PA Marcellus News Digest
December 4, 2012
Releases
EQT Announces 2013 Operational Forecast
Wallaby
Businesswire
Dec 4
PITTSBURGH-EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) today announced the Company’s 2013 capital expenditure (CAPEX) forecast of $1.5 billion. The CAPEX forecast includes $1.15 billion for EQT Production, $320 million for EQT Midstream, and $45 million for distribution infrastructure projects and other corporate items. The forecast does not include CAPEX for EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM), which is a publicly traded entity controlled by EQT Corporation and consolidated in its financial statements. Funding will be provided by cash-on-hand at year-end, cash generated from operations, and proceeds from expected midstream asset sales (dropdowns) to EQT Midstream Partners, LP.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120497.HTM
Wallaby
Businesswire
Dec 4
PITTSBURGH-EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) today announced the Company’s 2013 capital expenditure (CAPEX) forecast of $1.5 billion. The CAPEX forecast includes $1.15 billion for EQT Production, $320 million for EQT Midstream, and $45 million for distribution infrastructure projects and other corporate items. The forecast does not include CAPEX for EQT Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM), which is a publicly traded entity controlled by EQT Corporation and consolidated in its financial statements. Funding will be provided by cash-on-hand at year-end, cash generated from operations, and proceeds from expected midstream asset sales (dropdowns) to EQT Midstream Partners, LP.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120497.HTM
MSC Releases Recommended Practices for Motor Vehicle Safety
Wallaby
Dec 4
Pittsburgh, PA – Today, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) released a Recommended Practices focused on Motor Vehicle Safety. The fifth in a series of such guidance documents, this Recommended Practice builds upon the ongoing MSC-sponsored Transportation Safety Day and Flagger Training seminars, which provide hands-on training for motor carriers, drivers, and others working in the natural gas industry.
“Shale gas development requires a great deal of logistical and transportation planning and training. Our industry is absolutely aware of how critical transportation-related safety is for our employees and contractors, and especially for the communities where we operate,” said MSC president Kathryn Z. Klaber. “
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120492.HTM
Wallaby
Dec 4
Pittsburgh, PA – Today, the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) released a Recommended Practices focused on Motor Vehicle Safety. The fifth in a series of such guidance documents, this Recommended Practice builds upon the ongoing MSC-sponsored Transportation Safety Day and Flagger Training seminars, which provide hands-on training for motor carriers, drivers, and others working in the natural gas industry.
“Shale gas development requires a great deal of logistical and transportation planning and training. Our industry is absolutely aware of how critical transportation-related safety is for our employees and contractors, and especially for the communities where we operate,” said MSC president Kathryn Z. Klaber. “
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120492.HTM
Grant program to convert vehicle fleets to natural gas now accepting applications
Wallaby
Dec 4
HARRISBURG– State Rep. Phyllis Mundy reminds local businesses and governments that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting applications for a grant program to convert vehicle fleets to use natural gas.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120478.HTM
Wallaby
Dec 4
HARRISBURG– State Rep. Phyllis Mundy reminds local businesses and governments that the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is accepting applications for a grant program to convert vehicle fleets to use natural gas.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120478.HTM
Genesee & Wyoming Expands Role in Utica Shale Development
Wallaby
Businesswire
Dec 3
GREENWICH, Conn.-Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road Company (CUOH), has signed a long-term agreement to serve the $900-million natural gas liquids (NGLs) fractionation hub being constructed in Scio, Ohio, by Utica East Ohio Midstream, LLC.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120396.HTM
Wallaby
Businesswire
Dec 3
GREENWICH, Conn.-Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (GWI) (NYSE: GWR) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, The Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road Company (CUOH), has signed a long-term agreement to serve the $900-million natural gas liquids (NGLs) fractionation hub being constructed in Scio, Ohio, by Utica East Ohio Midstream, LLC.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120396.HTM
Pittsburgh International Still Struggling With Low Passenger Count
Wallaby
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
Dec 3
In early 2011 the Allegheny Institute wrote two Policy Briefs (Volume 11, Numbers 8 and 16) outlining some of the problems facing Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). The first Brief detailed the decline in passengers at PIT and how nearly twenty years after the new terminal opened it was grossly underutilized—due in large part to the loss of the US Airways’ hub.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120386.HTM
Wallaby
Allegheny Institute for Public Policy
Dec 3
In early 2011 the Allegheny Institute wrote two Policy Briefs (Volume 11, Numbers 8 and 16) outlining some of the problems facing Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT). The first Brief detailed the decline in passengers at PIT and how nearly twenty years after the new terminal opened it was grossly underutilized—due in large part to the loss of the US Airways’ hub.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012120386.HTM
Study says methane emissions from shale wells lower than thought
Wallaby
Nov 28
A new study by MIT researchers finds the actual amount of methane emissions caused by production of natural gas in shale formations has been greatly exaggerated in previous studies, particularly a controversial Cornell University study released last year. The MIT researchers found that the potential methane emissions per well in the Barnett and Haynesville shales were 273 metric tons and 1,177 metric tons, respectively.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012112993.HTM
Wallaby
Nov 28
A new study by MIT researchers finds the actual amount of methane emissions caused by production of natural gas in shale formations has been greatly exaggerated in previous studies, particularly a controversial Cornell University study released last year. The MIT researchers found that the potential methane emissions per well in the Barnett and Haynesville shales were 273 metric tons and 1,177 metric tons, respectively.
Link: http://wallaby.telicon.com/PA/library/2012/2012112993.HTM
DEP Announces Jan. 3 Public Meeting, Hearing on Lycoming County Power Plant
Agency Will Discuss Moxie Patriot LLC’s Proposed Air Quality Plan Approval
DEP Newsroom
Dec 3
WILLIAMSPORT -- The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and hearing on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to discuss a proposed Air Quality plan approval for Moxie Patriot LLC for a new 936-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant to be constructed in Clinton Township, Lycoming County.
Link: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=19768&typeid=1
Agency Will Discuss Moxie Patriot LLC’s Proposed Air Quality Plan Approval
DEP Newsroom
Dec 3
WILLIAMSPORT -- The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting and hearing on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to discuss a proposed Air Quality plan approval for Moxie Patriot LLC for a new 936-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant to be constructed in Clinton Township, Lycoming County.
Link: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=19768&typeid=1
DEP, EPA Announce Dec. 12 Public Meeting on Proposed Underground Injection Control Wells in Warren County
DEP Newsroom
Dec 3
MEADVILLE -- The Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a public meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss proposals for two Underground Injection Control Class II disposal wells in Columbus Township near Bear Lake in Warren County.
Link: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=19770&typeid=1
DEP Newsroom
Dec 3
MEADVILLE -- The Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will host a public meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss proposals for two Underground Injection Control Class II disposal wells in Columbus Township near Bear Lake in Warren County.
Link: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/newsroom/14287?id=19770&typeid=1
Articles
Chesapeake ordered to pay $600,000 fine
Post-Gazette
Dec 4
Chesapeake Appalachia was sentenced Monday to pay a $600,000 fine for an unauthorized discharge of stone and gravel into Blake Fork in Wetzel County, W.Va., in 2008.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/chesapeake-ordered-to-pay-600000-fine-664800/
Post-Gazette
Dec 4
Chesapeake Appalachia was sentenced Monday to pay a $600,000 fine for an unauthorized discharge of stone and gravel into Blake Fork in Wetzel County, W.Va., in 2008.
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/region/chesapeake-ordered-to-pay-600000-fine-664800/
Mon pollution testing to expand to Allegheny, Ohio rivers
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Dec 4
A water testing program that helped limit mine pollution’s impact in the long-troubled Monongahela River basin is expanding to the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, where some hope it can help guard drinking water sources.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3067969-74/rivers-allegheny-program-bromide-ohio-pollution-researchers-authority-environmental-institute#axzz2E4ubLs3E
Pitt Trib
Timothy Puko
Dec 4
A water testing program that helped limit mine pollution’s impact in the long-troubled Monongahela River basin is expanding to the Allegheny and Ohio rivers, where some hope it can help guard drinking water sources.
Link: http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/3067969-74/rivers-allegheny-program-bromide-ohio-pollution-researchers-authority-environmental-institute#axzz2E4ubLs3E
PBF Energy updates proposal for public trade
Inquirer
Joseph N. DiStefano
Dec 4
[...]Cheap Marcellus Shale gas fuels PBF's refineries. The company also expects the nearby Utica Shale will yield cheap oil, further cutting costs and boosting profits.
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20121204_PhillyDeals__PBF_Energy_updates_proposal_for_public_trade.html
Inquirer
Joseph N. DiStefano
Dec 4
[...]Cheap Marcellus Shale gas fuels PBF's refineries. The company also expects the nearby Utica Shale will yield cheap oil, further cutting costs and boosting profits.
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20121204_PhillyDeals__PBF_Energy_updates_proposal_for_public_trade.html
UGI gas rates down; but colder weather might mean higher bills
Citizens Voice
David Falchek
Nov 30
While natural gas may be less expensive this heating season, bills may be a bit higher for people than last winter.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/business/ugi-gas-rates-down-but-colder-weather-might-mean-higher-bills-1.1410098
Citizens Voice
David Falchek
Nov 30
While natural gas may be less expensive this heating season, bills may be a bit higher for people than last winter.
Link: http://citizensvoice.com/news/business/ugi-gas-rates-down-but-colder-weather-might-mean-higher-bills-1.1410098
Get return on industrial tax incentives
Times-Tribune
Dec 4
The New York Times has exposed anew an age-old problem that has taken on new dimensions as state and local governments attempt to battle stubborn unemployment.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/get-return-on-industrial-tax-incentives-1.1411478
Times-Tribune
Dec 4
The New York Times has exposed anew an age-old problem that has taken on new dimensions as state and local governments attempt to battle stubborn unemployment.
Link: http://thetimes-tribune.com/opinion/get-return-on-industrial-tax-incentives-1.1411478
DEP, EPA plan meeting on wells
Times Observer
Ben Klein
Dec 4
The Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting on the two waste water disposal wells in Columbus Township.
Link: http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/561250/DEP--EPA-plan-meeting-on-wells.html?nav=5006
Times Observer
Ben Klein
Dec 4
The Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Protection will hold a public meeting on the two waste water disposal wells in Columbus Township.
Link: http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/561250/DEP--EPA-plan-meeting-on-wells.html?nav=5006
Corbett may face obstacles in bid for reelection
Inquirer
Angela Couloumbis
Dec 4
[...]Take the legislation to impose a fee on natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Despite a fury of criticism from Democrats, the measure has emerged as one of the administration's key accomplishments with the legislature. Yet when it came time to sign the bill, Corbett did so alone in the privacy of his office with no fanfare.
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/20121204_Corbett_may_face_obstacles_in_bid_for_reelection.html
Inquirer
Angela Couloumbis
Dec 4
[...]Take the legislation to impose a fee on natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Despite a fury of criticism from Democrats, the measure has emerged as one of the administration's key accomplishments with the legislature. Yet when it came time to sign the bill, Corbett did so alone in the privacy of his office with no fanfare.
Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/state/20121204_Corbett_may_face_obstacles_in_bid_for_reelection.html
Energy energizes Flanagan
Pittsburgh region’s energy prowess dates to Colonial times
Observer-Reporter
Rick Shrum
Dec 3
[...]In recent years, of course, the Marcellus rush has fueled more energy and job opportunities for Southwestern Pennsylvania. And, Flanagan said, the region would be boosted even further if Shell Oil Co. does select Beaver County for its ethane cracker plant,
Yet, amid the prosperity and rosy prospectus, he does have a concern.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20121203/NEWS08/121209868#.UL5Kt-TpeSp
Pittsburgh region’s energy prowess dates to Colonial times
Observer-Reporter
Rick Shrum
Dec 3
[...]In recent years, of course, the Marcellus rush has fueled more energy and job opportunities for Southwestern Pennsylvania. And, Flanagan said, the region would be boosted even further if Shell Oil Co. does select Beaver County for its ethane cracker plant,
Yet, amid the prosperity and rosy prospectus, he does have a concern.
Link: http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20121203/NEWS08/121209868#.UL5Kt-TpeSp
Pipeline workers boost 'Toys' effort
Butler Eagle
Dec 3
WINFIELD TWP — Piles of baby dolls, tiny tricycles and boxed board games looked out of place Wednesday among the giant trucks and trailers in the back lot of Wayne Sell Trucking. But they and the Associated Pipeline workers who brought the piles of toys were exactly where they were supposed to be -
Link: https://home.butlereagle.com/clickshare/authenticateUserSubscription.do?CSProduct=butlereagle&CSAuthReq=1354648682:273484151114481&CSTargetURL=http://www.butlereagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/login
Butler Eagle
Dec 3
WINFIELD TWP — Piles of baby dolls, tiny tricycles and boxed board games looked out of place Wednesday among the giant trucks and trailers in the back lot of Wayne Sell Trucking. But they and the Associated Pipeline workers who brought the piles of toys were exactly where they were supposed to be -
Link: https://home.butlereagle.com/clickshare/authenticateUserSubscription.do?CSProduct=butlereagle&CSAuthReq=1354648682:273484151114481&CSTargetURL=http://www.butlereagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/login
County basking in money from drilling impact fees
State spreads wealth; parks first to benefit
Reading Eagle
Mary Young
Dec 3
Energy companies aren't drilling into Berks County's limited natural gas deposits.
Link: http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=432756
State spreads wealth; parks first to benefit
Reading Eagle
Mary Young
Dec 3
Energy companies aren't drilling into Berks County's limited natural gas deposits.
Link: http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=432756
Environmental Regulators to Meet With Residents Over Proposed Deep Injection Well
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Dec 3
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/03/environmental-regulators-to-meet-with-residents-over-proposed-deep-injection-well/
NPR State Impact
Susan Phillips
Dec 3
Link: http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2012/12/03/environmental-regulators-to-meet-with-residents-over-proposed-deep-injection-well/
Off-target on bromides
Pitt Trin
Dec 2
The news story “Bromide down in Mon, still elevated in Allegheny” (Nov. 9 and TribLIVE.com) simplified and sensationalized the issue unnecessarily, incorrectly targeted permitted treatment of wastewater from conventional oil and gas operations (i.e., not from Marcellus shale operations) as a prominent source for isolated incidents of elevated bromide levels and requires the insertion of important facts and historical information.
Link: http://triblive.com/opinion/3026018-74/bromides-gas-oil-conventional-wastewater-elevated-percent-treatment-bromide-operations#axzz2DzIuTJAP
Pitt Trin
Dec 2
The news story “Bromide down in Mon, still elevated in Allegheny” (Nov. 9 and TribLIVE.com) simplified and sensationalized the issue unnecessarily, incorrectly targeted permitted treatment of wastewater from conventional oil and gas operations (i.e., not from Marcellus shale operations) as a prominent source for isolated incidents of elevated bromide levels and requires the insertion of important facts and historical information.
Link: http://triblive.com/opinion/3026018-74/bromides-gas-oil-conventional-wastewater-elevated-percent-treatment-bromide-operations#axzz2DzIuTJAP
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