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- Partnership Awards Quarter-Million Dollars in Grants to Area Schools
- WV’s Natural Gas Industry Committed to Road Improvements
- Jeff Keffer at WVONGA spring 2019 conference
- WVONGA's 2019 meeting concludes with emphasis on gas generation and road etiquette
- Senate President Carmichael tells WVONGA that leadership backs industry; touts education reform
- Carmichael says oil, natural gas industry has “friendly leadership” in Mountain State
- Dominion curbing greenhouse gas emissions
- WVONGA Spring Meeting 2019 in Wheeling, WV | Online Video Short
- ExxonMobil and Employees Donate More Than $266,000 to West Virginia Colleges and Universities
- Poll Finds Overwhelming Majority of West Virginians Favor Natural Gas Development
- WV’s Natural Gas Industry Committed to Reducing Emissions
- Pipeline projects continue to hold promise for North Central, WV, economy
- MarkWest Sherwood Complex in Doddridge County, WV, plans further capacity expansion in 2019
- Construction of WV's first gas-fired power plant to start this summer
- Antero Resources leads environmental progress with Clearwater Facility in Doddridge County, WV
- Antero Resources plans substantial investments into WV operations after record-setting 2018
- Dominion Energy: driving innovation in WV's oil and gas industry
- Experts: WV power generation lacks diversity
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CLARKSBURG — The evidence of North Central West Virginia’s continued oil and gas boom is hard to miss.
From parking lots filled with heavy-duty pickup trucks to campsites packed with recreational vehicles, the signs of the industry’s activities are everywhere.
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RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion Energy (NYSE:D) announced today an historic, industry-leading initiative to reduce methane emissions from its natural gas infrastructure by 50 percent over the next decade, based on 2010 levels. The initiative will prevent more than 430,000 metric tons of methane from entering the atmosphere, the equivalent of taking 2.3 million cars off the road for a year or planting nearly 180 million new trees.
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WVONGA seeks passage of HB 2834
Charleston, W.Va. (February 11, 2019) – With the goals of making West Virginia more competitive with our neighboring shale states, decreasing the environmental footprint and protecting the rights of others, the West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association (WVONGA) strongly supports House Bill 2834, legislation to modernize the minimum spacing provisions for the drilling of horizontal deep wells.
“To encourage investment in our state’s natural gas industry and keep us competitive with surrounding states, deep well spacing requirements must be modified to account for the technological advances that have been made in horizontal well development,” said Anne Blankenship, executive director of WVONGA. “Modifications in West Virginia’s statute, like those proposed in HB 2834, will enable future growth in the Utica Shale formation and allow operators the ability to embrace modern, safe technological advances that reduce environmental impact.”
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Pipeline employment grew by 434% between Q1 2017 - Q2 2018
Charleston, WV – The number of natural gas pipeline construction jobs grew by 434 percent between the first quarter of 2017 and the second quarter 2018, leading total direct industry employment to its highest level in recent years and helping bolster West Virginia’s economy and its growing State budget surplus.
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Over the past few months, several articles have been published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail about the oil and natural gas industry that appear to be one-sided with an obvious anti-development bias. The articles, funded by ProPublica, never bother to highlight the many benefits the industry provides our state. While ProPublica’s publicly stated mission “to expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust ... using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing” is a noble idea, it should also equip readers with all the facts on a given issue. It should not cherry-pick its facts and find quotes to fill in around a predetermined outcome.
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Charleston, WV (December 2018) – Encouraging and mentoring women in the oil and natural gas industry is the goal of the West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association’s (WVONGA) 5th Annual Embracing Energy Conference, to take place in Charleston on Thursday, December 13th, organization representatives announced.
“This event will bring together women in the oil and gas fields, as well as those interested in working in this industry, for education and networking,” said Anne Blankenship, executive director of the West Virginia Oil & Natural Gas Association. “There are many opportunities for career growth and development in the energy sector, and I would encourage anyone interested in learning more to attend this conference.”
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Summersville, W.Va. – Dominion Energy West Virginia (DEWV) and The Thrasher Group jointly announced that the DEWV warehouse facility in Summersville has attained the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification at the Silver level under the v4 rating system. The LEED rating system, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), is the foremost program for buildings, homes and communities that are designed, constructed, maintained and operated for improved environmental and human health performance. LEED measures energy savings, water efficiency, carbon emissions reduction, improved indoor air quality and stewardship of resources.