The Appalachian Basin is now the most profitable place in the United States to build a petrochemical plant, according to new research from IHS Markit. And this isn’t just by a small margin – the report finds that Appalachia’s Ohio River Valley has four times...
Ohio Gov. John Kasich announced this week that the investment to build a world-class shale-powered petrochemical complex in Ohio could now jump to as much as $10 billion and would be a “home run” for the region. While a final investment decision has not yet...
West Virginia University (WVU) has just released its second geologic study relating to the Appalachian Basin. This latest study addresses the feasibility of storing natural gas liquids (NGLs) in states along the Ohio River based on the region’s geology. In short, the study finds Ohio...
It’s really remarkable that “keep it in the ground” groups are still pushing heavy-handed and punitive regulation as the only way to reduce carbon emissions when the rest of the country knows better. In the past decade, we’ve seen domestic energy production surge in the...
President Obama penned an article in Science this week titled “The irreversible momentum of clean energy” that — based on the headline alone — would suggest he believes renewable energy is solely responsible for what he lauds as “the first sustained period of rapid GHG emissions...
After the United States Chamber of Commerce released the fourth installment of its Institute for 21st Century Energy’s Energy Accountability Series (Energy 21), which looked at the economic effects of a national fracking ban and found it wouldn’t be pretty, activists flew into a panic....
Not content with their current moratorium on fracking, anti-shale activists in Scotland have been going after anything remotely fracking-related, including imports of shale gas from the U.S. Stateside activists and the Scottish media outlets are more than happy to help them out, as evidenced by...
Americans will soon be gathering to express gratitude for all this great country has to offer this Thanksgiving, and there is plenty to be thankful for courtesy of the shale revolution. Here are the top 10 reasons to be grateful for the shale revolution this...
As EID reported, this week the Harrisburg Patriot-News released a series on fracking that really missed the mark. While it did have two “positive” articles titled, The late, great shale state: How Pa. became a leading gas producer and what it means today and Energy...
When it comes to domestically produced oil and natural gas, political and geographic differences are being set aside. Bipartisan elected officials at all levels of government have agreed that growing the shale industry is vital and necessary for economic development. This was especially apparent yesterday...
The Center for Regulatory Solutions released a new report this week taking a look at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed ozone regulations and how they might impact Pennsylvania’s economy. These new standards could greatly hinder the Commonwealth’s manufacturing renaissance that has occurred over...
A new report from New York State’s Comptroller office looked at employment trends from 2009 through 2014 in the Empire State. The report found that New York added 538,000 jobs since 2009. However, three out of four of these jobs were gained in New York...