The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PA budget talks advance, WITHOUT a severance tax; drone inspections of pipelines may soon be reality; Cheniere asks FERC for permission to fire up Train 4 LNG export; Microsoft launches gas-powered data center in Seattle; Congress probes Russian ads targeting energy markets; US regulatory climate “wobbles”; Shale-Zilla knocking at crude oil price door; the future of oil prices; it’s been a tough week for peak oil theorists; and more!