Current and former officials in the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) warn that companies hoping to build an ethane cracker in the state could have difficulty getting the necessary permits if they choose to build in areas that don’t meet federal air quality standards.
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Economics Replace Supply Concerns for Marcellus Ethane
Can Appalachia support all of the ethane projects proposed for the region? Potentially, but economics could play a much more decisive factor than supply over the coming decade, experts said last week at the Hart Energy Marcellus Midstream Conference and Exhibition in Pittsburgh.
Economics Replacing Supply Concerns for Ethane
Will ethane production from shale plays in Appalachia support all of the ethane projects proposed for the region?
Industry Briefs
Wyoming is preparing a petition to the U.S. Supreme Court seeking a hearing of the state’s challenge to the federal “roadless rule,” which potentially has an impact on oil, gas and future mineral development on federal lands (see Daily GPI, Dec. 7, 2011). Gov. Matt Mead said he decided to seek high court review following the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals denial of Wyoming’s petition for an en banc court rehearing in the case, which Mead has maintained “raises legal questions of exceptional importance.” The Tenth Circuit reversed of an earlier Wyoming federal district court injunction against the U.S. Forestry Service’s designation of additional wilderness areas through the roadless rule, and the state continues to argue that the federal forestry agency’s actions circumvented Congress, which is the only legitimate source of wilderness designations. “The roadless rule has seriously impacted Wyoming, our people, our industries and the health of our forests,” Mead said. “Given the consequences, it is important to ask the Supreme Court to hear this case.”
Wyoming, Industry Seek Land Rule Rehearing
In a case that potentially has an impact on oil, gas and future mineral development on federal lands, the state of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association last Monday jointly requested an en banc rehearing by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
Wyoming, Industry Group Seek Land Designation Rehearing
In a case that potentially has an impact on oil, gas and future mineral development on federal lands, the state of Wyoming and the Colorado Mining Association on Monday jointly requested an en banc rehearing by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
API Official Doubts Obama Administration Will Revise Leasing Plan
The industry has little confidence that the Obama administration will revise its proposed five-year offshore leasing plan to include potentially prolific areas that historically have been off-limits, an official with the American Petroleum Institute (API) said Tuesday.
Cuadrilla Acknowledges Fracking Caused Tremors at Drill Site in England
Two small earthquakes in northwest England that occurred earlier this year at some natural gas drilling sites likely were caused by hydraulic fracturing (fracking), according to a report issued on Wednesday by UK-based Cuadrilla Resources Ltd.
WSI: Irene Could be First of Eight Atlantic Hurricanes
Hurricane Irene was bearing down on the East Coast over the weekend, potentially causing billions in damage, but it may be only the first of eight major Atlantic hurricanes, according to Andover, MA-based WSI Corp., which last week said it expects a total of 15-18 named storms, including eight hurricanes, four of them Category Three or greater, to form this year. The forecasters also said they expect much of the northern United States to experience temperatures averaging significantly above normal over the next three months.
GAO Report: Oil Shale Water Impact Hard to Define
Oil shale production’s impact on water supplies is potentially large but difficult to quantify and pinpoint, according to an official with the General Accountability Office (GAO) who testified Wednesday before a House natural resources subcommittee.