Marcellus

The Pittsburgh International Airport (PIA) has completed a first-of-its-kind microgrid that’s powered by Marcellus Shale natural gas and solar panels. The microgrid will power PIA’s entire campus, making it the first airport in the world to receive its electricity entirely from a microgrid.  “Pittsburgh International Airport is now one of the most site-hardened public facilities…

Hotter trends in the overnight guidance helped send natural gas futures sharply higher in early trading Tuesday. As of 8:50 a.m. ET, the August Nymex contract was up 6.9 cents to $3.848/MMBtu. The American and European weather models trended hotter overnight for next week, adding 2-3 cooling degree days to the outlook, according to NatGasWeather.…

Natural gas forward prices continued to fall at the front of the curve during the trading period ending Wednesday (July 14), pressured by inconsistent summer weather and fluctuating production. However, Northeast markets rebounded as another heat wave drove up regional demand, stalling a more pronounced rebuilding of storage inventories that is needed ahead of the…

The challenge of transporting natural gas to energy-hungry consumers in the Northeast is continuing to create opportunities and spur demand for small-scale applications and virtual pipeline services throughout the region. Despite the sharp uptick in gas production from the prolific Appalachian Basin over the last decade, pipeline constraints remain an issue in the Northeast, particularly…

Seneca Resources Co. LLC and NexTier Oilfield Solutions Inc. have begun a comparative carbon emissions assessment for various natural gas- and diesel-fired hydraulic fracturing (frack) equipment.  Houston-based Seneca, the exploration and production (E&P) arm of National Fuel Gas Co., produces natural gas and oil in California, the Marcellus and Utica shales.  The E&P would lead…

Southwestern Energy Co. this week said it would become the nation’s first exploration and production (E&P) company to certify that its natural gas is responsibly produced from all of its wells across an entire basin. The company reached an agreement for Project Canary to continuously monitor emissions and certify responsibly sourced gas (RSG) from all…

Range Resources Corp. has launched a pilot program with monitoring company Project Canary to certify that its natural gas is produced in an environmentally responsible way.  Project Canary would monitor methane emissions at two well pads in southwestern Pennsylvania. Production at the locations would also be certified under Project Canary’s TrustWell certification process.   Range produced…

The impact fees paid by Pennsylvania’s unconventional natural gas producers in 2020 declined by $54 million year/year to about $146.3 million mainly because of lower natural gas prices, according to the state Public Utility Commision (PUC). Since the fees were enacted in 2012, operators have paid more than $2 billion to the PUC for distribution…

A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Pennsylvania Senate Republicans against the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking).  The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said state Sens. Gene Yaw and Lisa Baker lack standing to challenge the ban on unconventional oil and gas development…