Post on 11-May-2015
Energy and Pittsburgh:
A Long HistoryBill Flanagan
Executive Vice President-Corporate Relations
March 17, 2014
A Snapshot of the Pittsburgh Region
10 counties = 7,200 sq. mi
Population = 2.6 million
Gross Regional Product = $119 billion
“Pittsburgh stands as a bold example of how to create new jobs and industries while transitioning to a 21st century economy. As a city that has transformed itself from the city of steel to a center for high-tech innovation... Pittsburgh will provide both a beautiful backdrop and a powerful example for our work.”
-President Barack Obama, Pittsburgh (G-20) Summit
• “Hell with the lid
off.”
• Streetlights at noon
• Extra white shirts to
work
The Steel City (1870s-1970s)
Renaissance City 1940s-1970s
•Public-private partnership
•Smoke control
•Urban redevelopment
A Story of Transformation
The Renaissance began in the 1940s with the formation of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, a non-profit organization designed to bring together private sector leadership to work in partnership with government to improve the region. Together they cleaned the skies and rivers and transformed the city itself with the first urban redevelopment programs in the United States.
The Steel Bust
•Foreign imports
•Industry restructuring
•National recession
•Regional depression
A Big Setback in the 1980s
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* 12 month rolling average through June 2013.Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, 10-county region
1,082,300
1,285,400
A Great American ComebackTotal Employment Reaches Record High, 1970-June 2013
We’re Hiring!
24,000 Open Jobs!
The World is Paying Attention
What’s Ahead?
• Enormous Opportunity
• A portfolio approach
• Collaboration to innovate
• In a word:
Our Rich Energy History
Our Rich Energy History
A New Center of American Energy
Opportunities in Our Energy Economy
Energy Companies Growing in the
Pittsburgh Region
We Are an Energy Innovator
$1 billion +
Government Universities Corporate
NETL Bettis
Pitt
CMU CONSOL
Westing-house
Eaton
WVU
Penn State
Coal Nuclear Systems
Source: Allegheny Conference analysis
PPG
National Energy Technology Laboratory
• Full service DOE federal lab
• Dedicated to energy R&D, domestic
energy resources
– Fossil energy
– Support offices of electricity and energy
efficiency
• Fundamental science through
technology demonstration
• Unique industry-academia-government
collaboration
• Tech Transfer Program
– Transfer of research and patented
technologies to industry, entrepreneurs,
universities and other government
agencies
NETL Program Areas:
Strategic Center for Coal Carbon Capture, Carbon Storage, Advanced Energy Systems, Cross-Cutting Research
Strategic Center for Natural Gas Deep & Ultra Deep Water Oil, Unconventional Gas, Methane Hydrates, Enhanced Oil Recovery
Project Management Center Building Technologies, Distributed Energy, Vehicle Technologies, Weatherization
Marcellus Shale• The Marcellus Shale geological
formation is one of the largest
unconventional natural gas
reserves in the world:– Pittsburgh is the largest metro atop the
Marcellus Shale
– 95,000 square miles of approx. 60% of
Pennsylvania’s land mass
– Marcellus Shale contains 141 trillion
cubic feet of recoverable natural gas
– In the Marcellus Shale play alone, an
estimated 7,000+ wells will be drilled
between 2011-2014
– Prompted 150+ companies to expand
their exploration, drilling or service
operations in the Pittsburgh region
since 2007
Utica Shale –The Natural Gas Giant Below the Marcellus Shale
• The Utica Shale is located a few
thousand feet below the Marcellus
Shale
– Potential to become an enormous
natural gas resource
• More geographically extensive and
thicker than Marcellus Shale
• Already proven its ability to support
commercial production
– Liquids-rich play…oil
– Early testing indicates it will be a very
significant resource
• The Utica Shale has a much higher
carbonate content and a lower clay
mineral content than the Marcellus
Shale
150+ Natural Gas-Related Companies Have
Expanded into the Pittsburgh Region Since
2007Accelergy Corporation
Allied Technology
Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc.
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations
BJ Services Co.
Bowles Rice, LLP
Burleson Cooke, LLP
Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.
Calfrac Well Services
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
Chesapeake Energy
Complete Production Services, Inc.
Core Laboratories, LP
Crescent Directional Drilling
Cudd Energy Services
Direct Energy
EOG Resources, Inc.
Express Energy Services, LP
Exterran Holdings, Inc.
Fagen, Inc.
Flotek Industries, Inc.
Flow Data, Inc.
FMC Technologies, Inc.
FTS International
Fulbright & Jaworski
Green Field Energy Services
Halliburton Energy Services
Hunting Energy Service
Key Energy Services, Inc.
Kimzey Casing Service, LLC
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
Marathon Oil Co.
McJunkin Red Man Corporation
National Oilwell Varco
Newfield Exploration
Royal Dutch Shell
Sadler Law
Schlumberger Limited
Seneca Resources
Smith International
Spectra Energy Corp.
Stallion Oilfield Services
Swift Worldwide Resources
Talisman Energy, Inc.
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
The Williams Companies
Thomas Petroleum
TSI Flow Products, Inc.
Universal Pegasus International
Valerus Compression Services
Weatherford U.S., LP
Wilbros International
WPX Energy
Center for Sustainable Shale Development
(CSSD)
• Safe, sustainable shale resource development
– Continuous improvement and innovative practices through 15 performance standards (air & climate and surface & groundwater) and third-party certification
• Unprecedented collaboration
– Serves as a forum for a diverse group of stakeholders (environmental organizations, foundations, energy companies) to share expertise with the common objective of developing solutions and serving as a center of excellence for shale gas development
STRATEGIC PARTNERSChevron
Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future
Clean Air Task Force
CONSOL Energy
Environmental Defense Fund
EQT Corporation
Group Against Smog and Pollution
Heinz Endowments
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
Shell
William Penn Foundation
Wet Gas Geology
Marcellus gas around Greater Pittsburgh is rich in
ethane, propane, other liquids
• Supply of “wet gas” could lead to new petrochemical production capacity in Greater Pgh.
• Thousands of jobs, billions of $$ of investment.
Initiative: Wet Gas Development
Natural gas production & supply chain
•Target is feedstock for petrochemicals, plastics.•Creates high-value manufacturing jobs.
Upstream:
Exploration & Production
Midstream:
Storage & Transmission Pipelines
Downstream:
Uses including•Gas distribution•Fuel•Gas-to-Liquids•Feedstock for petrochemical, plastics industries
What’s Next: Petrochemicals
•Land option for Beaver County site
•Further evaluation underway:
•Environmental analysis
•Engineering design studies
•Evaluation of ethane supply
•Economic viability
Proposed Shell Petrochemical Complex
Shell’s Singapore Cracker
Chemistry in the Pittsburgh Region
• Regional strengths– 250+ chemistry firms
– HQs and/or corporate support
operations to industry leaders: • Almatis, Axiall, Bayer, Calgon Carbon,
INDSPEC, Koppers, LANXESS, NOVA
Chemicals and PPG Industries
– Significant manufacturing presence:• BASF, Eastman Chemical, Nalco
– Two dozen major chemistry research
facilities
– Chemicals represent the fourth largest
export from the Pittsburgh region –
more than $1 billion in 2011
Plastics in the Pittsburgh Region
• Regional strengths – Home to 112 establishments employing
5,100 workers directly and 10,200
indirectly
– Contributes $1.6 billion in economic
activity
– Cutting edge plastics technologies –
from companies like ATRP Solutions
and Plextronics (both CMU spinouts) –
are using plastics in a whole new way
Emerging Priority – Workforce
Comprehensive workforce program targeting the natural gas and oil industries
• Launched in 2010 with a $4.9 million Labor grant – 4 states, 71 counties
• Has since trained more than 5,047 people; 1,485 employed in the industry
• Received $14.96 million follow on grant in 2012 to expand curriculum nationally o Applies to upstream, midstream and downstream occupations
For more information
Bill Flanagan, Executive Vice President
Allegheny Conference on Community Development
11 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-281-1890
bflanagan@alleghenyconference.org
www.alleghenyconference.org