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Public-interest investigative journalism covering the U.S. oil and gas industry. Sponsored by Environmental Integrity Project. Learn more: https://linkin.bio/ogw

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 21h ago

A subsidiary of U.S. pipeline giant Williams began early stages of seeking a permit to build an 88-mile connection between two gas pipelines in Idaho and Nevada. Learn more: news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/in-idah...

Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2d ago

Public meeting planned Oct. 29 on draft air permit for oil terminal off Southwest LA coast oilandgaswatch.org/alert/4446d5... @betterbayou.bsky.social

Public meeting planned Oct. 29 on draft air permit for oil terminal off Southwest LA coast
The Environmental Protection Agency is accepting comments until Oct. 29 on draft air construction and operating permits for the Blue Marlin Offshore Port. This deepwater port would be located about 100 miles off the coast of Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and would be able to export up to 1.9 million barrels of oil every day. Oil for export would be transported out of the Nederland Terminal in Jefferson County, Texas, along the existing Stingray Pipeline, which would be converted to handle crude oil. The EPA will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Cameron Parish Police Jury West Annex, 148 Smith Circle, in Cameron, Louisiana.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2d ago

Public comment period open on draft permit on gas power plant for data center near Columbus, OH oilandgaswatch.org/alert/4f561f... @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social

Public comment period open on draft permit on gas power plant for data center near Columbus, OH
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is accepting comments until Oct. 24 on a draft air construction permit for a gas-fired power plant named “Socrates the Younger Generating Station” in Licking County. The plant would be able to generate up to 350 megawatts of electricity for co-located data centers and could emit over 1.8 million tons of greenhouse gases and nearly 700 tons of health-harming criteria air pollutants every year. The area is already home to more than 40 data centers.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3d ago

Trump Administration weakens fuel efficiency standards for new cars and trucks news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @lcv.org @sierraclub.org @nrdc.org @envdefensefund.bsky.social

The new rules released Sept. 28 require car and truck manufacturers to make their fleets 1% more efficient each year, targeting 34.9 miles to the gallon by 2031. The Biden Administration in 2024 had required fleets to be 2% more efficient each year, aiming for 50.4 miles to the gallon by 2031. The Trump Administration made this change with U.S. gasoline prices averaging $4.41 per gallon this week, up from $3.16 a year ago, according to AAA data. Average diesel prices hit a record high of $6.53 on Sept. 22.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3d ago

Public meetings scheduled Oct. 20 and 29 on draft permit for data center power plant in western WV oilandgaswatch.org/alert/424c2f... @mtnstspotlight.bsky.social

Public meetings scheduled Oct. 20 and 29 on draft permit for data center power plant in western WV
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is accepting comments until Oct. 30 on a draft air permit proposed for the Monarch Compute Campus Power Plant in Mason County. This new gas-fired power plant could generate up to 2,160 megawatts of electricity, which would be used to power co-located data centers. The facility could emit over 11 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 2,300 tons of health-harming criteria air pollutants every year. The agency will hold two public meetings:
6 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Point Pleasant High School Auditorium, 280 Scenic Drive, Point Pleasant, WV 25550.
6 p.m. Oct. 29 via Google Meet.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 4d ago

Company plans 300-mile pipeline in Louisiana to supply LNG terminal expansion news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @theadvocatebr.bsky.social @nolanews.bsky.social @thelensnola.bsky.social

Venture Global is seeking a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to impact 1,423 acres of wetlands along a 294-mile natural gas pipeline route for the proposed Cloud Connector Pipeline. The pipeline could transport up to 4.5 billion cubic feet per day from St. Landry Parish, northwest of Baton Rouge, to Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG terminal in Plaquemines Parish. The Corps is allowing the permit to proceed under President Donald Trump’s energy “emergency” order. The agency is offering the public only nine business days to weigh in, with comments on the draft permit due Oct. 8.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 4d ago

Public meeting set for Oct. 15 on proposed Port Arthur LNG expansion in Southeast TX oilandgaswatch.org/alert/406e7e...

Public meeting set for Oct. 15 on proposed Port Arthur LNG expansion in Southeast TX

Port Arthur LNG will hold a public meeting to receive feedback on the proposed Port Arthur North Project, which would nearly double the capacity of the Port Arthur LNG export terminal. The terminal is currently under construction at the southwestern edge of Sabine Lake near the Texas-Louisiana state line. The meeting is scheduled for 6 - 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 15 at the Sabine Pass Community Center, 5262 S Gulfway Dr., Sabine Pass, Texas.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 5d ago

Meeting planned Oct. 6 on 140-mile natural gas pipeline in southern Arizona news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri...

Grupo Clisa, a Mexican business group whose projects include a 50-percent stake in the Nueva Era pipeline from Texas to Monterrey, Mexico, is preparing to seek an authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a new pipeline that would deliver gas to the Yuma area and northwestern Mexico, according to a recent filing. Construction of the pipeline and associated facilities would temporarily impact 2,557 acres of land, with permanent impacts to 827 acres. The route runs next to and crosses the Gila River, a rare water source in the arid Southwest that is known for its wildlife habitat.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Twenty-four states have passed legislation loosening air pollution standards for plastics pyrolysis plants. Learn more: news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/controv... @beyondplastics.bsky.social @wvcag.bsky.social @cleanairmoms-wv.bsky.social

Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Public comment period open on draft permit for new gas-fired power plant south of Dallas-Fort Worth oilandgaswatch.org/alert/c3a9fd... @publiccitizen.bsky.social @texassierraclub.bsky.social

Public comment period open on draft permit for new gas-fired power plant south of Dallas-Fort Worth
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is accepting comments until at least Oct. 19 on a draft air construction permit for Voltagrid's ABI-1 Electric Generating Station which would be located in Shackleford County. This facility could generate up to 2,582 megawatts of electricity for use by a nearby data center owned and operated by Vantage Data Centers. The plant could emit over 10 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 2,500 tons of health-harming criteria air pollutants each year.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Hearing set for Oct. 20 on massive new gas-fired power plant in southern SC oilandgaswatch.org/alert/172b38...

Hearing set for Oct. 20 on massive new gas-fired power plant in southern SC
The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services is accepting comments until Oct. 27 on a draft air construction permit for the Canadys Power Station in Colleton County. This new gas-fired power plant would be able to generate up to 2,200 megawatts of electricity. It could emit over 7.8 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 5,200 tons of health-harming criteria air pollutants every year. About half of the people living within a 3-mile radius of the facility are low-income. The agency will hold a public meeting on the draft permit at 6 p.m. on Oct. 20 at the Walterboro Wildlife Center, 100 S. Jeffries Blvd., Walterboro, SC 29488.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Colorado adopts groundbreaking rules on methane pollution from oil & gas news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @350colorado.bsky.social @safehealthyco.bsky.social

On Sept. 18, Colorado became the first state to fully adopt more stringent standards meant to reduce climate-warming methane pollution from existing oil and gas sources. The state’s Air Quality Control Commission voted unanimously to approve rules that go beyond minimum standards the EPA set for oil and gas methane pollution in 2024. The Trump Administration has not yet rolled back the Biden-era standards entirely but has moved to delay and weaken them.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · last wk.

Public meeting scheduled Oct. 6 on pipeline and LNG terminal expansion near Corpus Christi, TX oilandgaswatch.org/alert/b5d384...

Public meeting scheduled Oct. 6 on pipeline and LNG terminal expansion near Corpus Christi, TX
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is accepting comments until Nov. 9 on a draft environmental impact statement for a proposed expansion of Corpus Christi LNG, including the Stage IV Project and an associated pipeline expansion. The Stage IV Project would entail building four additional LNG units capable of processing up to 24 million metric tons of LNG per year. The developer also plans to build a new 26-mile pipeline, which could transport over 2.7 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. FERC will hold a public meeting on the draft environmental impact statement at 5 p.m. Central on Oct. 6 at the Portland Community Center, 2000 Billy G. Webb Dr., Portland, TX 78374.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Trump Administration pushes to undermine fuel efficiency rules for heavy trucks news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @pluginamerica.bsky.social

In a new “interpretive rule” announced late last month, the Trump Administration claimed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 only allows the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, an agency within the Transportation Department, to regulate the fuel efficiency of entire vehicles. The new interpretation claims the agency has no authority to regulate “standalone engines or vehicle subcomponents.” The interpretation applies to heavy duty vehicles, such as 18-wheelers and dump trucks.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Meeting set for Sept. 30 on pollution control plan for chemical plastics recycling plant in Akron, OH oilandgaswatch.org/alert/43ec18... @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social @beyondplastics.bsky.social

Meeting set for Sept. 30 on pollution control plan for chemical plastics recycling plant in Akron, OH

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is accepting comments until Sept. 30 on a proposed pollution control plan for Alterra Energy's chemical recycling plant in Summit County. The pollution control plan would require Alterra to install an enclosed vapor combustion unit to control the facility's emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which are a precursor to ozone, as the facility is located in a county that has historically been in violation of air quality standards for ozone. The Ohio EPA is holding a public meeting at 6 p.m. on Sept. 30 at the Akron-Summit County Public Library, 60 S. High St., Akron, Ohio 44326.

Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

North Carolina regulators cite Trump pledge in rejection of gas plant for data center news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @cleanenergy.org @selc.bsky.social @nclcv.bsky.social

Duke Energy had sought a permit for the 250-megawatt facility to primarily serve a $10 billion, 21-building Amazon data center near Charlotte, according to Politico. The North Carolina Utilities Commission, which includes three Republicans and two Democrats, referenced a voluntary agreement the Trump Administration negotiated with AI companies to bear the cost of their facilities’ immense electricity needs.
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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

A boom in plastics and petrochemical manufacturing driven by cheap U.S. natural gas has given way to rounds of layoffs. Learn more: news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/in-the-... @beyondplastics.bsky.social

Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Final permit issued for 103-mile natural gas pipeline across central MS oilandgaswatch.org/alert/ff02f4...

Final permit issued for 103-mile natural gas pipeline across central MS

On Sept. 10, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final permit for the Kosciusko Junction Pipeline Project in central Mississippi. The project would involve building approximately 103 miles of pipeline from Attala County to Clark County, 8 miles of new pipeline in Humphreys County and Sunflower County, and two new compressor stations. In total, this project would impact more than 370 acres of wetlands and would cross 751 waterbodies. If completed, the pipeline could transport between 1.175 to 1.58 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Company plans to nearly double capacity at Commonwealth LNG terminal in Southwest LA oilandgaswatch.org/alert/8f0b5b... @betterbayou.bsky.social @theadvocatebr.bsky.social

Company plans to nearly double capacity at Commonwealth LNG terminal in Southwest LA

On Sept. 15, Caturus announced plans for an expansion project at the Commonwealth LNG Terminal currently under construction in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The proposed expansion project would entail building five liquefaction units that could process up to 7.75 million metric tons of LNG per year, which would bring the facility's total planned processing capacity to 17.25 million metric tons of LNG per year. The developer expects the expansion project to begin operating in the early 2030s.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Public meeting scheduled Oct. 13 on air permit for new gas power plant in northwestern SC oilandgaswatch.org/alert/4d865a...

Public meeting scheduled Oct. 13 on air permit for new gas power plant in northwestern SC

The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services is accepting comments until Oct. 20 on a draft air construction permit for Duke Energy's Anderson Natural Gas Power Plant in Anderson County. This facility would be able to generate up to 1,365 megawatts of electricity. It could also emit over 6 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 1,800 tons of health-harming criteria air pollutants every year. The agency will hold a public meeting on the draft permit at 6:30 p.m. Eastern on Oct. 13 at McFalls Landing located at 1625 Broadway Lake Rd., Anderson, SC 29621.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Report: U.S. data centers could use more gas than Germany and Japan combined news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @sierraclub.org @nrdc.org @foodandwater.bsky.social

A new report by BloombergNEF states that data centers being built to run AI could consume about 18 billion cubic feet per day, nearly double the organization’s previous prediction nine months ago. The projection includes 2.9 billion to 3.4 billion cubic feet of gas per day for new natural gas plants built to power data centers directly, bypassing the power grid. It also includes an additional 15 billion cubic feet per day of gas consumption needed by the power sector for grid-connected data centers, according to TechCrunch’s coverage of the report.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 2w ago

Public meetings planned Oct. 7-8 on four carbon storage wells near Donaldsonville, LA oilandgaswatch.org/alert/9ff3ed...

Public meetings planned Oct. 7-8 on four carbon storage wells near Donaldsonville, LA

The Louisiana Department of Conservation and Energy will accept comments until Oct. 9 on draft permits proposed for four carbon storage wells at the River Parish Sequestration Hub in Assumption and Iberville parishes. Each well would have the capacity to store up to 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year and would operate for 20 to 30 years. The sequestration site is expected to have seven wells total, one of which was already approved earlier this year, with a total capacity to store 380 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over the project's lifetime. The agency will also hold two public meetings on the draft permits:

- 6 p.m. Oct. 7 at the Assumption Parish Administration Building, 4813 Highway 1, Napoleonville, LA 70390.

- 6 p.m. Oct. 8 at the Iberville Parish Courthouse, 58050 Meriam Street, Plaquemine, LA 70764.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Chevron CEO warns of high fuel prices after months of war with Iran news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @ceaorg.bsky.social

At an energy conference in Austin, Texas, on Friday, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth warned that a fuel crisis staved off by drawing down global oil reserves has finally arrived. Wirth discussed the drawdown of both commercial reserves and national strategic reserves since the U.S.’s war with Iran began in late February, according to the Wall Street Journal. Global oil supplies have also further tightened after Iranian attacks shut down a Saudi Arabian pipeline to route oil around the contested Strait of Hormuz. “All these mechanisms helped to mitigate the price and supply risk,” Wirth said. “Those have largely now played out, and we don’t have nearly the buffers in the system that we did when it began.”

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Texas oil & gas official curses at commenter, clashes with legislators news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @insideclimatenews.org @texastribune.org @texassierraclub.bsky.social

During a Sept. 15 public comment period at Texas Railroad Commission meeting on a new policy limiting public comment at the commission’s regular meetings, Commissioner Wayne Christian told the group’s director, Virginia Palacios, “you can’t come here today and do anything but b---- some more.” A Texas House committee chair later criticized Christian for not showing up to a legislative hearing that day.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Natural gas liquid (NGL) production has more than quadrupled in the U.S. from 1.7 million barrels in 2005 to 7.5 million barrels per day in 2025, a 338 percent increase. Learn more: news.oilandgaswatch.org/post/u-s-qua...

Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Application filed for 88-mile natural gas pipeline in ID, NV oilandgaswatch.org/alert/fe5cce... @nvconservation.bsky.social

Application filed for 88-mile natural gas pipeline in ID, NV

On Sept. 1, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission received a pre-filing application for the Silver Spur Project. The proposed project would consist of the construction of an 88-mile pipeline from Twin Falls County, Idaho to Elko County, Nevada, along with expansion modifications at three existing compressor stations. Silver Spur is the first phase of the Rockies Columbia Connector concept planned by pipeline company Williams and is one of the Pacific Northwest’s first major pipeline expansions in more than 20 years.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Draft air permit issued for new gas power expansion at coal-fired power plant in central AR oilandgaswatch.org/alert/e606ee...

Draft air permit issued for new gas power expansion at coal-fired power plant in central AR

The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is accepting comments until Oct. 6 on a draft air permit for the Entergy Arkansas White Bluff Plant in Jefferson County, Arkansas. Entergy is proposing to build a new 766-megawatt gas power plant - the Jefferson Power Station - at the existing coal-fired White Bluff power station. The gas power plant could emit approximately 2.5 million tons of greenhouse gases and 2,000 tons of health-harming criteria air pollutants every year.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Shell to pay $15 million to settle Southwest Pennsylvania air quality violations news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @pennfuture.bsky.social

International oil major Shell will pay millions to settle accusations of air quality violations over three years at a large chemical facility in Beaver County, northwest of Pittsburgh. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Sept. 4 announced the $15 million settlement with Shell to resolve allegations of air quality violations from 2023 to August 2026.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 3w ago

Public comment sought on gas pipeline for Project Jupiter data center power plant in NM oilandgaswatch.org/alert/d13aee... @foodandwater.bsky.social

Public comment sought on gas pipeline for Project Jupiter data center power plant in NM

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is accepting comments until Oct. 5 on the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Green Chile Project. The project would consist of a 17-mile pipeline, along with a meter and receipt station, in southern New Mexico. Together, these facilities would be capable of transporting up to 400 million cubic feet of natural gas per day for power generation at Project Jupiter, a 4,000-megawatt gas power plant that would support the Stargate data center project for Open AI and Oracle.

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Oil and Gas Watch @oilandgaswatch.bsky.social · 4w ago

Report: Texas cities have not benefited from petrochemical buildout news.oilandgaswatch.org/template/bri... @ieefa-northamerica.bsky.social @publiccitizentx.bsky.social

Texas cities that host petrochemical plants on average have lower income, slower population growth, less job growth, higher poverty, and higher unemployment than the statewide average, according to a study by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. “We observe no data supporting claims made by developers that these communities are better off economically because they hosted the petrochemical capacity expansion that has occurred since the shale revolution,” the report states.

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