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CNG Fueling Station to Open by Next Week in Girard
Wednesday, June 04, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- A compressed-natural gas, or CNG, fueling station at the Salt Springs Road/Interstate 80 interchange in Girard is scheduled to open by next week, a representative of IGS Energy told attendees at the Youngstown State University Sustainable Energy Conference Tuesday.
"Typically, we like to build a station where we have fleets in the area," said Dan Hackett, account manager for IGS CNG Services. "This location is such an incredibly traveled interstate, that we built this station without a current anchor fleet."
MarkWest Begins Operations at Butler, Pa., Plant
Monday, June 02, 2014DENVER -- MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. announced today the start of operations at its Bluestone II, a 120 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) cryogenic processing facility. The Bluestone II plant is part of the Partnership’s Keystone assets in Butler County, Pa. and increases processing capacity for Marcellus producers operating in the rich-gas area of northwest Pennsylvania to 210 MMcf/d.
FrackFree Sets Town Hall on Fracking Waste Plant
Saturday, May 31, 2014YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- FrackFree Mahoning Valley will hold a town hall-style meeting June 5 to address concerns and questions related to a new plant to store and treat potentially radioactive waste from hydraulic fracturing. The event is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Youngstown, 1105 Elm St.