The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Surpise! Washington Post says Maryland should NOT ban fracking; AEP wants to upgrade electric line to help Utica industry; Shell closes on 2 remaining properties for cracker; the anti-pipeline, anti-enviros; global upstream outlook for 2017 is optimistic; from Russia with love, for American fractivists; drillers start hiring again; and more!