The status of the proposed Appalachian Storage and Trade Hub, as well as the oil and gas industry in general, was a primary topic Wednesday at the 2019 winter meeting of the Independent Oil & Gas Association of West Virginia. IOGAWV President Brett Loflin said the two-day conference likely set a record in terms of ...

Energy Speaks and West Virginia Roundtable presented the first Energy Infrastructure Summit, a free event at Embassy Suites in Charleston, designed to share information and ideas about West Virginia's growing oil and natural gas industry. Presenters and panelists discussed the Appalachian Storage Hub Update, working together to grow the industry, the economic impact of the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy named a new director of the agency’s National Energy Technology Laboratory. The new director, Brian Anderson, comes from West Virginia University’s Energy Institute. Read more...  

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A recent decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court could be the paradigm shift supporters of using the state’s natural gas to create electricity, instead of coal, have been waiting for. Late Thursday, the West Virginia Supreme Court issued a unanimous memorandum decision in favor of Energy Solutions Consortium, affirming the siting certificate for ESC ...

IOGAWV Executive Director Charlie Burd and his wife, Leone, were guests of US Methanol, Karel Komarek and the Czech-based Komarek Family Foundation, parent company of US Methanol. The night was highlighted with a welcome from Hynek Kmonicek, the Czech Republic Ambassador to the United States and a rousing performance by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. This ...

Prior to the start of the 2018 WV Chamber of Commerce Business Summit sessions Friday, IOGAWV representatives had a chance to converse with the state's legislative leadership.  Pictured from left are Jim Fealy, with the Law Offices of Philip A. Reale, newly elected West Virginia House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael ...

IOGAWV Executive Director Charlie Burd, along with other IOGAWV members, is speaking at the 2nd Annual Appalachian Basin GPA Midstream (ABGPA Midstream) Conference on Thursday, September 20th. Burd will be part of the O&G Associations Panel, Steve Hedrick of MATRIC is giving an update on the Appalachian Storage and Trading Hub, David Marks of Dominion ...

Please read these samples of the media coverage from the Summer Meeting. From the West Virginia News: The opening of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia’s summer meeting early Monday continued the organization’s push to promote what current President Marc Monteleone said are great opportunities in the natural gas and oil industry ...

I was at a birthday party for a relative a few weeks ago.  The family lives near Pittsburgh in the heart of Marcellus Shale country. A friend of the family, who also owns a company, start-up providing video verification services, was complaining that people have no idea where things come from.  He told of a ...