API represents all segments of America's oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 600 members produce, process, and distribute most of the nation's energy. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy.
From the Center for Liquified Natural gas:
Washington, D.C.: The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG) submitted three sets of comments to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday, July 18 on the agency's proposed changes in procedure for reviewing applications to export LNG. CLNG's comments also addressed the potential inclusion of the National Energy Technology Laboratory's (NETL) reports on the environmental impact of LNG exports and unconventional natural gas development as considering factors in applications' approval.
CLNG President Bill Cooper noted in his organization's comments that DOE's proposal to only issue final approvals after applicants have completed National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review fails to address concerns about delays in the agency's review process and the financial impact of regulatory uncertainty. Instead, CLNG encourages DOE to void the current Order of Precedence, withdraw the proposed procedural changes and follow the Natural Gas Act and its existing regulations by issuing a decision promptly after the close of each submitted applications' required public comment period.
To read more or comment...From the American Chemistry Council:
WASHINGTON (July 21, 2014) – The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issued the following statement after filing comments with the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regarding its preparation of the 2017-2012 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program.
"Responsible development of America's oil and natural gas resources is vital to U.S. energy security and economic prosperity. Unfortunately, natural gas production on federal lands has fallen steadily, down 43 percent from FY 2003-2013, largely due to government policies restricting access: Only 13 percent of OCS acreage is open to development. No other developed nation puts comparable constraints on its own energy resources.
To read more or comment...From GlobalData:
LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 22 July 2014 - The US is forecast to spend approximately $4 billion on refining capacity expansion projects between 2014 and 2020, enabling the country to process its increasing volumes of unconventional resource production, says research and consulting firm GlobalData.
To read more or comment...Ohio has approved 1,410 Utica shale permits, as of July 19.
Of that total, 971 Utica wells have been drilled and 483 are in production, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Ohio has 48 drilling rigs at work.
Fifteen new permits were approved: two in Belmont County, two in Carroll County, one in Guernsey County, seven in Harrison County, one in Jefferson County and two in Monroe County.
To read more or comment...Texas-based Green Hunter Resources says it intends to form a master limited partnership.
Click here to read the full story.
To read more or comment...From Rex Energy:
More than 100 households in Washington County in southwest Pennsylvania have gotten air monitors from a grass-roots group.
The monitors were provided by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project.
Washington County is a heavy Marcellus shale drilling area.
Click here to read the full story.
To read more or comment...From Bloomberg News today:
By David Wethe
Halliburton Co. expects continued improvement in the North American hydraulic fracturing market and is "immediately" adding crews to begin work later this year.
The world's largest provider of the service that blasts water, sand and chemicals underground to free trapped hydrocarbons, expects third-quarter operating profit margins in the region to be near 20 percent, the company said today in a statement. Second-quarter earnings were 32 percent above the results from the same period last year. Sales climbed 10 percent to $8.1 billion.
To read more or comment...From Bloomberg News on Friday:
By David Wethe
Schlumberger Ltd.'s 11th consecutive quarter of beating analysts' earnings estimates failed to impress investors as the largest oilfield servicer said the world's economic situation will be slow to change.
"The overall global economic outlook continues to be mixed," Chief Executive Officer Paal Kibsgaard said in a statement yesterday. Kibsgaard sees "a slightly more cautious"short-term outlook for gross domestic product gains as the U.S. recovers from a harsh winter, Europe experiences "anemic"growth, forecasts for Brazil weaken and China's economy stabilizes.
To read more or comment...From Halliburton today:
HOUSTON, Texas - Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) today announced the promotion of Jeff Miller, currently the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer, to president and his appointment to the Halliburton Board of Directors effective August 1, 2014. In this new role, Miller will complement the leadership of Dave Lesar, Halliburton's chairman and chief executive officer.
Miller has served as Halliburton's executive vice president and COO since 2012, working with the company's senior management team in developing and executing operational strategy and ensuring that the company's short- and long-term focus is aligned with its strategy. He began his career at Halliburton in 1997 and has held various senior management roles in the company's global operations and business development.
"I have known and worked with Jeff for over 25 years and am absolutely confident he will excel in his new role," said Lesar. "Jeff is a proven leader who will continue to help guide the strategic direction of Halliburton to assure superior service to our customers and robust returns to our shareholders. In my continuing role as chairman and CEO, I look forward to working with Jeff for the next several years."
To read more or comment...From the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection:
Hilcorp Energy Co. is applying for a well spacing order that establishes four gas well drilling units on 3,267 acres to drill into the Utica Shale Formation in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County and Shenango Township, Mercer County.
Under the Oil and Gas Conservation Law of 1961, when a spacing order application is submitted, an administrative hearing must be held prior to entering an order establishing well spacing and drilling units. The hearing sessions were postponed twice previously.
The first hearing session has been rescheduled for September 16 and 17. The hearing session will begin at 10 a.m. and 9 a.m. respectively and be held at the Albert P. Gettings Government Center Annex of the Lawrence County Government Center, Assembly Room, 349 Countyline St., New Castle.
To read more or comment...From the U.S. Energy Information Administration today:
Jul 21, 2014
Since the mid-1970s, the United States has run a deficit in merchandise trade, meaning that payments for imports exceeded receipts for exports. This large and growing deficit on the merchandise trade balance reached a maximum of $883 billion in the second quarter of 2008.
To read more or comment...Kudos to www.geology.com.
The site has mapped the horizontal laterals in Ohio's Utica shale.
The result shows laterals extending up to two miles from well pads and coming close to laterals extending from other wells.
The density of wells in eastern Ohio is quite surprising.
To read more or comment...The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District has received a strange Utica shale leasing donation.
Jeff and Kathleen Paravano who own 35 acres at Tappan Lake in Harrison County have offered the district a 20 percent interest in their mineral rights.
The district accepted the offer.
The donation is being made with the expectation that the district will, in good faith, attempt to include the Paravano property in any lease negotiations with drillers for adjacent MWCD property.
To read more or comment...From ANR Pipeline Co. on its current open season to sign up for the ANR East Project that would transport natural gas from the Utica and Marcellus shales.
Click here to read the notice.
To read more or comment...A new fact sheet from Kinder Morgan and partners on new pipeline for natural gas liquids to run from Uhrichesville, Ohio, to Mont Belieu, Texas:
Utica Marcellus Texas Pipeline Project
Fact Sheet
Project Overview:
• Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (Kinder Morgan), and MarkWest Utica EMG, L.L.C. (MarkWest Utica EMG), a joint venture between MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (MarkWest) and The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG), have signed a letter of intent to form a midstream joint venture (JV) to pursue a critical new project to support producers in the Utica and Marcellus shales in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
• The proposed UMTP project will enable the transportation of natural gas liquids (NGL) from Uhrichsville, Ohio area to existing facilities near Mont Belvieu, Texas.
NGL Pipeline:
• The project consists of the development of a natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline from the JV processing complex to Gulf Coast facilities through the conversion of over 1,005 miles of Kinder Morgan's 24-inch and 26-inch Tennessee Gas Pipeline system currently in natural gas service from Mercer County, Pennsylvania to Natchitoches, La.
• The project also includes the construction of approximately 200 miles of new NGL pipeline from Natchitoches to Mont Belvieu, Texas and/or south La.
• The project also includes the construction of approximately 160 miles of new natural gas and NGL laterals and interconnects in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi, which will supply alternate sources to the existing pipeline.
• The NGL pipeline would have an initial capacity of 150,000 barrels-per-day, and be expandable to 400,000 bpd with the addition of pump stations.
• Kinder Morgan would own at least 75 percent of the NGL pipeline and MarkWest Utica EMG would have the option to invest up to 25 percent. Kinder Morgan would operate the pipeline.
Projected Timeline:
• Agency and Public Outreach Meetings – Ongoing
• Route Selection and Permit Preparation – Ongoing
• Planned Full In-Service Date – Second Quarter 2017
_ Thanks to Jim Willis of the Marcellus Drilling News
To read more or comment...From Colorado-based Concord Energy:
7/11/2014 - DENVER, CO - Concord Energy LLC, a wholly owned affiliate of Concord Energy Holdings LLC, is proud to announce the opening of a new Utica and Marcellus condensate and Natural Gas Liquid (NGL) truck to rail transload site in Parkersburg, WV. Concord Energy LLC is a Denver-based natural gas and crude oil transportation and logistics company that operates in most major gas and oil production basins in the United States. Its new West Virginia facility will allow Concord Energy to transport more than 150,000 bbls of crude oil condensate and natural gas liquids (NGLs) per month and allow Concord's producer-customers to access premium downstream markets for condensate and NGL's. This new terminal should reduce freight costs for operators in Southeast Ohio and northwest West Virginia. It will have the capability to load light condensates, stabilized condensate, raw NGL mix, and purity NGL products.
The facility partners Concord Energy with the Little Kanawha Railroad (LKRR). Products loaded at the site are then transferred and shipped long-distance via CSX Railroad. The site also includes warehouse space, additional lay down area, and both highway and river access. Plans are already in development to increase throughput capacity and add storage over the next 12 months.
Through this West Virginia project, Concord continues to leverage its logistical expertise and long history in the oil and gas industry to bring value to operators. Concord entered the Appalachian basin in 2013 by providing services for natural gas producers, including physical flow assurance and market optionality. Concord Energy plans to be an active participant in the condensate and NGL markets and continues to create jobs and contribute to the local economies in which it operates. Concord anticipates the facility to be operational and receiving product by mid-August 2014.
To read more or comment...Baker Hostetler law firm's North American Shale Bog has a recent post of the growth of production in Ohio's Utica shale.
Click here to read the June 16post by Andrew Doggett: http://www.northamericashaleblog.com.
To read more or comment...From the U.S. Department of Labor:
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Appalachian Oilfield Services LLC has agreed to pay 25 heavy equipment operators $129,802 in overtime back wages after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found the company was in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. At eastern Ohio drilling locations, the workers provided cleanup services and hauled away muck ejected from wells in the oil fracking process.
"Companies that underpay their employees also undercut employers who obey the law and pay their workers lawfully required wages," said George Victory, the Wage and Hour Division's director in Columbus. "Failing to compensate employees properly for all hours worked is unacceptable. The Wage and Hour Division is committed to ensuring workers receive the pay they have rightfully earned."
An investigation conducted by the division's Columbus District Office found that equipment operators were paid a flat daily rate for a 12-hour shift. When they worked in excess of 12 hours, they were paid an hourly rate. No overtime compensation was provided for hours worked in excess of 40 hours, in violation of the FLSA.
To read more or comment...LeBron James is returning from Miami to a different Northeast Ohio, says the mighty Wall Street Journal.
The Utica shale has created a better economy and mood in Ohio, and that will aid LeBron on his return, the paper says.
Click here to read the account.
To read more or comment...From the Associated Press and ABJ reports:
ORWELL: Authorities responding to a report of a house explosion in far northeast Ohio say oa 27-year-old woman is dead and her boyfriend seriously injured.
An explosion was reported Wednesday evening in the village of Orwell, roughly 45 miles east of Cleveland in Ashtabula County.
The Ohio State Fire Marshal was directing the investigation.
To read more or comment...From Antero Resources on Thursday:
Recent Developments
Mid-Year 2014 Proved and 3P Reserves
To read more or comment...A Pennsylvania appeals court on Thursday curbed the state's power over local zoning rules that targets the gas-drilling industry.
But the appeals court upheld parts of Pennsylvania's revamped oil and gas laws involving notification of spills, eminent domain and medical records.
The ruling by the Commonwealth Court clears up the final four disputed sections of Act 13 of 2012, which lawmakers passed in an attempt to standardize rules for drillers and the state Supreme Court trimmed back as overreaching.
Click here to read more.
To read more or comment...A Michigan judge last week dismissed two of the three charges against Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. over claims that the company conspired with Canadian oil company Encana Corp. to hold down lease prices in Michigan.
Click here to read the full story.
To read more or comment...From Bloomberg News:
By Jennifer Oldham
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper and business leaders vowed to do "whatever it takes" to defeat initiatives proposed for the fall ballot that would restrict oil and gas drilling generating $30 billion a year for the state economy.
"These measures risk thousands and thousands of jobs and billions in investment and hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax revenue," said the first-term Democrat at a press conference yesterday at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.
To read more or comment...From the NRDC late on Thursday::
Deafening, Dynamite-like Underwater Acoustic Assaults Would Injure Up to 138,000 Marine Mammals and Reduce Catch Rates of Commercial Fisherman
To read more or comment...From Bloomberg News on Thursday:
By Joe Carroll
Aubrey McClendon, the shale wildcatter who's raised $1 million an hour since getting fired from Chesapeake Energy Corp. last year, is seeking another $2 billion for oil drilling.
Energy 11 LP plans to offer 95 million common units for $20 each and 5.26 million units for $19, according to a prospectus the Fort Worth, Texas-based partnership filed today. The units will not trade on any public exchange. A subsidiary of McClendon's American Energy Partners LP will manage all aspects of Energy 11's business, the filing said.
To read more or comment...Midwest Energy News has a good-read artixcle on Ohio0's injection wells for drilling waste.
Click here to read the story by Kathiann Kowalski.
To read more or comment...The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has extended the public comment period on disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing or fracking.
The period has been extended to Sept. 18 from Aug. 18.
Click here to read the Federal Register notice.
To read more or comment...
From the American Petroleum Institute today:
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2014 ─ Total U.S. petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) rose 1.5 percent from June 2013 to average just above 19.0 million barrels per day last month. For the second quarter, petroleum demand increased 1.5 percent compared to the same period last year.
"A wide range of measures show continued strength in petroleum demand and domestic supply last month, with imports around 20-year lows," said API Chief Economist John Felmy. "Increased U.S. production in recent years has provided an almost barrel-for-barrel counterweight to various disruptions in global supply from overseas."
Demand for gasoline gained 4.0 percent from June 2013 to average 9.3 million barrels per day while distillate deliveries increased by 3.0 percent to approximately 3.8 million barrels per day. Jet fuel demand increased by 8.4 percent over the same period, while demand fell for "other oils" by 5.5 percent and residual fuel by 10.9 percent. Residual fuel deliveries marked the lowest June level on record.
To read more or comment...From ProPublica today:
CA Halts Injection of Fracking Waste, Warning It May Be Contaminating Aquifers
California officials have ordered an emergency shutdown of 11 oil and gas waste injection sites and a review of 95 others in the state's drought-wracked Central Valley out of fear that companies may have been pumping fracking fluids and other toxic waste into drinking water aquifers there, ProPublica's Abrahm Lustgarten reports.
The action comes as California's agriculture industry copes with a drought crisis that has emptied reservoirs and cost the state $2.2 billion this year alone. The lack of water has forced farmers to supplement their water supply from underground aquifers.
Key takeaways from Lustgarten's report:
To read more or comment...BP America has won approval from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to plug one of its producing wells in Trumbull County.
The company won approval on July 10 to plug its Jewett IH well in Johnston Township, said ODNR spokesman Mark Bruce.
Last April, the company said it was abandoning its efforts in the Utica shale and putting its 105,000 leased acres up for sale.
That was due to poor results in its Trumbull County wells in the northern section of the Utica shale.
To read more or comment...New Jersey-based real estate investment Trust UMH Properties Inc. announced it has bought four manufactured home communities in the Pittsburgh area to house Marcellus shale workers as rental properties, the Pittsburgh Business Times reported.
It said the company paid $12.2 million for the four communities in the region that include 336 developed homes on 239 acres but didn't provide details on the specific properties it bought.
Click here to read the full story
To read more or comment...From the Associated Press:
By KEVIN BEGOS
Associated Press
The head of Pennsylvania's Department of Health said Wednesday that its experts are responding to health complaints related to natural gas drilling, but there is no quick and easy way to answer questions about the issue.
To read more or comment...From American Energy Partners and its American Energy-Permian Basin LLC on Wednesday:
OKLAHOMA CITY, JULY 16, 2014: American Energy – Permian Basin, LLC (AEPB), an affiliate of American Energy Partners, LP (AELP), announced today the pricing of its offering of $350 million of floating rate senior unsecured notes due 2019 ("2019 Notes"), $650 million of 7.125% senior unsecured notes due 2020 ("2020 Notes") and $600 million of 7.375% senior unsecured notes due 2021 ("2021 Notes"). The 2019 Notes will be sold to investors at 99% of their principal amount, while the 2020 Notes and 2021 Notes will be sold to investors at 100% of their principal amount. Subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, the offering of the Notes is expected to close on July 31, 2014.
The net proceeds from the offering of each series of Notes will be used as part of the financing for the proposed acquisition by AEPB of the Permian Basin business and assets of Enduring Resources II, LLC ("Acquisition") and for general corporate purposes. The offering of the Notes is scheduled to close prior to the completion of the Acquisition and, therefore, AEPB expects to deposit the gross proceeds received from the offering of each series of Notes and certain additional amounts in an escrow account pending the satisfaction of certain conditions, including the completion of the Acquisition.
To read more or comment...From Kinder Morgan on Wednesday:
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 16, 2014--
Chairman and CEO
KMP reported second quarter distributable cash flow before certain items of $561 million, up 11 percent from
From the U.S. Energy Information Administration today:
Jul 17, 2014
Crude oil and natural gas resources are the estimated oil and natural gas volumes that might be produced at some time in the future. The volumes of oil and natural gas that ultimately will be produced cannot be known ahead of time. Resource estimates change as extraction technologies improve, as markets evolve, and as oil and natural gas are produced. Consequently, the oil and gas industry, researchers, and government agencies spend considerable time and effort defining and quantifying oil and natural gas resources.
To read more or comment...Texas-based Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. has agreed to purchase the remaining mineral rights of bankrupt aluminum producer Ormet Corp. in Ohio's Monroe County and West Virginia's Wetzel County for $22.3 million, NGI's Shale Daily reports.
Magnum Hunter had already drilled three wells on Ormet's property and with the approval of a bankruptcy court in Delaware, the new acquisition would allow it access to the oil and gas rights underneath the plant that was recently sold to Niagara Worldwide LLC, Shale Daily said.
To read more or comment...From the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:
Senate Votes to Confirm Cheryl LaFleur to Second Term at FERC
The United States Senate has confirmed Cheryl LaFleur to a second term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). LaFleur, who has been Acting Chairman of the Commission since November 2013, will now serve a term that expires in 2019.
"I want to thank President Obama and the Senate for giving me the opportunity to serve another term," Acting Chairman LaFleur said. "I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to maintain a reliable and secure grid and help ensure our energy markets and infrastructure adapt to the nation's changing resource mix."
Since she joined the Commission in 2010, Acting Chairman LaFleur's priorities have included reliability and grid security, promoting efficient and effective markets, and supporting a clean and diverse power supply. She serves as the FERC liaison to the Department of Energy's Electricity Advisory Committee. She is also a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' (NARUC) Committees on Electricity and Critical Infrastructure and was co-chair of the FERC/NARUC Forum on Reliability and the Environment.
Acting Chairman LaFleur has more than 20 years' experience as a leader in the electric and natural gas industry, serving as executive vice president and acting CEO of National Grid USA, responsible for the delivery of electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast. In various positions at National Grid USA and its predecessor New England Electric System, she led major efforts to improve reliability and employee safety, and was responsible for leading award-winning conservation and demand response programs for customers. Acting Chairman LaFleur practiced law at Ropes & Gray in Boston earlier in her career.
A native of Massachusetts, Acting Chairman LaFleur is married to William A. Kuncik, a retired attorney, and they are the parents of two grown children.
Oklahoma is now No. 1 for earthquakes in the United States.
It had 240-plus earthquakes of 3.0 or greater magnitude from January through June.
That total is growing. The state had seven earthquakes last weekend, three of which were greater than 3.0.
Hydraulic fracturing or fracking and injection wells for drilling wastes are the likely causes, the experts say.
To read more or comment...From GlobalData on Wednesday:
LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 16 July 2014 - Global polyethylene demand is forecast to rise by approximately 3.7% per annum between 2013 and 2018, at a slightly higher level than its growth during the 2003 to 2013 period, says a new report from research and consulting firm GlobalData.
To read more or comment...Ohio has approved 1,397 Utiuca shale permits, as of July 12.
The state has 953 drilled Utica wells, of which 476 are producing, says the Ohio Department of Natrual resources and its Division of Oil & Gas Resources Management.
There are 45 rigs working in Ohio.
The state has approved 13 new permits: three in Belmont County, four in Guernsey County, three in Harrison County, one in Jefferson County, one in Monroe County and one in Trumbull Counjty.
To read more or comment...The Environmental Defense Fund has put the cars that Google Street View deploys to map routes, houses and commercial buildings to a new use: mapping natural gas leaks.
It has mapped such leaks in Boston, Indianapolis and New York City's Staten island.
Click here to read the full story from the Washington Post.
To read more or comment...
From the Associated Press:
The Denton (Texas) City Council voted down a petition 5-2 to ban new hydraulic fracturing after eight hours of testimony, sending the proposal to a public ballot in November.
The North Texas city would be the first in the state to ban fracking.
Fracking involves blasting a mix of water, sand and chemicals deep into underground rock formations to release trapped oil and gas.
To read more or comment...A press release on Tuesday from the National Center for Atmospheric Reserach:
– Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and partner organizations from across the country are launching a major field project on the northern Front Range of Colorado this month to track the origins of summertime ozone, an invisible but harmful pollutant.
The researchers will use specially equipped aircraft, networks of ground-based instruments, and sophisticated computer simulations. Results from the month-long study will provide needed information to officials seeking to ensure that air in the region is healthy to breathe.
To read more or comment...From GlobalData on Tuesday:
Global Crude Distillation Capacity Additions to Reach Almost 12 Million Barrels per Day by 2020, Increasing Pressure on Refining Margins, says GlobalData
LONDON, UK (GlobalData), 15 July 2014 - An additional 11.7 million barrels per day (mmbd) of Crude Distillation Capacity (CDU) will come online globally between 2014 and 2020, with an annual average of 1.6 mmbd, says research and consulting firm GlobalData.
To read more or comment...There was a small fire on Monday afternoon at a CONSOL Energy well pad in Pennsyvania's Greene County.
No injuries were reported at the fire west onf Waynesburg in Center Township.
Click here to read more from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
To read more or comment...From Bloomberg News today:
By Naureen S. Malik
Record natural gas production from the Marcellus shale deposit in the Northeast is helping send U.S. output to an all-time high, as hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling unlocked underground supplies.
To read more or comment...From Bloomberg News:
By Adam Janofsky and Sridhar Natarajan
Aubrey McClendon is returning to his wildcatter roots as the ousted co-founder of Chesapeake Energy Corp. prepares to tap the junk-bond market to help finance what will be the most highly leveraged energy exploration company.
A unit of McClendon's American Energy Partners LP is seeking $1.4 billion, according to a statement from Moody's Investors Service, which assigned the debt a Caa1 rating. That grade, denoting securities of "very high risk" and "poor credit standing," reflects undeveloped reserves and"prospective" acreage in Permian Basin drilling rights being purchased from closely held Enduring Resources.
To read more or comment...From CONSOL Energy today:
CONSOL's much anticipated 3-well NBL19 pad in northern
A total of 24 protestors were arrested on Monday in Washington, D.C., at the headquarters of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Those arrested were protesting the Cove Point, Md., liquified natural gas export facility.
Click here to read more from NPR's StateImpact Pennsylvania.
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Norwood, MA (06/14/2010) - Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications and leading provider of RF integrated circuits, is introducing a TruPwr® RF power detector for 3G and 4G mobile terminals. The ADL5505 TruPwr RF power detector is a highly accurate, easy-to-use device for determining the RMS (root mean square) power of complex waveforms. It can be used for power measurements of both simple and complex waveforms and is particularly useful for measuring high crest factor (high peak-to-RMS ratio) signals, such as W-CDMA, CDMA2000, WiMAX, WLAN and LTE waveforms. It is also effective for optimizing the performance of linear power amplifiers. Furthermore, with industry-leading specifications and the smallest footprint at a mere .8 mm x .8 mm, the ADL5505 power detector eliminates the need for look-up tables and correction factors for large and changing crest factors, significantly increasing efficiency, battery life and signal quality while reducing bill of materials cost.
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