Cracking Polyethylene Changes in Parkersburg

November 26, 2013

More on the new Parkersburg cracker plant Article by S. Tom Bond, Retired Chemistry Professor and Resident Farmer, Lewis County, WV Sabic  is a Saudi Arabian company that specializes in high quality plastics. It has been faced with financial difficulty and is expected to transfer its  business  to Illinois and Mississippi.  It had previously announced plans [...]

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The Center for Sustainable Shale Development Creeps Forward

November 25, 2013

Coalition seeks uniform performance standards for shale drillers From an Article by Rick Shrum, Washington PA Observer-Reporter, November 21, 2013 Greene County PA farmer, Andrew Place, helped to cultivate an improbable idea that may lead to a bountiful harvest. “All of us came together with a shared vision, with a potential that would be generational,” Place said of [...]

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Plan to use decommissioned gasoline pipeline for NGLs

November 24, 2013

Sunoco to Pipeline WV NGL thru Lancaster Co. PA From an Article by Dean Evans, Lancaster County, PA, November 21, 2013 A decommissioned underground pipeline that once carried gasoline across the state and through Lancaster County could see new life from the Marcellus shale gas boom. “Mariner East 1 is a project to transport natural [...]

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Warwood Wastewater Recycle Debate Gets a Legislative Hearing

November 22, 2013

Lawmakers hear from both sides on fracking water recycling plant From the Article by Casey Junkins, Wheeling Intelligencer, November 20, 2013 Charleston, WV – Ben Stout took his fight against the GreenHunter Water natural gas frack water recycling plant to Charleston on Tuesday, as he testified to the West Virginia Joint Legislative Oversight Commission on State [...]

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Marcellus Gas Royalties in PA and WV

November 21, 2013

Getting Paid: Gas Royalties In Pennsylvania Article from State Impact – Pennsylvania As the natural gas industry has grown, many people across the state signed leases with the understanding that under Pennsylvania law, they were entitled to a certain percentage of the money companies made selling the gas. The Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act of 1979 put [...]

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Colorado’s Governor Patches Up the Gas Patch

November 20, 2013

The Achilles’ Heel of Shale Gas Development Commentary by JOE NOCERA, New York Times, November 18, 2013 It’s not very often that someone starts his career as a geologist and then winds up as governor, but John Hickenlooper, the governor of Colorado, can make that claim. “We had fracking when I was a working geologist in 1981,” [...]

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Let’s Get Practical About Global Warming?

November 19, 2013

Global warming pragmatism recommended Guest Editorial by Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post, November 17, 2013 Economist Robert Pindyck of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently examined the computer models that estimate the effects and costs of climate change — and he didn’t like what he found. The models reflect two gaping uncertainties, he says. First, we don’t know how [...]

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Prizes in the Cracker-Jacks Box for WV & PA?

November 18, 2013

WV citizens groups wary of cracker plant proposal(s) Based on Article by Ken Ward Jr., Charleston Gazette, November 16, 2013 Citizens groups aren’t rushing to flatly oppose a possible ethane cracker project in Wood county WV, but they said they want to see more details about the sort of plant the Brazilian firm Odebrecht would [...]

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SHALE DRILLING & PUBLIC HEALTH: A Day of Discovery — November 23rd

November 17, 2013

PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE — Shale Drilling and Public Health: A Day of Discovery Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222 (5th Floor) Saturday, November 23, 2013, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania This event is free and open to the public: Register here. AGENDA 8:30 – [...]

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Marcellus Natural Gas to Gasoline (GTL) Plant Sited Near Altoona, PA

November 16, 2013

Marcellus Shale Gas  to be Converted to Hydrocarbon Liquids From an Article by Walt Frank, The Altoona Mirror, November 13, 2013 Marcellus GTL LLC of Gilberton announced plans in March to build a plant that would turn natural gas into gasoline and propane, and they hoped to begin construction by the end of this year. However, [...]

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