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PLG president, Taylor Robinson spoke on May 5, 2015 at the 65th annual Appalachian Logistics League meeting. Mr. Robinson presentedThe North American Energy Revolution: The Implication for Logistics. The meeting was an opportunity for members to network and discuss the ever changing industry of Supply Chain and Logistics with a primary focus on the impacts to the region.
The document summarizes the implications of the North American energy revolution for rail transportation. It discusses how new extraction technologies have led to surging domestic production of oil, gas and NGLs, displacing many imports. This has led to growth in crude-by-rail as production outpaced pipeline capacity, especially for Bakken crude moving to refineries. It forecasts crude-by-rail volumes remaining stable as pipelines are built out slowly, and prices expected to rebound after a challenging 2015 enables continued production growth and frac sand/crude-by-rail demand.
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PLG Consulting is a logistics, engineering, and supply chain consulting firm established in 2001. They have over 100 clients and 250 engagements. They provide strategy, optimization, infrastructure development, and other consulting services. Their main industry verticals are energy, bulk commodities, and freight rail. The document discusses the implications of the North American energy revolution on rail transportation. New extraction technologies like hydraulic fracturing have led to surging production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids in the US and Canada. This has displaced some water-borne crude imports and put North America on a path to energy independence by 2020. Crude-by-rail grew significantly from 2009 to 2014 to transport this domestic production to markets, and
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This document provides a boxscore update from February 2009 on hydrocarbon processing construction projects globally. It includes tables showing the number of total projects, number of active projects, and new projects by region and sector for February 2009 compared to February 2008. It also lists new projects in the United States and Canada with details about location, type of project, estimated cost or capacity, estimated start/completion dates, licensors, engineering companies and construction companies involved.
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At a town hall meeting in Fairbanks, Alaska, concerns were raised about the state's natural gas pipeline plans and negotiations. Voters had mandated building a large gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez for in-state use and LNG exports, but years of study went into an uneconomic plan to pipe gas to Canada and the lower 48. ExxonMobil knew a decade ago that plan made no sense due to the shale gas revolution. Asian LNG buyers had offered to purchase gas or build the pipeline themselves, but the North Slope producers refused to sell them gas. Senate Bill 138 aimed to negotiate fiscal certainty for the producers by lowering taxes and locking them in, but 17 amendments to assert state
This document is a guide to understanding issues related to developing Alaska's natural gas resources. It provides definitions of key terms and discusses the history of proposals for a natural gas pipeline from Alaska's North Slope. While the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act process supported a pipeline to Alberta, Canada, new technologies have increased domestic U.S. gas supplies and the Governor now favors pursuing Asian LNG export markets over the Alberta option. Understanding these complex issues is important for Alaskans to help ensure the state obtains maximum benefit from its natural gas resources.
Developing gas infrastructure in Indonesia's archipelagic geography presents unique challenges. As an island nation made up of over 13,000 islands spanning over 5,000 km east to west, connecting gas supplies to markets requires pipelines, ships and terminals. Current challenges include insufficient domestic infrastructure to utilize non-export gas, and balancing widely dispersed reserves with demand concentrated on Java. Lessons from the past show deals exchanging gas for oil and exporting pipeline gas to other countries can help monetize reserves. Future infrastructure plans include more pipelines, receiving terminals and a virtual pipeline clustering system to link reserves to markets within a regional and international context.
PLG president, Taylor Robinson, spoke at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington D.C. on January 8th, 2017. Mr. Robinson’s presentation featured an overview of the North American energy market including analysis of the impact of shale NGLs on the downstream, and the outlook for U.S. energy/petchem surface transportation over the next five years.
El Paso Corporation provides natural gas and related energy products across North America. It has two core businesses: interstate pipelines and exploration and production. The company has a $3 billion growth backlog for its pipeline business and expects 6-8% annual EBIT growth. Its E&P business is focused on resource plays in the US and exploration internationally. El Paso expects 8-12% annual production growth through high-grading its portfolio and $1.7 billion capital investment in 2008. It enters the year with solid hedge positions on natural gas and oil.
- El Paso Corporation has made significant progress in its turnaround, reducing debt from $20.5 billion to $15.9 billion and selling $4.3 billion in assets to focus on its pipeline and production businesses.
- The company's pipeline group owns major interstate pipelines and has a portfolio of growth projects to expand access to new natural gas supplies and growing markets. Its production business has stabilized production and increased reserves through acquisitions and improved drilling.
- Moving forward, El Paso aims to further reduce debt, generate free cash flow, complete the turnaround of production, and achieve additional cost reductions as it builds on its recent successes.
The operational and financial updated issued by CONSOL Energy for first quarter 2014. The update shows CONSOL's rapid change from coal company to shale gas company. In May CONSOL's current CEO will retire and the current President will assume that role.
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1. The document discusses trends in the global and Indonesian LNG markets, including rising Asian demand, new suppliers entering the market, and a shift towards more flexible LNG contracts.
2. It analyzes Indonesia's LNG production and contracts, finding excess production leading to a need for new domestic and international customers.
3. The presentation recommends expanding gas and LNG infrastructure in Indonesia to develop new domestic markets and optimize utilization of excess LNG, such as for power, transportation, and non-pipeline gas transmission.
North American Energy & Petchem Markets-Future Imapct To RailTaylor Robinson
overviews of the North American oil & gas and petrochemical markets, as well as, key insights in the lower 48 shale plays and frac sand basins. The presentation included analysis of the supply and demand of U.S. NGL’s, and impact of the shale gas expansion on projected rail volumes. The topic of Mexican energy reform led the audience into look at specific opportunities south of the border, and ended with a big picture summary by commodity at the rail and railcar markets.
MARS Meeting Summer 2015-North American Energy Revolution-Implications for RailPLG Consulting
This presentation features an overview of the North American energy market with updates on PLG's Crude by Rail And Frac Sand Market report. PLG's expert analysis included market intelligence on the small covered hopper market and the U.S. industrial expansion from the shale gas production increase.
Teekay LNG Partners reported strong first quarter 2021 results, with adjusted net income slightly higher than the previous quarter. The partnership secured three new charter contracts in March and April and its LNG fleet is now fully chartered through 2021 and over 89% chartered through 2022. Global LNG demand is expected to double by 2040 due to growth in Asia and the increasing role of LNG in the global transition to lower emissions. Spot and term LNG shipping rates have strengthened in recent months due to high demand, low inventories, and charterers looking to secure tonnage ahead of potential winter volatility.
The Executive Summary of the International Energy Agency's (IEA) new edition of the Medium-Term Gas Market Report (MTGMR), for 2013. The new report predicts natural gas' piece of the worldwide energy picture will grow 2.4% from now until 2018. Growth in the U.S. continues rapidly. The report also says natural gas use in the transportation sector is about to rapidly increase around the world, thanks to U.S. shale gas.
Remarks from Maria van der Hoeven on Launch of Medium-Term Gas Market Report ...Marcellus Drilling News
Remarks from the executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) on the release of a new edition of the Medium-Term Gas Market Report (MTGMR), for 2013. Remarks given at the launch event held at the International Economic Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia on June 20, 2013.
A new law passed by the West Virginia legislature during their 2014 session which imposes strict new regulations on chemical storage tanks. The measure comes in the wake of a chemical tank leak (related to coal mining) that temporarily polluted the drinking water for some 300,000 WV residents. The new law will also affect the shale drilling industry in the state.
The DeBrosse Memorial Report: 2012 Oil and Gas Activity in Ohio - an OOGA report chock-full of interesting charts and maps showing who drilled wells in Ohio, where they drilled them and how far (distance) the wells were drilled. A must-read for those with an interest in Ohio Utica drilling.
Poll results from Harris Interactive (hired by the American Petroleum Institute) on American attitudes toward exporting natural gas. The poll was conducted in mid-May 2013 and found a large majority believe exports of natural gas will create jobs in the U.S., make this country more secure and reduce the trade deficit.
A report issued by energy law firm Steptoe & Johnson titled, “Below The Surface: The Legal Challenges of Shale Gas Production.” The report is based on interviews with 96 energy services buyers at 56 companies (mostly drillers). The survey found that the biggest legal issue faced by drillers is real estate.
This report summarizes the findings of a study conducted by West Virginia University to evaluate the construction and integrity of oil and gas wastewater pits and freshwater impoundments in West Virginia. Researchers conducted site evaluations of 15 pits and impoundments, which included comparing as-built conditions to permit plans, performing field observations, soil testing, and interviewing regulatory inspectors. The results found numerous deficiencies across sites including insufficient soil compaction, slope instability issues, liner problems, and lack of oversight and inspections. The report concludes that construction practices did not consistently meet standards and recommends improved regulatory guidelines and training to help ensure public and environmental safety.
Letter from Toxics Targeting and Aligned Groups to Gov. Andrew Cuomo Asking f...Marcellus Drilling News
A letter sent from the director of Toxics Targeting, an extreme anti-drilling group in New York State, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo "requesting" that he end the current health impact review being performed by State Health Commissioner Nirav Shah and instead initiate a years-long health impact study. The aim to simply to prevent fracking from ever starting.
Each quarter the Ohio law firm of Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP produces an Ohio shale update. This is the newest edition, covering second quarter 2014.
List of Economic Development Projects in Eastern Ohio Related to Utica ShaleMarcellus Drilling News
A list of infrastructure and business projects that have sprung up in eastern Ohio related to Utica and Marcellus Shale drilling in the region. This list represents billions of dollars of new investment coming to eastern Ohio because of shale drilling. Awesome.
Bricker & Eckler: Shale Economic Development Overview in Ohio - Fall 2015Marcellus Drilling News
A list of projects details, by county in Ohio, of those projects started or planned because of shale drilling. Published by the Bricker & Eckler law firm. Since the list was first published in 2013, active or announced projects total a staggering $33.7 billion of investment--all thanks to the miracle of hydraulic fracturing!
The list shows the enormous scope and influence and economic impact of Utica Shale drilling in the Buckeye State. Law firm Bricker & Eckler assembled the report and found an amazing $21.5 billion in economic development projects in Ohio that directly result from shale drilling--up from $12.2 billion just one year ago.
The document discusses TransCanada's oil pipeline projects including Keystone, Bakken Marketlink, and Cushing Marketlink. Keystone would transport Canadian crude oil to the Gulf Coast, while Bakken Marketlink and Cushing Marketlink would connect growing US production in North Dakota and at Cushing to markets. The projects bring energy security and economic benefits to North America through increased pipeline capacity and market access for Canadian and US oil supplies. TransCanada expects to receive approval for Keystone XL in late 2011 and for the projects to be operational by 2013.
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Shell will build a $4B cracker plant on the Ohio/Pennsylvania border. The facility will have a significant economic impact on northeast Ohio and, in particular, the 400-plus polymer companies located in the region.
Bricker & Eckler: Shale Economic Development Overview in Ohio - Spring 2015Marcellus Drilling News
The document provides an overview of shale economic development projects in various counties in Ohio as of Spring 2015. It lists over 100 projects related to oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids development in the Utica and Marcellus shale plays. The projects range from pipeline and processing plant construction to new hotels, schools, and businesses created to support the industry. Total investments for the projects listed exceed $10 billion and are expected to create thousands of construction and permanent jobs in Ohio.
The document discusses two major shale formations in the United States - the Eagle Ford Shale in Texas and the Bakken Shale in North Dakota. It describes the geographic extent of each shale play and notes increasing production from both regions due to advances in drilling and completion technologies. The document also discusses how shale development is boosting local economies through job and population growth but challenges around housing shortages and developing infrastructure to support growing communities.
The document summarizes that America's new energy boom from shale oil and gas production will trigger broader economic recovery and higher growth rates. It argues that energy production will be a major job creator both directly and indirectly through multiplier effects. Cheaper domestic energy will revive manufacturing and attract companies to reshore production back to the US. However, the energy industry risks fumbling this opportunity if environmental performance and community impacts are not improved to manage issues from widespread production activities.
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This document contains summaries of multiple presentations by Argus Media on developments in global energy markets. It discusses trends in natural gas and coal generation in the US, regulations affecting coal, growth of US LNG exports, and increasing gas exports to Mexico. The key points are that coal generation is declining further due to regulations while gas benefits, US LNG export capacity is on track to be major but mostly after 2018, and gas exports to Mexico are growing significantly through multiple points along the US-Mexico border.
Scientific Metals Corp. is focused on acquiring and developing cobalt and lithium deposits critical for batteries. Their key assets include cobalt projects in Idaho with historic resources grading over 0.6% cobalt, and lithium brine properties in Utah and Alberta with brine samples up to 1700 ppm lithium. The company aims to become a supplier of battery metals to meet the growing demand from electric vehicles and energy storage.
Pembina Pipeline Corporation (NYSE: PBA) was recently added to the investment portfolio of the UCD Student Managed Fund (SMF).
Our investment team believes PBA is well positioned for strong medium to long-term growth rates. Our pitchbook provides a comprehensive overview of why we decided to allocate funding to this particular stock.
Springer Energy Partners, LP is offering limited partnership units to acquire working interests in producing gas wells in Texas and participate in a drilling program in Louisiana. The partnership will receive cash flow from three gas wells and participate in at least four new oil wells targeting multiple formations, including the Frio sand and Cockfield formations. The general partner is Springer Energy Development, LLC, managed by experienced oil and gas executives. The proposed drilling locations have been identified based on seismic data and previous well production.
PLG 2013 State of Freight Summit PresentationPLG Consulting
PLG Consulting presented an overview of the current flows of materials needed to support shale oil development. This is the fifth presentation that PLG has done on the subject in the last 8 months. The company has worked with some of the largest players in the oil & gas industry to help them gain an advantage through logistics. Contact us at www.plgconsulting.com for more information.
Asia’s Olefin Sector Witness Demand Shock, Prices Under Threat Due to Slump i...TechSci Research
Oil prices dived to $15 for the first time in the last two decades pressurized by the collapsing demand and overfilling vessels. It is told that the situation has become so grave that the Department of Energy is thinking about paying domestic oil producers to keep crude in the ground.
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1) Drilling for coalbed methane in Alberta's Horseshoe Canyon and Mannville formations is increasing as operators shift to more horizontal wells.
2) The Horseshoe Canyon is the only commercial coalbed methane play in Canada so far, with over 2,700 wells producing around 150,000 cubic feet per day on average.
3) The Mannville formation has potential but is not yet commercial due to water production challenges; some operators are exploring horizontal drilling to potentially unlock more gas at faster rates.
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This document provides an overview of PLG Consulting, a logistics and supply chain consulting firm, and discusses the implications of the North American energy revolution for the rail industry. PLG Consulting has over a decade of experience in logistics, engineering, and supply chain consulting for over 200 clients in bulk logistics, freight rail, energy, chemicals, and private equity. The document summarizes the growth of unconventional oil and gas extraction from US shale and Canadian oil sands due to new technologies, leading to surging domestic production and declining imports to North America. This energy boom has significant implications for growing crude by rail transportation on the continent.
Highbank Resources Ltd. closed the first tranche of its private placement, issuing 2,006,250 units. The company is continuing efforts to secure contracts for its aggregate products and monitoring opportunities to bid on infrastructure projects. Significant developments in the region that could benefit Highbank include TransCanada signing a project agreement with the Metlakatla First Nation for its natural gas pipeline, and a group of First Nations supporting another pipeline project connecting Alberta to the Pacific coast.
The document summarizes five key facts about the recovery of US shale oil production:
1) Rig counts have increased by 90% since bottoming out in May 2016 and are up 30% year-over-year, signaling increased drilling and production capacity.
2) While decline rates remain steep, production profiles have increased substantially due to technological advances, meaning aggregate supply will be stronger.
3) Preliminary data shows that net new shale supply turned positive in December 2016 for the first time since March 2015, recovering just 7 months after rig counts increased.
4) Increased drilling activity is supported by a large stock of drilled but uncompleted wells, demonstrating the recovery and expansion of the shale sector.
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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 document is a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration analyzing oil and gas production from seven regions in the U.S. It includes charts and tables showing historical and projected production levels of oil and gas from each region from 2008 to 2017, as well as metrics like the average production per rig. The regions - Bakken, Eagle Ford, Haynesville, Marcellus, Niobrara, Permian, and Utica - accounted for 92% of domestic oil production growth and all domestic natural gas production growth from 2011-2014.
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.
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.
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.
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.
This document provides an overview of the natural gas market in the Northeast United States, including New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It details statistics on gas customers, consumption, infrastructure like pipelines and storage, and production. A key point is that the development of the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania has significantly increased domestic gas production in the region and reduced its reliance on other supply basins and imports.
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
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied a request to stay the authorization of Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company's Broad Run Expansion Project. The Commission found that the intervenors requesting the stay did not demonstrate they would suffer irreparable harm if the project proceeded. Specifically, the Commission determined that the environmental impacts to forest and a nearby animal rehabilitation center would be insignificant. Additionally, conditioning authorization on future permits did not improperly encroach on state authority. Therefore, justice did not require granting a stay.
The times are a-changin’: Assessing the political and economic outlook for th...ResolutionFoundation
Labour has returned to power in Westminster for the first time in 14 years. The new Government has a big electoral mandate but faces a momentous task in delivering lasting economic and social change. From kickstarting growth and reducing poverty, to reforming the planning system, energy market and workplace conditions, Labour’s agenda is fraught with political and economic risk. Yet it also arrives in office with a commanding majority and the opportunity to set out an ambitious governing agenda.
What are the biggest challenges that the new Government faces? How should the new Chancellor approach her first Budget and Spending Review? When should we expect Labour’s extensive list of reforms and new strategies to start making a difference to people’s lives? And what are the prospects of the Starmer government forging a new political and economic settlement in the country?
The Resolution Foundation is hosting an in-person and interactive webinar to debate and answer these questions. Bringing together a panel of Britain’s political scientists, commentators, policy experts and economists, we’ll discuss the outlook for a new Labour Government.
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The aim of the study is analyse the writings of online newspapers of the Western Balkans in Albanian language and the two Slavic languages, Serbian and Macedonian from the perspective of the De Beaugrande and Dresler theories (1981) about textuality standards. We analysed the structure sentence used during reporting on the Russia-Ukraine war, then we compared it with the English language. Sentence structure is what gives meaning to the message being conveyed, Galtung and Ruge 1965 defined a type of journalism, distinguished as war/peace journalism. Using this combination of coherence reasoning theories and war/peace journalism theory, through sentence structure we have proven that war/peace reporting is done with inconsistent coherence. This makes the information in these reports presented positioned towards to their subjectivity, based on the rules that emerge from the norm of the language of the people where that media operates. Through the partial engineering method and Yin's disassembly (1981), we proved that the narrative associated with the information, which makes up the news, differs in a way because in Serbian and Macedonian the reflexive adjective “se” in Serbian after the verb and in Macedonian before the verb, which in Albanian performs the function of the participle "u" and which is not used in the narration of the news, because it would change the mode of narration from active to passive and reflexive.
Article in The Times of Israel by Andy Blumenthal:
This past Independence Day, a disgraceful, vile shadow fell over our celebrations. We witnessed so-called "protests" erupt again in violence, filled with smoke bombs, flag burning, and calls for intifada, "death to America," and violent jihad "by any means necessary." These weren't demonstrations for change; they were hateful displays demanding the overthrow of our nation and its core values.
We are a nation built on inclusion and respect for diverse opinions. But tolerance has its limits. When our communities, campuses, and cities are overrun by those who seek to tear down everything we've built, we must act.
Those who are here illegally or are on visas and cannot live peacefully forfeit the right to remain here. Deportation is a necessary conversation, a way to protect our nation from those who threaten its very core.
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2. Contents
1. Top Issues and Considerations 3
2. Shale Industry Moves 4
3. Ohio Shale Infrastructure 5
4. Government 9
5. School Districts 11
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3. 1. Top Issues and Considerations
Top Issues Considerations
The U.S. natural gas boom has become a temporary • Companies and governments across the U.S. are starting
victim of its own success, as the trillions of cubic feet to switch to CNG vehicles and fleets. An infrastructure is
of the fuel yet to be extracted is too cheap right now emerging – a CNG highway - to support the vehicles.
to encourage drilling. Production of oil and gas wells
declined continuously through Q3. The total number • Drillers are placing higher focus on natural gas liquids,
of oil and gas rigs in the U.S. slid to 1,382 early in which are more profitable and are showing promising
Dec., from more than 2,000 a year ago, according to production results in the Utica.
data from Baker Hughes. • The federal government is being pressured to ease
natural gas export limitations.
Lack of infrastructure - pipelines, midstream • Huge projects are planned, or already underway for 2013
processing facilities, and storage facilities - held and beyond. Drilling and midstream companies are
production in the Utica back in 2012. The lag caused investing billions of dollars into creating the
fewer wells to be drilled than ODNR estimated; 165 infrastructure and the construction is boosting the local
wells were drilled compared to the estimate of 250 in economy.
2012. About $7B in processing infrastructure
investment is planned in Ohio beginning in 2013. • Qualified Ohio workers are in short supply and the
companies are forced to bring some in from outside of
state.
Gulfport is reporting the best production numbers in • Gulfport’s production could meet or surpass Cabot, which
the Utica, and has found the sweetest spots for is the highest Marcellus producer, and will likely be more
drilling so far, in Belmont and Harrison counties. profitable due to the NGLs it is extracting.
Chesapeake missed the mark by focusing on Carroll
and Columbiana Counties. • Chesapeake, despite having the most leased acres in the
Utica, admittedly missed the play’s sweet spot, and has
sold some of its holdings in the play.
Legal firm competitors continue to expand offices • The increased need—real and perceived—for legal
across Ohio. services created by the shale boom is driving this
expansion, though this rapid growth is likely to ebb as
the play matures and firms establish lead positions of
expertise in the industry and issues involved.
4. 2. Shale Industry Moves
Production and extraction:
• Largest Marcellus and Utica producers: Cabot Oil & Gas produce more than 1 Bcf/d
of natural gas - all from drilling in Pa.'s Susquehanna County. Two of Cabot's drilled
wells sharing a single well pad produce over 66 Mmcf/d of natural gas compared to
Gulfport's record-breaking Utica well, the Schugart 1-12H in Belmont, Oh., which
produces 28.5 Mmcf/d. Gulfport will likely beat in profits as it also produces higher-
priced NGLs.
• Gulfport made its first sale through MarkWest Energy's JV (with The Energy and
Minerals Group). MarkWest went live with its interim 60 Mmcf/d Cadiz refrigeration
plant in Harrison County, supported by production from Gulfport’s Wagner 1-28H and
Boy Scout 1-33H wells.
• Gulfport brought its Utica lease holdings to 137,000 acres through a $300 million
acquisition from company Windsor Ohio.
• The Utica play shrunk: As Gulfport’s numbers came in with a strong showing in
Belmont and Harrison Counties, Carrizo Oil and CONSOL Energy said they were moving
south out of Trumbull. BP stayed put, sticking with Trumbull. BP then opened a hub in
Youngstown and keeps expanding its stake.
• Emerging entrants in the Utica play: 1st NRG signed a letter of intent with a private
third party to initiate development of about 7,150 acres in eastern Ohio. Statoil
purchased 70,000 Utica shale acres in Ohio and W.V. for $590 million. With a recent
hostage situation in Africa, it will likely turn its focus to the U.S. Halcon Resources
bought 50% of Carrizo’s Utica stake including 19,000 acres across Trumbull and two
Pa. counties for $43 million.
General industry:
• U.S. Geological Survey’s first report estimates the Utica shale formation holds
about 38 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas, 940 million BOE and 9 million
barrels of NGLs like ethane and propane. The natural gas and oil is estimated to be
worth about $214 billion, liquids could be more.
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5. 3. Ohio Shale Infrastructure
Transportation and logistics
• Railroad renewal: The Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road Company signed a long-term
agreement to ship NGLs from the Utica East Ohio Midstream NGL processing plant in
Scio. Allegheny Railroad saw business grow by about 35% in the last three years
after upgrading to increase capacity for all types of shale-related services. Wheeling
& Lake Erie Railroad's Rook Yard saw traffic increase by 275% and is also
undergoing upgrades to better serve MarkWest Energy Partners' gas processing
facility. Southwestern Pennsylvania Railroad has started moving natural gas from
its terminal in New Stanton
• CNG vehicle and highway growth: Clean Energy Fuels is building LNG fueling
stations across a Natural Gas Highway to facilitate trucking companies converting to
compressed natural gas engines. It has built 70 LNG filling stations near Pilot-Flying J
truck stops and will build 70 to 80 more stations in 2013 near long-haul trucking
routes and major warehouse distribution centers.
• Trucking giants Kenworth, Peterbilt are lined up to adopt a new long-haul natural
gas engine debuting in 2013. Caterpillar and Westport will do so in the next five
years.
• Marathon Petroleum announced its plan to build a truck-to-barge loading facility in
Wellsville, to transport hydrocarbon liquids oil from the Utica Shale to be refined in
Catlettsburg, Ky.
• S.H. Bell and U.S. Silica inked deal to modify a facility in East Liverpool, Oh., to store
silica frac sand.
Construction / Real Estate
• Housing of all types is booming in Ohio from shale play: In the Lisbon area, the
Days Inn has seen an increase in occupancy and two motels that had been struggling
are also benefiting from the drillers. The Frola Motel has freshened up its hotel rooms
and paid its taxes. Rental prices are increasing. The Mayor of Carrollton says some
newcomers are even buying property and plan to stay. Powell, Oh. was named the
state’s fastest-growing, nearly doubled its amount of housing units between 2000-
2010 and posted a 96% population increase. The four growth communities runners-up:
Pataskala, Canal Winchester, New Albany, and Pickerington.
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6. 3. Ohio Shale Infrastructure
Midstream
• Cracker plant anticipation: Royal Dutch Shell’s cracker plant, although not
confirmed, is said to be still on track for Pa.
• Large deals: Dominion Resources and Caiman Energy II (owned 48% by Williams
Partners) announced a $1.5B JV called Blue Racer Midstream, to provide pipelines and
processing to natural gas producers in the Utica of Ohio and Pa. Williams will spend
$380M. Blue Racer Midstream may also ship NGLs out of Ohio on Williams' long haul
pipeline in development.
• Complicated three-way deal: Chesapeake sold shale assets to Access Midstream for
$2.16 billion, and Access Midstream sold a 50% share of shale assets to Williams for
$2.4 billion. It appeared to source MDN that the Chesapeake sale was actually to
Williams through Access Midstream.
• Gulfport and Markwest Energy, after going live in Harrison, said they’ll develop a
suite of midstream operations infrastructure in Harrison, Guernsey, and Belmont
counties, a 125 Mcf/d cryogenic processing plant, Cadiz I, and a 200 MMcf/d cryogenic
plant, Cadiz II - both in 2013.
• M3 Midstream will open a $1B natural gas processing plant – Ohio’s first – in
Kensington (Columbiana County), in May 2013. M3 is partnering on the project with
Chesapeake and EV Energy Partners.
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7. 3. Ohio Shale Infrastructure
Downstream
• Piedmont Natural Gas, utility which supplies customers in N.C., S.C., and Tenn.,
invested $180 million in the Constitution Pipeline project. The pipeline will run from
Susquehanna County, Pa. to Schoharie County, NY and will open in 2015. The other
equity partners are Williams Partners, Cabot.
• Dominion inked deal to provide natural gas gathering services for M3 Gathering (JV of
Chesapeake Midstream Dev and EV Energy Partners) Kensington plant under
construction. Dominion will gather 180Mmcf/d from M3’s wells.
• MarkWest went live with its Sherwood I high pressure gas gathering facility in W.V.
The Sherwood II processing facility will go live in Q2 2013. Future capacity could
exceed 1 Bcf/d at the complex.
• Construction of the ATEX Express ethane pipeline is underway in Jefferson County
– the 1,230 mile ethane pipeline will stretch from Houston, Pa. to the state of Indiana,
and then on to the Texas Gulf Coast.
Supply Chain
• Halliburton is investing $35M-$50M in equipment and field service buildings at
Zanesville's EastPointe Business Park over three years, will hire 300 and provide
opportunities for local vendors, contractors, subcontractors.
• The Wellsville Intermodal Park in Oh. has benefited from the shale boom and
expanded infrastructure for several new businesses which have moved in since June,
including Anchor Drilling.
• Valerus and Brilex Industries created a partnership to make oil and gas handling
equipment in Youngstown.
• Water treatment and recycling company Tervita will be the vendor of choice for
Chesapeake and will build a water treatment plant in Carroll County.
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8. 3. Ohio Shale Infrastructure
Supply Chain (cont’d)
• A $10M Ohio warehouse office project for the oil and gas industry has begun
construction in Dennison at the intersection of state Route 800 and U.S. Route 250.
• Caterpillar and gas compressor manufacturer, Ariel, have formed a 50-50 joint
venture, Black Horse, to provide well-service frac-pump products for oil and gas
companies.
• ENSERVCO has signed five master service agreements to provide well-site services for
major drilling companies working in Ohio's Utica play.
• CONSOL Energy expanded operations in the Columbiana County Port Authority's
industrial park in Leetonia.
• Steelmaker V&M Star began production of its first tubular steel pipes to be used in oil
and gas development from its $350-million mill which will hire 350 employees.
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9. 4. Government
Regulatory
• In Ohio and across the U.S., policymakers debated how to use taxes and fees on oil
and gas production to bolster state economies without "scaring away" energy
development. Gov. John Kasich pushed to raise severance, taxes on high-volume
drillers, and then share the wealth from the state's oil and gas boom through an
income tax cut.
• Ohio’s AG provided guidance to public authorities about entering into Road Use
Maintenance Agreements (RUMAs) with oil and gas operators.
• The Pennsylvania state legislature: S.B 1346, moved to a house committee for
consideration. It amends the Environmental Good Samaritan Act to encourage the
use of mine water for Marcellus shale natural gas well development. S.B. 1616
proposed establishing a Marcellus Shale Health Advisory Panel including 12 members
and the State Secretary of Health appointed by the Governor and legislature.
• Oh. legislators introduced multiple fracking and drilling-related bills prior to the end
of the session: SB 318, SB 212 (requirements and royalties around drilling and
operation of wells on state land), SB 213, HB 500 (related to collecting a fee to benefit
local governments), HB 596 (revising the oil and gas permit application), HB 537, HB
493 (registration of landmen), and HB 528 (regarding monthly production statements
for lessors).
Economic Development
• The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District negotiated a drilling lease with
Antero Resources for 7,600 acres of land at Seneca Lake. The district says it wants to
lease its land for drilling but does not want drilling pads, wells and facilities on its land.
• Midwest Energy Center plans to purchase 50 acres from Carroll County Community
Improvement Corporation to build a $5-$7-million electrical power generation plant to
convert natural gas into electricity for sale to power companies.
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10. 4. Government
Economic Development (cont’d)
• ESL Enviro, a wastewater recycling company, proposed to build a plant on
Campbell property, which is unusable to the City, for 33 cents per gallon of
wastewater.
• Fairfield County Airport negotiated with Enterprise Products to receive $450,000
to allow part of the ATEX pipeline to travel under it. The county will also receive
tax revenue from the pipeline.
• The Airport Authority of Allegheny County leased 9,000 acres to Consol Energy
for $2,250 per acre and a $2-million deposit for 10% of the total amount.
Environment
• A federal GAO report was released which said the extent of health and
environment risks from shale drilling are 'unknown.'
• Halcon Resources hired Front Runner Seismic, a firm based in Pa., to send 25
workers door to door seeking landowner permissions for seismic testing in
Trumbull, Mahoning counties. Front Runner’s team will stay in hotels and
apartments in the Hubbard area for several months.
• A Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline exploded in Sissonville, W.V. The
explosion caused no injuries but damaged properties. The NTSB found there was a
70% loss in wall thickness for a distance of about 6 feet in the pipe. After the
accident, a former W.V DEP official commented that landowners should track
pipeline locations as the governments in Ohio and W.V. do not map them and do
not provide regulation of them beyond what impacts state-owned land.
• Chesapeake said it is developing 100% ‘green’ fracking methods and fluids in
shale wells.
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11. 6. Schools/Training
• Marlington High School, with the Ohio Department of Education, introduced
a two-year program to train high school students on the oil and gas industry.
The skills taught in the program are also transferable to other industries like
construction, mechanical, building or farming.
• Zane State College’s Oil and Gas Engineering Technology students are being
hired as compressor workers before even graduating. Demand is high for well
tenders, and mud loggers. The College may develop one-year training
programs for oil field lease operators and compressor operators.
• Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber will help local companies begin the
American Petroleum Institute's (API) Certification process to become part of
the oil and gas industry’s supply chain. The Chamber is developing a three-day
course which may run as early as March 2013, as a first step toward
certification.
• Trumbull County Educational Service Center in Niles received $50,000
from BP for a web-based STEM curriculum program. The program encourages
students to solve real world problems in the fields of science, technology,
engineering and math. Officials with BP said this is the first of many possible
donations to the community.
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12. 6. Schools/Training (cont’d)
• Schlumberger has donated nearly $18 million in software and equipment to the
W.V. University's Department of Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering since
2007.
• Starting salaries for petroleum engineers which average $98,000 a year
reflects the supply and demand for petroleum engineers, according to
PayScale.com.
• Chesapeake Energy dropped its plan to drill a gas well near the Wheeling
Park High School (W.V.), after receiving objections from various government
departments over how close the drilling would be to the school via only three
access roads.
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