Two Years Into Oil Slump, U.S. Shale Firms Are Ready to Pump More Shale industry has proved resilient despite low prices thanks to cost cuts, efficiency improvements By Lynn Cook and Bradley Olson Sept. 27, 2016 5:30 a.m. ET When oil prices began to plunge two years ago due to a global glut of crude, experts predicted ...
By Shauna Johnson in News | September 22, 2016 at 4:05PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Dozens of employees of TransCanada in West Virginia, formerly employed by Columbia Pipeline Group, are being laid off this week as part of TransCanada’s efforts to align operations with combined company needs, according to a spokesperson. The exact number of ...
$2M natural gas truck facility planned for Clendenin Andrew Brown , Staff Writer MarkWest, a natural gas company with operations in several states, is planning to build a trucking facility for natural gas liquids near Clendenin. The company filed for a building permit for the proposed project with Kanawha County late last week. According to ...
Daily Mail editorial: Could methanol plant be start of new growth? August 18, 2016 With chemical manufacturing plants lined along the Kanawha River from Belle to Institute, the area used to be known as the Chemical Valley. Few people use that term anymore. Many of the plants and most of the jobs the chemical industry ...
From WVUToday MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Researchers at West Virginia University studied drilling wastes produced at two research wells near Morgantown and found they are well below federal guidelines for radioactive or hazardous waste. Paul Ziemkiewicz, director of the West Virginia Water Research Institute at WVU, will present these and other findings from the Marcellus Shale Energy and Environmental Laboratory, or ...
By Stan Parker Law360, New York (August 2, 2016, 8:43 PM ET) The coalition challenging new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations on methane emissions swelled in size Tuesday, with more than a dozen states and a host of fossil fuel industry groups asking the D.C. Circuit to review the rule. North Dakota in July ...
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. http://www. wsj .ccm/articles/judge-strikes-down-obama-rule-on-fracki ng-on-public-lands-1466600116 U.S. Judge Strikes Down Obama Rule on Fracking on Public Lands Interior Department lacked the authority to issue stricter regulation, federal judge in Wyoming finds By AMY HARDER Updated June 22, 2016 6:35 p.m. ET A federal judge in Wyoming has blocked an Interior Department rule ...
Plenty of new information has been added to the website for the September 25-27 ES-AAPG meeting in Lexington, Kentucky! Check the agenda page here for a newly-posted preliminary schedule for our technical sessions, updated information on workshops and field trips, and a new link to meetings and social events during the gathering. Make sure to ...
Hot Mess: How Radioactive Fracking Waste Wound Up Near Homes And Schools By Glynis Board • Jun 20, 2016 The energy that lights up, turns on, cools and heats our lives leaves a trail of waste. Natural gas is no exception. The waste from the gas drilling known as “fracking” is often radioactive. ...
As we celebrate West Virginia’s 153rd birthday today, many in our state are breathing a sigh of relief since a budget bill has now been officially passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Tomblin. However, budget cuts have still left several West Virginians unsure as to the future of their employment and/or benefits. The ...
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