Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Sierra Club-backed WV anti-fracking event a flop-o-rama; National Lab looks to the future of fossil fuels; William Penn Foundation’s plan to create playground for elites; PA loses 1 rig, OH & WV each gain 1; FERC commissioner says New England faces “horror story” of expensive power; natgas prices unmoved by snow and low inventories; Bahrain shale find puts world oil market on notice; Canadia shale drawing super-major interest; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Pittsburgh lawyer co-founds software co aimed at Marcellus; EQT interim CEO making $850,000/yr; court approves PES bankruptcy plan; climate lawsuit suffers another blow in federal court; CO2 emissions from power plants at lowest levels since 1988–thx to shale; corp raiders forcing smaller shale players to consider M&A; 7% of all fossil fuels never burned; Kinder Morgan threatens to scrap Trans Mountain pipe project in Canada; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Ace Pipeline sues EQT for breach of contract in pipeline construction; OH Utica well permits rebound in March; study finds natgas is NOT the reason for coal decline; PUC pushes CHP technology; 3,600 megawatts of electric generating retiring in 2018 in PJM; Sunoco to meet with Chester County officials re pipeline plan; New England desperate to stop 1,600 megawatts of gas-fired electric generation from retiring; Permian’s looming natgas bottleneck; former Chesapeake co-founder Tom Ward buys assets from Chesapeake; Steve Forbes writes on lefty mayors suing oil/gas companies; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Lauren Barr Katarski joins Bravo Group’s energy and environmental practice; natgas coming to homes and businesses in Tunkhannock, PA; Permian price differential widening on wave of new crude; CT residents curious about natgas pipeline expansion; US crude production grew 5% in 2017, heading for record in 2018; cyberattack affects at least four pipeline systems; fracking, BREXIT and an oil and gas shale bonanza; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Six permits awarded in Ohio Utica last week; study verifies Appalachia’s petechem advantage; Freeport, PA voting on XTO wells this month; merger forms largest Permian shale driller; western natgas markets whacked by other regions; American concerns over energy near record lows; Baker Hughes considers selling gas metering biz; big US money behind Canadian pipeline protests; Cuadrilla completes drilling UK’s first shale well; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Fed grant helps buy 4 CNG buses for NEPA; son of fractivist trial lawyer harasses CAMA in Potter County; WV Gov. Justice signs co-tenancy bill into law; two crackers could yield big dividends in Ohio Valley; Unimim & Fairmount Santrol announce management team post-merger; Duke Energy gas-fired plant in Florida nears startup; LNG protesters on Pacific Coast illegally block PSE HQ; natgas storage capacity expanded, slightly, in 2017; China plans to double LNG capacity; Japan sees LNG as opportunity; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: FirstEnergy Generation bankruptcy puts OH, PA nuke plants in jeopardy; Atlantic Sunrise Pipe clipped for unauthorized form of drilling; PA DEP Secretary goes on the record with Platts; pig poop to the rescue in NC; DOE Sec. Perry praises Trump energy policies, LNG exports; U.S. heading for a natgas surplus; longer shale well laterals lead to more M&A activity; judge dismisses Exxon lawsuit to block AG climate change hoaxers; first Sabine Pass LNG cargo arrives in India; Europe’s biggest natgas field to close, permanently; German kicks out Russian diplomats while authorizing Russian pipeline; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Hilcorp files for new drilling permits in Columbiana County, OH; FirstEnergy files to close 3 nuke plants in OH, PA; FERC scolds Rover over missed deadlines; bogus petition with 70K signature filed protesting pipelines in Virginia; LNG supplier helps fund Greensburg, PA shelter; Texas sinkholes from o&g drilling; why $3 natgas continues to elude the market; Chesapeake Energy is not “desperate” to sell assets; media ignores real Russian meddling–in U.S. energy markets; Saudis & Russians tag-team to fend off American shale; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: UGI looks to combine gas divisions into one unit; PA unions throw their political weight behind natgas; Wellsville Intermodal facility may qualify as national Opportunity Zone; India looks to swap LNG cargoes from Sabine Pass; India sells Texas shale assets for $100M; US LNG exports quadrupled in 2017; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: FERC denies stay of Mountaineer Xpress, Gulf Xpress; rural OH schools benefit from pipeline tax revenue; Range Resources’ CFO retiring in May; comment period of DRBC frack ban rules ends Friday; LNG in Jacksonville; Chevron’s climate court case kind of like Big Tobacco; gas is the new oil; climate change lawsuit avalanche is coming; Trump to name Energy Dept. official as top aide; Russian LNG heads to India; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: DEP wants comments on proposed Greene County, PA electric plant; Shale Crescent USA reports good showing at Houston conference; OH landowner groups take on left-wing Center for Biological Diversity; PA gov works with OH & WV to promote fracking, while he also promotes ban in DRB; source of Rover pipe contamination still unclear a year later; natgas enters “injection season” on a low note; TransCanada settles rate issue with NGTL shippers; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Phila. Energy Solutions likely to resolve objections to bankruptcy plan; judge dismisses hokey claims that energy producers suppressed “climate science”; Chevron prepares to educate judge on climate science; how the shale boom has kept the U.S. economy afloat; U.S. net petroleum imports heading to zero; tsunamis of innovation are shaking the energy industry; Egypt-the next natgas hotspot?; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Kucinich a no-show at fake Ohio leasing forum; Atlantic Coast Pipeline cited for tree-cutting violations in Virginia; new o&g regulations coming to Hampton Twp; natgas rates going down in Altoona; Pivotal completes 1st LNG delivery to NASA; New Haven, CT goes out of its fracking mind; U.S. exported more natgas in 2017 than it imported (1st time since 1957); electricity from fossil fuels declined in 2017; asset sales in o&g accelerate; Germany’s pivot from Russian gas will be costly; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Indiana company buys Pittsburgh pipe company; OH Democrat lawmaker proposes frack ban in state parks; Appalachian Storage Hub is WV’s foundation for future investment; feds lighten up on bird & bat rules, extend tree-cutting windows; oil drillers look to Oklahoma for cheaper prices; Wisconsin frac sand industry roars back; FERC’s Powleson lectures New England to learn from PA; big data in big oil is big business; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: ME1 pipeline remains offline 12 days later; CNX Midstream completes purchase of gathering pipeline from CNX parent; NY spending money on natgas-powered vehicles; Louisiana gas market gets turned upside down; Arizona regulators sour on natgas, prefer so-called renewables; bill to ban fracking in Florida dies; o&g gets loophole in Trump tariff; natgas is under attack; Germany wants LNG imports; and more!
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The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Marcus Hook refinery fined $750K; it’s time to get an ethane cracker up and running somewhere in the northeast; Ohio’s DeWine says he’ll be kind to Ohio Utica if elected gov; pipeline build-out unplugs Marcellus constraints; Heinz opposes fracking to protect its own foreign investments; Ohio figures out how to reduce methane emissions without govt interference; electric vehicles are always five years away; natgas under assault in some states; and more!
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