The fall Creston ATV Poker Run is scheduled for Saturday September 27 with signups ending at noon. It will be a fun route with lots of water, mud and some rock experiences. There will be choices on the route, the easier path or the one with challenges. Tow straps, winches, tire repair kits are good to have and since the route is 75 miles long perhaps extra fuel would be a good idea as there are no filling stations along the route. Help is still needed for Friday September 26 for setting up & marking the route and afterwards for going around and taking down the signs & ribbons. Please call Barb at 304-275-0006. For those who like to bout just what their machines can do there are numerous “play areas’ along the route. “Let’s see how deep is that hole with the green scum on top.” There will be biscuits and gravy to start the day.
October 4 will be Pioneer Day in Elizabeth and on Sunday there will be a Civil War reenactment on the former Roberts farm along W. Va. 5 between the bridge and W. Va. 14.
Georgia E. Snyder, age 81, died in Wellington Ohio after an illness that was described as painful. She was the widow of Alton Denver Snyder. She was buried at Ground Hog & the family had a meal and gathering at the Creston Community Building.
Linda deVries was attending to business in Elizabeth.
John & Debbie Griffin, Mr. & Mrs. A. C. Marks & sons Thomas & Curtis, Mr. & Mrs. R. P. Marks & daughters Brooklyn & Rylynn were calling on Mr. & Mrs. C. P. Marks at Millstone.
Severe drought has impacted various sections of W. Va. And the local area has not had rain for a spell allowing hay to be harvested and some have been digging their potatoes.
Golden rod is in full bloom as are the Jerusalem artichokes that are along a local roadway. Earlier there were spectacular sunflowers at the mouth of Still Run.
Several local folks attended the Ergon Oil Purchasing catfish fry in Marietta. A special blend, perhaps using pure Pennsylvania grade crude, was used to make tasty catfish for the big crowd of oil men & oil women that attended the belly buster. Barton Lampton came up from Jackson Mississippi for the event and he noted that the Creston News is read every week down in Mississippi. Other Ergon folks from their Moon Township Pennsylvania operations were present.
Bob Matthey who always attends did not get to participate since he is spending “quality time” in a posh Morgantown institution that serves you breakfast in bed.
A pipeline blew a hole near one of Warren Buffett’s gas storage wells in Fayette County Pennsylvania creating a crater. The line had crude & brine.
Warren Buffett’s fractionation plant Hastings Station in Wetzel County is down for maintenance so local gas wells going into the DTI (Dominion) system are shut in.
Fundamental Data has obtained W. Va. DEP approval for the largest data center complex and gas fired power plants [anywhere so they say] in Tucker County but it was noted that the “green weenies” have filed suit. How dare we try to outdo the Chinese Liberation Army and their AI work.
A W. Va. DEP hearing was held September 18 for Adams Fork Energy’s proposal to build an ammonia facility in Mingo County. This is an important end use for methane and the ammonia is used to fertilize crops so folks have food to eat. [Very basic but critical stuff.]
The Williams Company plans to build two natural gas fired power plants in New Albany Ohio.
There will be a conference concerning AI (artificial intelligence) & energy October 16 in Pittsburgh at the Hilton Garden Hotel.
According to reports the new Utica wells in Pennsylvania are making the spectacular Marcellus wells “look Small”. The Utica is 1100 feet thick at Creston.
The EPA is considering stopping the Biden era GHG (Green house gas) reporting requirements that should save producers $2.4 billion in unnecessary expense.
EQT & Next Decade Energy signed a 20 year contract where Next Decade will liquify 1.5 million tons/year of methane for export to foreign nations (and perhaps to the northeast that won’t allow pipelines). One might wonder if local folks & taxing districts will get any of the big price increase for the exported energy.
Denver based Antero Resources wanted to lease a tract in Ritchie County and offered a 15% net royalty. Based on actual figures provided by Antero that actually is a royalty that is just under 7%. Of course West Virginia has a law stating that 12 1/2% (1/8) is the minimum.
The price of local Pennsylvania grade crude slipped to $61.68/bbl. With condensate bringing $43.68/bbl. And Marcellus & Utica light fetching $50.68/bbl.
