Q3 Appalachian Gas Outlook: LNG, data centers, and new pipelines risk locking in exponential production growth
Gas-powered data centers and LNG exports are fueling a new wave of investment in pipelines to ship fracked gas out of Appalachia.
Q2 Appalachia Gas Outlook
Gas companies, emboldened by regulatory rollbacks, are driving forward new investments in power plants, LNG export terminals, and the pipelines that connect them.
Clean Power Digest: Shale Gas Jobs
Last week, the Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI) published a Report on the status of the fracking industry in Pennsylvania – Shale Gas in Pennsylvania: 2026. Sean O’Leary’s Report updates previous ORVI Research Papers: Frackalachia 2025, Frackalachia Update 2023, and Misplaced Faith 2022. The 2026 Report analyzes 2025 employment data from the U.S. Bureau of […]
Shale Gas in Pennsylvania: 2026
As we enter another election season, office-seekers will put forward their ideas about how Pennsylvania can spark an economy that has long been sluggish. Special concern is likely to be expressed about Pennsylvania’s smaller communities and rural counties, which in many cases have been struggling with job and population losses for a decade or longer. […]
Pennsylvanians Lost Billions from Shale Gas
An adequate tax on shale gas could generate billions in revenue, helping to boost remediation jobs, improve economic development, and clean up old wells.
The Methanol Industry at a Crossroads
Global market volatility and underdeveloped supply chains could complicate the methanol industry’s massive North American buildout plans.
Appalachianization Update: How The Data Center Boom is Making America’s Economy Look Like Appalachia’s
Last December, I wrote a blog post titled, “The Appalachianization of America’s Economy”, in which I observed that the AI and data center boom, which has recently been a principal driver of overall GDP growth, seems to be giving rise to a recurrence of a phenomenon previously seen in Appalachia’s natural gas regions – a […]
The PSC Must Do What’s Right for West Virginia
Do you know the old advice to investors – “Buy low and sell high”? Well, building a new gas-fired power plant right now is doing exactly the opposite. This is the worst time in history to be paying for construction of a new natural gas-fired power plant. It’s buying when the cost of buying has […]
Appalachian Gas: Near-Term and Long-Term Trends
Analysts expect natural gas production in Appalachia to grow in the coming decades, but the immediate outlook is a murkier prospect.
Data Centers 101
The race towards data centers is already reshaping energy systems, land use, and local economies across Appalachia.