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Shale Drillers Getting Better Grip on Utica's Potential
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PITTSBURGH -- After three years, oil and gas companies exploring Ohio's Utica shale are getting a better grasp on how the play is unfolding, and are devising more efficient methods to profitably extract dry gas and natural gas liquids from the rock.
And, executives say, there is the potential of tapping into the volatile oil window of the play in a section to the west in Tuscarawas, Stark and portions of Portage counties.
W. Va. Cracker? Maybe, Say Brazilian Companies
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PARKERSBURG, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and Odebrecht, a Brazilian company that employs 190,000 in 26 countries, today announced that Odebrecht will explore the development of a new petrochemical complex in Wood County, W.Va. The complex, Ascent -- Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise -- would include an ethane cracker, three polyethylene plants, and associated infrastructure for water treatment and energy co-generation.
A purchase option on the anticipated project site in Parkersburg has already been secured.
Breaking News: Cracker Plant for West Virginia
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – News organizations in West Virginia are reporting that the state’s governor, Earl Ray Tomblin, will announce at 2 p.m. today that a Brazilian company plans to build an ethylene cracker plant in Wood County, W. Val.
The news was first reported by the Parkersburg News and Sentinel (READ STORY). The announcement will be made by Tomblin at the the Parkersburg campus of West Virginia University.
Event Looks at Natural Gas as Transportation Fuel
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- The use of natural gas as a transportation fuel will be the focus of a Dec. 5 event at Yankee Lake Ballroom in Brookfield.
The Natural Gas Vehicle Lunch and Learn is being presented by Ohio Energy Resource Alliance, Clean Fuels Ohio, General Motors, Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber, Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce and Shenango Valley Chamber of Commerce. The event will run from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Scheduled participants include individuals and companies that are converting vehicles to use natural gas and building refueling stations in the region.
New Pipeline Project Would Transport NGLs to Texas
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HOUSTON -- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and MarkWest Utica EMG LLC announced Monday a joint venture to build a pipeline project that would transport natural gas liquids produced for the Utica and Marcellu shles to Mont Belvieu, Texas.
The binding open season to solicit commitments to use the pipeline began Monday and ends Dec. 20.