IOGA, WV legislators say properly regulated resources could fuel economic boost

JIM WORKMAN / The State Journal While West Virginia is in a financial crisis with a big budget shortfall and looking to increase revenues wherever it can, the state sits on the potential and expected answer, Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, said. “We’re sitting on the Saudi Arabia of natural gas,” Carmichael said, referencing the ...

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2017-02-20T17:41:18+00:00February 11th, 2017|

Industry to push 2 natural gas access proposals during session

By MetroNews Staff in News | February 06, 2017 at 12:21PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lobbyists for West Virginia’s gas industry will not be making another run at forced pooling or lease integration legislation during the upcoming legislative session, according to the executive director of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association. Instead, Anne Blankenship ...

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2017-02-11T14:38:00+00:00February 6th, 2017|

DEP announces new environmental advocate

By Brad McElhinny in | January 31, 2017 at 11:06AM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice’s administration says its new environmental advocate will be Edward Maguire II, president and owner of The Highlands Group, Inc., a land broker and consulting company that specializes in the conservation of undeveloped properties in West Virginia. He begins work on Feb. 1. ...

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2017-02-06T14:31:42+00:00January 31st, 2017|

Hardy gives budget update as new state Revenue Secretary in Twitter video

By Carrie Hodousek in News | January 30, 2017 at 4:01PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. — New West Virginia Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy says it will take a team effort to fix the state’s budget problems. In a video, released Monday afternoon on the @WVGovernor Twitter handle, Hardy explained the state’s current financial crisis. Twitter State Revenue ...

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2017-01-31T21:02:23+00:00January 31st, 2017|

Natural Gas Production Expected To Grow

Casey Junkins Business/Energy Writer cjunkins@theintelligencer.net WHEELING — Federal officials believe natural gas prices will climb for the next two years, which alarms those concerned with how Marcellus and Utica shale drilling impacts the environment — especially if President Donald Trump scraps President Barack Obama’s planned 45 percent cut for methane emissions. According to U.S. Energy ...

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2017-01-27T18:25:40+00:00January 25th, 2017|

Trump releases a two-page energy plan that embraces fossil fuels

By Daniel Tyson REGISTER-HERALD REPORTER   Jan 21, 2017Seven paragraphs outlined the plan, called the America First Energy Plan, and which the new president said would invigorate the economy while ensuring security by creating thousands of jobs and making the U.S. less dependent on foreign energy sources."President Trump is committed to eliminating harmful and unnecessary ...

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2017-01-27T18:29:10+00:00January 23rd, 2017|
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