All over the internet we read about new industries, or existing industries, booming because of natural gas development. A few examples of this are hotels, and the steel and manufacturing industries to name a few. It’s no secret the manufacturing industry, including the former steel...
Ohio’s plastic manufacturing industry is beating out China’s, thanks to its abundant natural resources that provide manufacturing and economic advantages, according to a new Shale Crescent USA study by JobsOhio. The study debunks the long-held belief that importing plastic-based manufactured goods is more affordable, when...
The energy-rich Appalachian region is on the cusp of an “energy and petrochemical renaissance,” according to a recently-released Department of Energy report. Praising the magnitude of the shale gas revolution in the Appalachian Basin in the past decade, a region that has accounted for 85...
The Appalachian Basin’s energy future has never looked better. As President Trump explained in a speech during his visit to Shell Chemical’s ethane cracker facility that is currently under construction in Beaver County, Pa.: “With your help, we’re not only unleashing American energy, we’re restoring...
EID has frequently highlighted the fact that record U.S. oil and natural gas production has driven energy prices to record lows, saving consumers billions across the country. A new Energy Information Administration (EIA) report released this week puts the importance of low energy prices into...
In Food & Water Watch’s (FWW) ongoing pursuit to ban fracking everywhere, the group recently released an issue brief that attacks the major petrochemical and plastics investments being made in the Appalachian Basin, calling the region “Another Petrochemical Sacrifice Zone.” Why? Because FWW believes that...
In real estate, as the old adage goes, it’s all about “location, location, location.” If last year’s U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) natural gas liquids (NGLs) report put the Appalachian region “on the map,” the June 2018 update serves as a big, bright neon “welcome”...
As children we learned the truism that “there is no free lunch.” However, this lesson seems to have been lost on many California climate activists, academics and legislators who tout “all or nothing” proposals involving renewable energy while forgetting that even carbon-free energy has many...
In 2015 Harvard Business School and Cleveland State University correctly forecasted that shale development would lead to a win-win for the economy and the environment. Nowhere have these forecasts proved more spot-on than the Buckeye State, where $63 billion in shale-related investment is powering Ohio’s...
A recent Harrisburg Patriot News op-ed really got to the heart of the issue regarding the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) draft regulations that include a ban on high volume hydraulic fracturing. Retired Marietta College petroleum engineering professor, Robert Chase said in his op-ed: “The...
A new Pew Research Center survey found that 42 percent of Americans credit advances in technology with having the most impact on improving lives over the last 50 years, followed by medicine and health advancements with 14 percent. And while only five percent of respondents...
Following decades of steel mill closures, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2012 that U.S. steel companies could see a resurgence as a direct result of local, affordable and abundant natural gas. Now that forecasting is starting to become a reality in the Appalachian Basin...