Zero emissions transportation-centered Nikola Corp. is partnering with Keystate Natural Gas Synthesis LLC to bring what may be Pennsylvania’s first blue hydrogen and chemicals production facility. KeyState’s planned 7,000-acre production facility is to feature commercial-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) for a blue hydrogen, ammonia and urea production facility. Nikola and KeyState are in the…
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Third-Party Issues Seen Challenging EQT Operations Into 2023
Supply chain issues, midstream constraints and adverse weather combined to curb EQT Corp.’s third quarter natural gas output and are likely to impact the company’s operations through the middle of next year, management said last week. “These third-party constraints, along with water restrictions due to drought conditions in parts of the [Appalachian] basin, negatively impacted…
Range Resources CEO Says Marcellus, Utica Shales Vital to Stabilize Natural Gas Markets
Range Resources Corp. is “in the best position in the company’s history” amid a tightly supplied global natural gas market, CEO Jeff Ventura said Tuesday. Fort Worth, TX-based Range is among the country’s largest natural gas producers, with nearly one million net acres in Pennsylvania targeting the Marcellus, Utica and Upper Devonian shale formations. “As…
Appalachian Basin Engineers Studying Hydrogen Transport in Natural Gas Pipelines
How to safely and securely transport hydrogen through natural gas infrastructure is the focus of a new research partnership between the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) Swanson School of Engineering and utility Peoples Natural Gas. “Hydrogen has the potential to transform the way we heat our homes and power our businesses, using the existing natural gas…
Quantum Energy Partners to Take Major Position in EQT After $5.2B Transaction
EQT Corp. said late Tuesday it would bolt-on 90,000 net acres and associated midstream assets in West Virginia in a cash and stock transaction valued at $5.2 billion. EQT, the nation’s largest natural gas producer, is acquiring upstream assets from THQ Appalachia I LLC and midstream assets from THQ XcL Holdings I LLC. Both companies…
Proposed Pennsylvania LNG Export Terminal in Talks to Commercialize Project
An East Coast LNG export terminal that would tap into vast amounts of feed gas from the Appalachian Basin is aiming to pre-file with federal regulators by the end of the year and reach a final investment decision by 2024. The 7.2 million metric tons/year (mmty) facility would be located at a yet-to-be-determined site along…
FERC Gives MVP Another Four Years to Reach Finish Line
FERC has granted the heavily scrutinized Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) another four years to finish construction and enter service, a move that could augur well for the embattled natural gas project’s political and regulatory future. In an order filed Tuesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave MVP until Oct. 13, 2026, to complete what has…
Williams, PennEnergy Connecting Growing Domestic, LNG Markets with Certified Natural Gas Supply
Williams is partnering with PennEnergy Resources LLC to market and deliver certified natural gas from the Appalachian Basin to meet growing demand in the United States and beyond. Through its Sequent business unit, purchased from Southern Co. in 2021, Williams is building a marketing portfolio to sell the low-carbon natural gas to utilities, LNG export…
Energy Transfer Affiliates Convicted of Environmental Crimes for Pennsylvania Pipeline Incidents
Energy Transfer LP (ET) affiliates have reached a plea deal and accepted criminal charges related to the Mariner East 2 (ME2) and Revolution pipeline projects in Pennsylvania, resolving cases brought by state Attorney General (AG) Josh Shapiro since last year. ET affiliates pleaded no contest to 23 counts against both pipelines without admitting guilt. Another…
CNX Increases Spending to Stay Ahead of Inflation
CNX Resources Corp. will increase this year’s capital expenditures (capex) as it battles through inflationary pressures and works to keep its operations stable heading into next year. The Appalachian pure-play is now guiding for a 2022 capex range of $550-590 million, up $70 million at the midpoint from its previous forecast. “We are planning to…