The open season memorandum, with details about Shell's proposed Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project to feed ethane from the Marcellus/Utica region to the Shell cracker plant that is scheduled to be built in Beaver County, PA (near Pittsburgh).
A binding open season (time for new customers to sign up) for using a new 105-mile natural gas pipeline from Luzerne County in northeastern PA to Mercer County near Trenton, NJ. The open season runs to August 29, 2014. This announcement contains details for the newly announced project to carry Marcellus Shale gas to customers in PA and NJ.
The Mountaineer XPress project is approximately 150 miles of new pipeline with approximately 2.7Bcf per day of transportation capacity from existing and future points of receipt along or near CPG’s system, most of it located in West Virginia.
Columbia Pipeline Group Open Season Notices for Leach Xpress & Rayne Xpress P...Marcellus Drilling News
Non-binding open season notices for Leach Xpress pipeline, running from Marshall County, WV through OH and to Leach, KY; and for Rayne Xpress, upgrades to an existing pipeline from Leach, KY to Rayne, LA. The combination of these two projects will deliver an extra 1 billion cubic feet per day of Marcellus and Utica Shale gas to the Gulf Coast.
A ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows Texas Gas Transmission to reverse the flow of an existing pipeline that will carry Utica and Marcellus Shale gas from Ohio all the way to the Louisiana Gulf Coast.
Ohio-Louisiana Access Project - Reverse Natural Gas Pipeline from NE to GulfMarcellus Drilling News
The application filed by Texas Gas Transmission to reverse the flow on 690 miles of pipeline from Louisiana to southwestern Ohio. Reversing the flow (making it bi-directional) would allow Texas Gas to flow Marcellus and Utica Shale gas to the Gulf Coast area. The project does not include laying any new pipe--only the modification of four existing compressor stations and building one new compressor station.
Draft Antero Resource Shale Drilling Lease for MWCD-owned Land Around Piedmon...Marcellus Drilling News
A draft lease agreed to by both the Muskigum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) and Antero Resources that will allow Antero to drill in the Utica Shale on and under Piedmont Lake property. Terms for the 6,700 acres lease are left blank in this version, although signing bonuses in the area are typically reported to be in the neighborhood of $6,000-$7,000 per acre.
FERC Approval for Tennessee Gas Pipeline - Connecticut Expansion ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
The official FERC approval/certificate allowing the Connecticut Expansion project to move forward. The project includes building 13.42 miles of new pipeline loops in three states: Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. When completed, the new looping will serve an additional 72,100 dekatherms of (mostly) Marcellus Shale gas to three utility companies in Connecticut.
Proposed Antero Resources Lease for 6,700 Acres in the Muskingum Watershed Co...Marcellus Drilling News
A copy of the proposed lease from Antero Resources to allow them to drill under (but not on top of) 6,700 acres located in the Seneca Lake area of Guernsey and Noble counties in Ohio, part of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. The MWCD plans to vote on the lease at their Feb. 15, 2013 meeting.
A binding open season (time for new customers to sign up) for using a new 105-mile natural gas pipeline from Luzerne County in northeastern PA to Mercer County near Trenton, NJ. The open season runs to August 29, 2014. This announcement contains details for the newly announced project to carry Marcellus Shale gas to customers in PA and NJ.
The Mountaineer XPress project is approximately 150 miles of new pipeline with approximately 2.7Bcf per day of transportation capacity from existing and future points of receipt along or near CPG’s system, most of it located in West Virginia.
Columbia Pipeline Group Open Season Notices for Leach Xpress & Rayne Xpress P...Marcellus Drilling News
Non-binding open season notices for Leach Xpress pipeline, running from Marshall County, WV through OH and to Leach, KY; and for Rayne Xpress, upgrades to an existing pipeline from Leach, KY to Rayne, LA. The combination of these two projects will deliver an extra 1 billion cubic feet per day of Marcellus and Utica Shale gas to the Gulf Coast.
A ruling from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that allows Texas Gas Transmission to reverse the flow of an existing pipeline that will carry Utica and Marcellus Shale gas from Ohio all the way to the Louisiana Gulf Coast.
Ohio-Louisiana Access Project - Reverse Natural Gas Pipeline from NE to GulfMarcellus Drilling News
The application filed by Texas Gas Transmission to reverse the flow on 690 miles of pipeline from Louisiana to southwestern Ohio. Reversing the flow (making it bi-directional) would allow Texas Gas to flow Marcellus and Utica Shale gas to the Gulf Coast area. The project does not include laying any new pipe--only the modification of four existing compressor stations and building one new compressor station.
Draft Antero Resource Shale Drilling Lease for MWCD-owned Land Around Piedmon...Marcellus Drilling News
A draft lease agreed to by both the Muskigum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) and Antero Resources that will allow Antero to drill in the Utica Shale on and under Piedmont Lake property. Terms for the 6,700 acres lease are left blank in this version, although signing bonuses in the area are typically reported to be in the neighborhood of $6,000-$7,000 per acre.
FERC Approval for Tennessee Gas Pipeline - Connecticut Expansion ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
The official FERC approval/certificate allowing the Connecticut Expansion project to move forward. The project includes building 13.42 miles of new pipeline loops in three states: Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York. When completed, the new looping will serve an additional 72,100 dekatherms of (mostly) Marcellus Shale gas to three utility companies in Connecticut.
Proposed Antero Resources Lease for 6,700 Acres in the Muskingum Watershed Co...Marcellus Drilling News
A copy of the proposed lease from Antero Resources to allow them to drill under (but not on top of) 6,700 acres located in the Seneca Lake area of Guernsey and Noble counties in Ohio, part of the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District. The MWCD plans to vote on the lease at their Feb. 15, 2013 meeting.
Annual natural gas report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Chock full of great charts and graphs and data, laying out production, imports and exports of natural gas in the U.S.
PA DEP Permit for Unconventional NatGas Well Site Operations and Remote Piggi...Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016, PA Gov. Wolf announced the Dept. of Environmental Protection would develop a general permit for sources at new or modified unconventional well sites and remote pigging stations (GP-5A). This is the proposed permit.
New rules for hydraulic fracturing from the Maryland Dept. of Environment. The rules are supposedly the strictest in the nation. A quick review shows that with features like a 2,000 foot setback from private water wells, there will be very little, if any, fracking in Maryland.
Decision by NH PUC to Deny Request by Eversource Energy to Strike a Long-Term...Marcellus Drilling News
A decision by the New Hampshire Public Utility Commission disallowing a long-term contract between utility company Eversource Energy and Spectra Energy's Access Northeast natural gas pipeline to supply natural gas to New England. The contract would put Eversource's electric rate payers on the hook for some of the cost of the pipeline--as they are the ones who will get lower electric costs as a result of the gas flowing through the pipeline. The PUC put that deal to an end.
PennEast Pipeline responded to September comments made by the New Jersey Division of the Rate Counsel (NJDRC) that attempted to make an argument against the pipeline project. PennEast responded with an independent report written by Concentric Energy Advisors, rippping to shreds the arguments put forward by NJDRC. This is the NJDRC's lame response to being humiliated by PennEast.
FERC Order Denying Rehearing Requested by NY AG Schneiderman re Constitution ...Marcellus Drilling News
New York Attorney General Eric Scheiderman requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rehear and investigate the matter of tree clearing in NY along the proposed path of the Constitution Pipeline (still not built). Schneiderman alleged the Constitution should have prevented landowners from clearing trees on their own property ahead of the pipeline's approval by Lord Cuomo. FERC told Schneiderman to get lost--no rehearing of the matter.
EPA: Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas IndustryMarcellus Drilling News
New ozone "guidelines" for oil and natural gas systems, to supposedly reduce smog-forming emissions in large population centers. The new guidelines are not, the EPA says, required regulations (yet), but only "recommendations for state and local air agencies to consider as they determine what emissions limits to apply to covered sources in their jurisdictions."
MSC Lawsuit Filed in PA Commonwealth Court Against Chapter 78a Drilling Regul...Marcellus Drilling News
A lawsuit filed by the Marcellus Shale Coalition against the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection questioning several pieces of the new Chapter 78a drilling regulations adopted by the DEP. The lawsuit does not seek to overturn the entire set of rules--just certain fuzzy aspects of the rules.
PennEast Pipeline Response to NJDRC Comments Against Pipeline ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
PennEast Pipelines response to analysis provided to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the New Jersey Division of the Rate Council (NJDRC). The NJDRC told FERC that PennEast isn't needed and questioned its cost recovery rate. PennEast responded to that analysis with an independent report written by Concentric Energy Advisors, which refutes (i.e. obliterates) the "incorrect assumptions" made in the NJDRC comments to FERC.
The original articles of incorporation with amendments for the Delaware Riverkeeper nonprofit "charity". The organization is, according to its charter, "restoring the Delaware River Watershed's natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists." Yet the organization is using its money and personnel to interfere in fracking in parts of Pennsylvania (and other states) that have nothing to do with the Delaware River Basin. They are in violation of their own charter and therefore (in our opinion) in violation of their tax-exempt status.
The Equity Research - North America operation of Deutsche Bank attended the Platts 9th Annual Appalachian Oil & Gas Conference in Pittsburgh earlier this week. This is the writeup/takeaways from the event.
US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - Pollock v Energy Corporation of A...Marcellus Drilling News
On Monday, October 24, 2016, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that ECA did not meet its burden of proving its need for a new trial in the case involving a $1.1 million judgment to landowners. The landowners sued ECA in federal court in 2010, alleging they did not receive their proper amount of royalties under their leases because allegedly improper post-production costs were deducted. The District Court jury awarded $1.1 million in damages. ECA appealed the verdict to the Third Circuit.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the U.S. was forced to pay Europe’s high prices for energy? Hint: It ain't pretty.
Schedule 13D - Stone Energy Corporation - Largest Shareholder Opposes Bankrup...Marcellus Drilling News
Stone Energy's largest investor, Thomas Satterfield, owns 9.9% of the company's stock. He doesn't want to see that stock turned into toilet paper by handing the keys over to debtholders under the current bankruptcy plan. He filed this report with the SEC opposing Stone's existing plan.
A new report just issued by the New England Coalition for Affordable Energy says New England is at a much greater risk for higher energy costs in the short-term because of lack of new pipelines.
Annual natural gas report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Chock full of great charts and graphs and data, laying out production, imports and exports of natural gas in the U.S.
PA DEP Permit for Unconventional NatGas Well Site Operations and Remote Piggi...Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016, PA Gov. Wolf announced the Dept. of Environmental Protection would develop a general permit for sources at new or modified unconventional well sites and remote pigging stations (GP-5A). This is the proposed permit.
New rules for hydraulic fracturing from the Maryland Dept. of Environment. The rules are supposedly the strictest in the nation. A quick review shows that with features like a 2,000 foot setback from private water wells, there will be very little, if any, fracking in Maryland.
Decision by NH PUC to Deny Request by Eversource Energy to Strike a Long-Term...Marcellus Drilling News
A decision by the New Hampshire Public Utility Commission disallowing a long-term contract between utility company Eversource Energy and Spectra Energy's Access Northeast natural gas pipeline to supply natural gas to New England. The contract would put Eversource's electric rate payers on the hook for some of the cost of the pipeline--as they are the ones who will get lower electric costs as a result of the gas flowing through the pipeline. The PUC put that deal to an end.
PennEast Pipeline responded to September comments made by the New Jersey Division of the Rate Counsel (NJDRC) that attempted to make an argument against the pipeline project. PennEast responded with an independent report written by Concentric Energy Advisors, rippping to shreds the arguments put forward by NJDRC. This is the NJDRC's lame response to being humiliated by PennEast.
FERC Order Denying Rehearing Requested by NY AG Schneiderman re Constitution ...Marcellus Drilling News
New York Attorney General Eric Scheiderman requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rehear and investigate the matter of tree clearing in NY along the proposed path of the Constitution Pipeline (still not built). Schneiderman alleged the Constitution should have prevented landowners from clearing trees on their own property ahead of the pipeline's approval by Lord Cuomo. FERC told Schneiderman to get lost--no rehearing of the matter.
EPA: Control Techniques Guidelines for the Oil and Natural Gas IndustryMarcellus Drilling News
New ozone "guidelines" for oil and natural gas systems, to supposedly reduce smog-forming emissions in large population centers. The new guidelines are not, the EPA says, required regulations (yet), but only "recommendations for state and local air agencies to consider as they determine what emissions limits to apply to covered sources in their jurisdictions."
MSC Lawsuit Filed in PA Commonwealth Court Against Chapter 78a Drilling Regul...Marcellus Drilling News
A lawsuit filed by the Marcellus Shale Coalition against the PA Dept. of Environmental Protection questioning several pieces of the new Chapter 78a drilling regulations adopted by the DEP. The lawsuit does not seek to overturn the entire set of rules--just certain fuzzy aspects of the rules.
PennEast Pipeline Response to NJDRC Comments Against Pipeline ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
PennEast Pipelines response to analysis provided to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the New Jersey Division of the Rate Council (NJDRC). The NJDRC told FERC that PennEast isn't needed and questioned its cost recovery rate. PennEast responded to that analysis with an independent report written by Concentric Energy Advisors, which refutes (i.e. obliterates) the "incorrect assumptions" made in the NJDRC comments to FERC.
The original articles of incorporation with amendments for the Delaware Riverkeeper nonprofit "charity". The organization is, according to its charter, "restoring the Delaware River Watershed's natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists." Yet the organization is using its money and personnel to interfere in fracking in parts of Pennsylvania (and other states) that have nothing to do with the Delaware River Basin. They are in violation of their own charter and therefore (in our opinion) in violation of their tax-exempt status.
The Equity Research - North America operation of Deutsche Bank attended the Platts 9th Annual Appalachian Oil & Gas Conference in Pittsburgh earlier this week. This is the writeup/takeaways from the event.
US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit - Pollock v Energy Corporation of A...Marcellus Drilling News
On Monday, October 24, 2016, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that ECA did not meet its burden of proving its need for a new trial in the case involving a $1.1 million judgment to landowners. The landowners sued ECA in federal court in 2010, alleging they did not receive their proper amount of royalties under their leases because allegedly improper post-production costs were deducted. The District Court jury awarded $1.1 million in damages. ECA appealed the verdict to the Third Circuit.
Chamber of Commerce report that asks and answers the important question: What would happen if the U.S. was forced to pay Europe’s high prices for energy? Hint: It ain't pretty.
Schedule 13D - Stone Energy Corporation - Largest Shareholder Opposes Bankrup...Marcellus Drilling News
Stone Energy's largest investor, Thomas Satterfield, owns 9.9% of the company's stock. He doesn't want to see that stock turned into toilet paper by handing the keys over to debtholders under the current bankruptcy plan. He filed this report with the SEC opposing Stone's existing plan.
A new report just issued by the New England Coalition for Affordable Energy says New England is at a much greater risk for higher energy costs in the short-term because of lack of new pipelines.
The monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration for December 2016. This issue makes a couple of key points re natural gas: (1) EIA predicts that natural gas production in the U.S. for 2016 will see a healthy decline over 2015 levels--1.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) less in 2016. That's the first annual production decline since 2005! (2) The EIA predicts the average price for natural gas at the benchmark Henry Hub will climb from $2.49/Mcf (thousand cubic feet) in 2016 to a whopping $3.27/Mcf in 2017. Why the jump? Growing domestic natural gas consumption, along with higher pipeline exports to Mexico and liquefied natural gas exports.
Report: Analysis of Act 13 Spending by Pennsylvania Municipalities and CountiesMarcellus Drilling News
A pair of University of Pittsburgh at Bradford professors received a grant to study the question of whether or not local towns and municipalities that receive Act 13 impact fee revenue are using that revenue for the purposes they were meant to use it. The study found that yeah, towns are using the money wisely, what they are supposed to be using it for. But the study also found it's difficult to trace every penny, so the prof recommend better reporting guidelines be used when doling out the money in future.
PPA Commonwealth Court Case Ruling New Chapter 78a Drilling Rules are Cleared...Marcellus Drilling News
PA Commonwealth Court Case that ruled the Dept. of Environmental Protection's (DEP) final Chapter 78a Marcellus Drilling regulations are cleared to begin--that there is no legal reason to stop publication and adoption of the new regulations. PIOGA is opposing the new regulations.
A list of the companies nominated to receive an award in recognition for excellence during 2016. The awards are issued at a gala event in March in Pittsburgh.
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Non-Binding Open Season for TETCo Capacity Expansio...Marcellus Drilling News
An open season run by Eastern Shore Natural Gas in March 2015 to gauge interest in additional supplies of natural gas coming from TETCo into the ESNG pipeline system.
The approval certificate issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on April 7, 2016 for a project to beef up a connection between two pipelines not yet built--PennEast Pipeline and Southern Reliability Project pipeline. Both new pipelines will be located, at least partially, in NJ.
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America Open Season Announcement from Februar...Marcellus Drilling News
An open season announcement for the NGPL's Gulf Coast Market Expansion Project. That project will carry Marcellus/Utica gas south from Illinois to the Gulf Coast to feed a series of LNG export facilities, including (according to a recent press release) Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi LNG export facility.
Altima Resources - Altima Announces Construction of New Chambers Alberta Area...Viral Network Inc
Altima Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: ARH / FSE: AKC / OTC Pink: ARSLF) announces it has commenced construction of a new 3.78 kilometer pipeline (the “Line”) and facility to connect the COPOL HZ 14-15-41-11 W5M well (Refer to News Release September 5, 2013) to the ConocoPhillips Canada compressor facility (the “Facilities”) located at 09-04-041-11 W5M. Through a Participation Agreement (the “Agreement”) between Acumen Energy Partners Inc. (“Acumen”), and the Company, Acumen has been granted the right to earn a 5% working interest (the “Working Interest”) in the Company’s 30% working interest in the COPOL ET AL HZ CHAMERS 14-15-41-11 W5M well (the “Well”) and the associated Pooled Lands located in the Chambers-Ferrier area of the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, Alberta (refer to News Release August 26, 2013 for details). As per the Agreement, Acumen and the Company will construct the Line and Facilities, which are anticipated to be completed and the Well placed on production in late October.
This article explores the potential next steps for Developers if the changes under URD 14D/114 proposed to be made to the ROCs regime for UK solar parks above 5MW in size are passed by the UK Government.
There is discussion on what an applicant for a CfD may need, what mechanisms lie in the CfD process to attract debt financiers/equity investors, and what a Developer may do to gear up for the bidding process for CfD-allocation in October this year if legislative changes are implemented to bring forward the CfD for ROCs handover date to 1.4.15.
Spectra Energy Pipeline Proposal for Maine Public Utilities CommissionMarcellus Drilling News
A proposal for a pipeline that will bring abundant, cheap and clean-burning Marcellus Shale gas to New England, helping to reduce the cost of both natural gas and electricity (since much of New England's electricity is generated by natural gas-fired plants). The Spectra plan to build a pipeline dubbed Access Northeast competes with a similar plan from Kinder Morgan to expand the Tennessee Gas Pipeline across Massachusetts.
Submission of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper - Relicensing hearing before the Canad...LOWaterkeeper
Cameco Corporation (Cameco) is currently applying to renew its Fuel Facility Operating Licence FFOL-3631.0/2017 (the licence) for its Port Hope Conversion Facility (PHCF). This licence was issued on February 28, 2012, (valid from March 1, 2012) and will expire February 28, 2017.
The requested licence is for a ten-year period and would permit Cameco to continue to produce nuclear fuel for reactors in Canada and abroad. Currently, the facility is permitted to process and produce up to 2,800 tonnes of uranium as UO2 which is used for CANDU reactor fuel and up to 12,500 tonnes of UF6 which is exported for processing into light water reactor fuel. The requested licence would also permit Cameco to make significant changes to its facility, renovating some buildings, decommissioning others, and building entirely new facilities on the
PHCF site. These changes collectively comprise its Vision in Motion (VIM) project. More specifically, Cameco’s proposed VIM project involves:
• Removing up to 150,000 cubic metres (m3) of radioactive contaminated waste. This includes contaminated soil excavation, “legacy” drummed waste generated at the facility before 1988, and rubble from demolished older buildings at the PHCF site and Center Pier). This waste will be taken to Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ secure long-term waste management facility in Port Hope;
• Removing 11 older or under-utilized buildings from the PHCF site and Center Pier;
• Constructing of 4 new buildings and the refurbishment or modification of 7 other buildings at the site;
• Installing of new pump and treat wells to address the groundwater contamination that will remain under the PHCF site after VIM is completed;
• Improving the facility’s stormwater management infrastructure; and
• Moving the eastern fence-line of the PHCF away from the harbour to help facilitate greater public access to Port Hope’s waterfront.
Waterkeeper has been involved in several other past decision-making processes before the CNSC concerning this facility, including its environmental assessment (EA) under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 1992, as well as its application for a Certificate of Approval from the then Ontario Ministry of Environment for its industrial sewage permit. During these processes, Waterkeeper expressed concerns regarding the facility’s poor stormwater management, the need for better cooling water technology, and the need for better environmental monitoring and public communication.
In the last five years, some progress has been made to ensure the initiative supports a more swimmable, drinkable, and fishable Lake Ontario. But more work is still needed.
Similar to Shell's Falcon Ethane Pipeline Open Season Information Memorandum (20)
Quarterly legislative action update: Marcellus and Utica shale region (4Q16)Marcellus Drilling News
A quarterly update from the legal beagles at global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright. A quarterly legislative action update for the second quarter of 2016 looking at previously laws acted upon, and new laws introduced, affecting the oil and gas industry in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
An update from Spectra Energy on their proposed $3 billion project to connect four existing pipeline systems to flow more Marcellus/Utica gas to New England. In short, Spectra has put the project on pause until mid-2017 while it attempts to get new customers signed.
A letter from Rover Pipeline to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission requesting the agency issue the final certificate that will allow Rover to begin tree-clearing and construction of the 511-mile pipeline through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and Michigan. If the certificate is delayed beyond the end of 2016, it will delay the project an extra year due to tree-clearing restrictions (to accommodate federally-protected bats).
DOE Order Granting Elba Island LNG Right to Export to Non-FTA CountriesMarcellus Drilling News
An order issued by the U.S. Dept. of Energy that allows the Elba Island LNG export facility to export LNG to countries with no free trade agreement with the U.S. Countries like Japan and India have no FTA with our country (i.e. friendly countries)--so this is good news indeed. Although the facility would have operated by sending LNG to FTA countries, this order opens the market much wider.
A study released in December 2016 by the London School of Economics, titled "On the Comparative Advantage of U.S. Manufacturing: Evidence from the Shale Gas Revolution." While America has enough shale gas to export plenty of it, exporting it is not as economic as exporting oil due to the elaborate processes to liquefy and regassify natural gas--therefore a lot of the gas stays right here at home, making the U.S. one of (if not the) cheapest places on the planet to establish manufacturing plants, especially for manufacturers that use natural gas and NGLs (natural gas liquids). Therefore, manufacturing, especially in the petrochemical sector, is ramping back up in the U.S. For every two jobs created by fracking, another one job is created in the manufacturing sector.
Letter From 24 States Asking Trump & Congress to Withdraw the Unlawful Clean ...Marcellus Drilling News
A letter from the attorneys general from 24 of the states opposed to the Obama Clean Power Plan to President-Elect Trump, RINO Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel and RINO House Speaker Paul Ryan. The letter asks Trump to dump the CPP on Day One when he takes office, and asks Congress to adopt legislation to prevent the EPA from such an egregious overreach ever again.
Report: New U.S. Power Costs: by County, with Environmental ExternalitiesMarcellus Drilling News
Natural gas and wind are the lowest-cost technology options for new electricity generation across much of the U.S. when cost, public health impacts and environmental effects are considered. So says this new research paper released by The University of Texas at Austin. Researchers assessed multiple generation technologies including coal, natural gas, solar, wind and nuclear. Their findings are depicted in a series of maps illustrating the cost of each generation technology on a county-by-county basis throughout the U.S.
Annual report issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration showing oil and natural gas proved reserves, in this case for 2015. These reports are issued almost a year after the period for which they report. This report shows proved reserves for natural gas dropped by 64.5 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), or 16.6%. U.S. crude oil and lease condensate proved reserves also decreased--from 39.9 billion barrels to 35.2 billion barrels (down 11.8%) in 2015. Proved reserves are calculated on a number of factors, including price.
The monthly tabulation and prediction from the U.S. Energy Information Administration on production and activity in the largest 7 U.S. shale plays. All 7 shale plays will experience a decrease in natural gas production from the previous month due to low commodity prices.
Velocys is the manufacturer of gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants that convert natural gas (a hyrdocarbon) into other hydrocarbons, like diesel fuel, gasoline, and even waxes. This PowerPoint presentation lays out the Velocys plan to get the company growing. GTL plants have not (so far) taken off in the U.S. Velocys hopes to change that. They specialize in small GTL plants.
PA DEP Revised Permit for Natural Gas Compression Stations, Processing Plants...Marcellus Drilling News
In January 2016, Gov. Wolf announced the DEP would revise its current general permit (GP-5) to update the permitting requirements for sources at natural gas compression, processing, and transmission facilities. This is the revised GP-5.
Onerous new regulations for the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale industry proposed by the state Dept. of Environmental Protection. The new regs will, according to the DEP, help PA reduce so-called fugitive methane emissions and some types of air pollution (VOCs). This is liberal Gov. Tom Wolf's way of addressing mythical man-made global warming.
A sort of "year in review" for the gas industry in the northeast. If you could boil it all down, the word that appears prominently throughout is "delay" with respect to important natgas pipeline projects. From the Constitution, which should have already been built by now, to smaller projects, delays were the prominent trend for 2016.
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission responded to each point raised in a draft copy of the PA Auditor General's audit of how Act 13 impact fee money, raised from Marcellus Shale drillers, gets spent by local municipalities. The PUC says it's not their job to monitor how the money gets spent, only in how much is raised and distributed.
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Act 13/Impact Fees Audit by PA Auditor...Marcellus Drilling News
A biased look at how 60% of impact fees raised from PA's shale drilling are spent, by the anti-drilling PA Auditor General. He chose to ignore an audit of 40% of the impact fees, which go to Harrisburg and disappear into the black hole of Harrisburg spending. The Auditor General claims, without basis in fact, that up to 24% of the funds are spent on items not allowed under the Act 13 law.
The final report from the Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection that finds, after several years of testing, no elevated levels of radiation from acid mine drainage coming from the Clyde Mine, flowing into Ten Mile Creek. Radical anti-drillers tried to smear the Marcellus industry with false claims of illegal wastewater dumping into the mine, with further claims of elevated radiation levels in the creek. After years of testing, the DEP found those allegations to be false.
FERC Order Denying Stay of Kinder Morgan's Broad Run Expansion ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
Several anti-drillers filed an appeal of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Certificate for the Kinder Morgan Broad Run Expansion Project, asking for a stay claiming a removal of 40 acres of forest for a compressor station would irreparably harm Mom Earth. FERC has ruled against the stay and told the antis Mom Earth will be just fine.
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Decision in Harper v Muskingum Watershed Conse...Marcellus Drilling News
Anti-drilling landowners (backed by Food & Water Watch) claimed the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District had violated the deed to the land it owns by leasing that land for Utica Shale drilling. The Sixth Circuit dismissed the case. The anti-drillers lost.
Final Environmental Impact Statement for NEXUS Gas Transmission ProjectMarcellus Drilling News
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the NEXUS Pipeline project, a $2 billion, 255-mile interstate pipeline that will run from Ohio through Michigan and eventually to the Dawn Hub in Ontario, Canada. FERC gave the project a thumbs up, which clears the way for a Certificate to be issued in early 2017.
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
An astonishing, first-of-its-kind, report by the NYT assessing damage in Ukraine. Even if the war ends tomorrow, in many places there will be nothing to go back to.
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Shell's Falcon Ethane Pipeline Open Season Information Memorandum
1. Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project 1
Information Memorandum
&
Binding Open Season Notice
For
Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project
By
Shell Pipeline Company LP
10/17/2016
2. Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project 2
DISCLAIMER
This Information Memorandum and Binding Open Season Notice (the "Information
Memorandum”) has been prepared by Shell Pipeline Company LP (“SPLC”) in connection with its
proposed construction of a new pipeline system (“Falcon”) to transport purity ethane from supply
points in Ohio and Pennsylvania to a delivery point located near Monaca, Pennsylvania. This
Information Memorandum should not be taken as any form of commitment on the part of SPLC to
proceed with Falcon or any other transaction. This Information Memorandum is not intended to
form the basis of an investment decision by a potential shipper and should not be considered as a
recommendation by SPLC or any other Shell company or any other person in relation to the
potential Falcon project, SPLC or any other Shell company. To the extent that any description of
the parties’ rights or obligations in this Information Memorandum vary from those in the TSA, the
TSA alone controls the rights and obligations of the parties, and the description in this document
will have no force or effect in construing those TSA rights.
In furnishing this document, none of the Shell companies nor any of their respective representatives
is obligated to provide the recipients with access to any additional information or to update this
document or any additional information or to correct any inaccuracies herein or therein which may
become apparent. Nevertheless, SPLC reserves the right to amend or replace this Information
Memorandum at any time, and the information contained in this Information Memorandum is
subject to change or amendment without notice.
The description of agreements and other documents contained in this Information
Memorandum, if any, are summaries only, and such summaries are qualified in their entirety
by reference to the complete text of such agreements and other documents.
Recipients of this Information Memorandum should be aware of the following:
SPLC may at any time conduct discussions and negotiations with any number of prospective
shippers and on any terms with any prospective shippers as it and they consider appropriate,
including different terms for different prospective shippers. Any changes to the terms of
this Information Memorandum will be reflected on the Open Season webpage accessed via
the following link from SPLC’s website www.shell.us/pipeline without prior notice, and
interested parties are solely responsible for following such changes without further notice
from SPLC.
Negotiations may be withdrawn and discontinued with respect to any or all prospective
shippers at any time and any or all proposals or offers may be rejected at any time without
any obligation or liability by SPLC or any other Shell company.
3. Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project 3
In each case described above, SPLC may act in its sole and absolute discretion without giving any
reason and without any liability or obligation of any kind.
In no circumstances shall SPLC or any other Shell company or any of their respective directors,
officers, employees, agents, attorneys, advisers or representatives be responsible for any costs or
expenses incurred by any recipient or for any other liability, howsoever arising, incurred by any
recipient, in connection with their investigation or evaluation of the Falcon project.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
THE FALCON ETHANE PIPELINE PROJECT PROPOSAL
SPLC1
requests shipper commitment for capacity on the new Falcon pipeline system. The Falcon
project contemplates construction of a new 94-mile common carrier ethane pipeline, originating at
three ethane supply points (Houston, Scio & Cadiz) in the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania to a
petrochemical plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania.
The location of the pipeline will be in a key area as more than 70 percent of the North American
polyethylene market sits within a 700-mile radius of Pittsburgh. SPLC’s Falcon project would
allow enhanced access to growing domestic Appalachia production, in the rich gas portions of the
Marcellus and Utica shale reservoirs of NGL processing and fractionation plants.
Falcon’s initial pipeline capacity is expected to be 107,000 barrels per day of ethane. If shipper
demand in this Open Season exceeds the initial offered capacity, SPLC intends, but shall not be
obligated to, expand the capacity sufficiently to accommodate committed volumes, plus at least
10% for spot shipments.
SPLC estimates that the Falcon project could be completed and commissioned in early 2020.
SCOPE AND FORM OF SOLICITATIONS OF INTEREST
SPLC is requesting binding capacity commitments from interested parties in the prospective Falcon
project. Such commitments will be evidenced by a Transportation Service Agreement (“TSA”), the
form of which will be delivered upon request to SPLC to interested parties who sign a
confidentiality agreement, which is available on SPLC’s website. Interested parties should submit
their binding commitments by completing and executing a TSA and sending it to SPLC by no later
than Nov 18, 2016 at 5:00 PM CST.
1
Shell Pipeline Company LP is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Shell Oil Company, and an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc.
4. Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project 4
SPLC has the sole and exclusive right to determine whether to proceed with the Falcon project,
however, it will notify prospective shippers within 60 days of the close of the Open Season of its
decision to either terminate the Falcon project or go forward with construction.
PROPOSED FALCON PIPELINE PROJECT FROM CADIZ, SCIO & HOUSTON TO MONACA, WITH
POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS AND MAJOR DELIVERY POINTS
SCIO (UEO)
Monaca
HOUSTON (MarkWest)
Mariner West pipeline
ATEX pipeline
To USGC
Falcon Pipeline
(Proposed)
Cadiz
(MarkWest)
Other pipelines
To Sarnia
Mariner East pipeline
To Marcus Hook
Utopia pipeline (KM)
To Ontario via Ohio
5. Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project 5
Committed Terms, Volumes and Rates” to the effect that “Actual rates will be included in the TSA
form available after execution and return of a Confidentiality Agreement.
Any Shipper that commits to 85,000 or more barrels per day for a term of at least 15 years will be
an “Anchor Shipper” with certain additional rights as discussed in this Information Statement and
as specified in the TSA.
KEY TERMS
FOR PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT
Should SPLC proceed with the Falcon project, some of the principal terms to be contained in the
TSA are set forth below and should be taken into account in all binding commitments.
Inclusion of Committed Volumes to Proration Policy: The terms of the Tariff shall provide that a
tender of Ethane by Shipper not exceeding Shipper’s Committed Volume shall not be subject to
prorationing to accommodate nominations of Uncommitted Volumes from any Shipper
Shipper Point Specific Capacity Rights: Shippers will have the right to designate specific Origin
Point capacity rights (each, a "Point Specific Capacity" and collectively the "Point Specific
Capacities") in a total amount equal to 100% of their Committed Volume, or, in the case of Anchor
Shippers, 140% of their Committed Volume.
Extension Term: The Committed Term of any TSA between an Anchor Shipper and Carrier shall
automatically be extended by up to two additional five-year terms (each an "Extension Term")
unless the Anchor Shipper provides written notice of election to Carrier not to proceed with any
6. Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project 6
such Extension Term, such notice to be given no later than one (1) year prior to the expiration of the
Committed Term, or any subsequent Extension Term. If the Anchor Shipper provides written notice
of election not to proceed with any such Extension Term, the TSA of such Anchor Shipper shall
terminate at the end of the then current Term. The Committed Rate in effect at the end of the
Committed Term and any Extension Term shall apply to any subsequent Extension Term upon
renewal, subject to annual adjustment by the FERC Index as set forth in Schedule A to the TSA.
The Committed Term of any TSA between a Committed Shipper and Carrier will be extended by
up to two additional five-year terms (each an "Extension Term") if the Committed Shipper provides
to Carrier written notice of election to proceed with any such Extension Term, such notice to be
given no later than one (1) year prior to the expiration of the Committed Term, or any subsequent
Extension Term. If the Committed Shipper fails to provide written notice of election to proceed
with any such Extension Term, the TSA shall terminate at the end of the then current Term. The
Committed Rate in effect at the end of the Committed Term and any Extension Term shall apply to
any subsequent Extension Term upon renewal, subject to the right, but not the obligation, of Carrier
to annually adjust rate by the FERC Index.
Uncommitted Tariff Rates: Carrier plans to file an initial Uncommitted Rate to be determined, but
in no event greater than $0.01 per barrel less than the Committed Rate for the same volume tier;
however, the Uncommitted Rate is subject to FERC's rate standards and procedures, including the
right, but not the obligation, of Carrier to increase the Uncommitted Rate when permitted by the
annual FERC Index adjustment described above.
Application of Volume Commitment to Specific Origin Points: The Committed Volume shipped
in a given month on any segment of the Pipeline cannot exceed 90% of the total capacity of the
segment. If two or more Committed Shippers nominate on a given segment and their combined
nominations exceed 90% of the capacity of that segment, the capacity will first be awarded to the
Committed Shipper whose commitment has the highest Net Present Value (“NPV”), if any capacity
is still available after such award it shall be awarded to the Committed Shipper with next highest
NPV commitment, and so on until all available capacity has been awarded. NPV shall be
determined by the Term and applicable Tariff Rate committed to by the Committed Shippers.
If Shipper demand in this Open Season exceeds the initial offered capacity, SPLC intends, but shall
not be obligated to, expand the capacity sufficiently to accommodate all committed volumes, plus at
least 10% for spot shipments. If potential Committed Shippers submit executed TSAs requesting
committed volumes that exceed 90% of the capacity (as expanded, if applicable) of the Falcon
pipeline, committed volumes will be awarded to potential Committed Shippers based upon the net
present value (“NPV”) of the TSAs submitted, determined by the term and the applicable rates
requested by each potential Committed Shipper. Capacity will be awarded beginning with the TSA
that represents the highest NPV, and continuing thereafter with each successively lower NPV TSA
until all available capacity has been awarded.
For purposes of calculating the NPVs of the requested committed volumes, SPLC will use an
annual discount rate of 7%.
7. Falcon Ethane Pipeline Project 7
Anchor Shipper Option to Increase its Point Specific Capacity: In addition, an Anchor Shipper
shall have the option, at any time and from time to time, to increase its Point Specific Capacity at
the combined Scio Origin Point and Cadiz Origin Point on the terms specified in the TSA
Committed Rates: The rates applicable to Committed Volumes are those specified in Schedule A
of the TSA, and Committed Shippers will agree to pay and support such rates in accordance with
the terms of the TSA.
FERC Indexing: The indexing of rates which are specified in respect to Anchor Shippers and non-
anchor shippers are specified in Schedule A of the TSA
Binding TSA Submissions: SPLC is soliciting interested parties to participate in the above
described Falcon project Binding Open Season. Interested companies must submit an executed
TSA, including a completed Schedule A, by not later than November 18, 2016 at 5:00 PM CST.
TSAs must be executed by a duly authorized representative of the submitting company.
Executed TSAs should be timely submitted in a sealed envelope, clearly marked “Confidential”, to:
Mr. Sean Guillory
Business Opportunity Manager
Shell Pipeline Company LP
One Shell Plaza 42080C
910 Louisiana St.
Houston, Texas 77002
Any questions should be directed to Mr. Guillory at:
Office: 713.241.1840
Fax: 281.513.4355
Email: sean.guillory@shell.com
All submitted TSAs will be non-revocable.
SPLC may in its sole discretion, but is not required to, reject any executed TSA in which
Schedule A is incomplete or inconsistent with the terms and conditions outlined in this
Information Memorandum or the TSA, or any executed TSA that contains any modifications
or additions whatsoever. SPLC will not accept any TSA which is submitted after the close of
the Open Season.