MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 28, 2026

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gas turbine, copper supply seen as near-term data center constraints in PJM; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Sempra begins permitting process for major LNG expansion in Texas; Southwest natural gas cash tops $8 as Southern California supply runs short; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas gains as September contract expires; Trump signs order banning some foreign equipment from US energy grid; What the US Open can teach us about the value of natural gas; MIT uses AI to challenge a century-old process for mass ammonia production; US LNG feedgas demand hits highest level since April as plants return from maintenance; DOE begins tests for fracked geothermal; Trump’s head of offshore leasing leaving for oilfield services firm Halliburton; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises as Iran deal hopes fade; U.S. outpaces China in nat gas capacity for AI data centers; Iraq to deliver oil beyond Hormuz; Are we misreading the oil demand shock from Hormuz?; Why Fort McKay First Nation is a profound example; GALACTIC: Titan is bigger than Mercury, runs on methane and ethane.

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