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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Cold weather leads to lower Northeast natural gas outflows; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Ithaca halts net-zero code changes following state’s all-electric delay; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas settles lower in volatile session; What if the chart of US oil production is wrong?; BKV announces $100 million share repurchase program; Wind turbine eagle-kill secrecy may soon end; State AGs ask DOJ to probe Chinese ties to anti-energy activism; Top 5 American energy developments in 2025; INTERNATIONAL: Oil edged higher for a second day; EIA sees 2.2 million barrel per day glut in 2025; Why Canada’s hottest shale play is catching the eye of US producers; German energy demand seen sliding to historic low. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 19, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Time to reconsider a NY Climate Act press release; Don’t believe Kathy Hochul’s all-too-cute claims to have U-turned on climate; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Wisconsin Senate scrutiny highlights growing concerns over Bloomberg SAAG program; Judge rules Michigan can’t shut down Line 5 pipeline in Straits of Mackinac; Lingering pessimism, uncertainty further weigh on oil and gas activity; One state’s drive to slash GHGs slams into reality, a warning to others; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas gains ahead of storage data; Short-covering lifts natgas prices today — is it just a pause?; Rinse & repeat research fails to link gas stoves and asthma…again; INTERNATIONAL: Crude climbs as US threatens Russian and Venezuelan flows; USA readies new Russia sanctions if Putin rejects deal; Trump orders blockade of sanctioned oil tankers in Venezuela; O’Neill leaves Woodside to become BP CEO; Netanyahu announces $34.7 billion natural gas deal with Egypt; Europe’s ‘green’ emperor is naked and cold. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 18, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New York and California reach the energy abyss; NATIONAL: Climate litigation hands China a strategic victory while harming America; 12 facts of energy affordability; INTERNATIONAL: Oil price sinks as oversupply pressures intensify; Russia oil prices hit lowest since war began; Canada releases more stringent methane rules for oil and gas producers, landfills; Norway avoids ‘green’ energy quicksand. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 17, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation awards grants to 388 nonprofits; Blue states, high rates; New York utility says queue for large power users has tripled; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures extend losing streak; U.S. oil slides to four year low; Tokyo Gas to invest in U.S. downstream assets; Nearly 1,400 natural gas stations to power clean transport growth in 2026; INTERNATIONAL: Baker Hughes, Hunt announce joint framework for redevelopment of mature O&G fields; USA emerges as world’s hydrocarbon superpower. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 16, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: PROPWR secures distributed microgrid contract with Coterra Energy; Colorado residents face high energy bills after regulators turn away from natural gas; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures post hefty weekly loss; How billionaire Wes Edens’ big energy dream hit the rocks; A new approach to carbon capture could slash costs; EIA forecasts U.S. crude oil production will decrease slightly in 2026; Energy secretary predicts that electricity prices will stop rising ‘very soon’; INTERNATIONAL: Oil drifts lower despite geopolitical tensions; OPEC data points to balanced global oil market in 2026; Timor-Leste rejects climate hysteria, embraces development; What if pursuing carbon-free electricity does more harm than good?; Oil executives once booed Canada’s prime minister – now they cheer him; Panic-stricken climate alarmists resort to bolder lies. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 15, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Drew Barrymore joins MSC Cruises to celebrate new LNG-powered ship; Consumers Energy defends customer protections for data centers against challenge from Mich. AG; New York was a leader on climate issues, under Hochul things changed; The Gulf of America is back; NATIONAL: Natural gas prices are down 20% in just a week; Winners from S&P Global Energy’s 27th Annual Platts Global Energy Awards; Voltagrid & Halliburton make 400 MW power commitment re data centers; US gas inventories down by 177 Bcf; One state’s green mandates can become another state’s nightmare; U.S. E&Ps continue to maintain investor support despite commodity price plunge; Supremes have chance to end climate lawfare; INTERNATIONAL: Crude settles at October lows; The Christmas gift that climate Grinches can’t abide. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 12, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas picks up ahead of storage data; Kinder Morgan expects to ride on LNG, power demand growth; Democrat lawmakers renew push to regulate natgas pipeline emissions; Exxon’s low carbon cuts mesh with Trump’s energy priorities; INTERNATIONAL: Crude rises after US seizes Venezuelan tanker; COP30 – 50,000 participants for what?; Hydrogen dreams meet reality as oil and gas groups abandon projects; Former UK Prime Minister says Europe ‘insanely jealous’ of US economy. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 11, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Venture Global hits back at Shell’s fraud claims in LNG arbitration battle; Dem-leaning group roasts NY’s green energy law as an ‘undeniable’ failure; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas extends pullback on shifting weather outlook; A different inconvenient truth (this one is true); EIA to ditch some existing reports and launch new surveys on minerals, data centers; U.S. LNG feedgas demand at record levels; Datacenter boom drives rapid power grid innovation; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls again on oversupply signs; BMI analysts make 2026 oil demand prediction. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 10, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Newsom sparks rebellion in Bay Area town; Aurora partners with San Antonio company to haul fracking sand; AGA staffer joined interview process for open Maryland PSC seats; If Sherrill wants to make NJ affordable, she must roll back net-zero policies; NATIONAL: No hurricanes strike USA for 1st time in a decade; Spark and dark spreads indicate improved profitability of natural gas, coal power plants; Climate groups falter, Bill Gates recalibrates, but Al Gore soldiers on; INTERNATIONAL: Crude oil price settles lower; China’s Daqing Oilfield surpasses one million tonnes in shale oil output. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 9, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Bowman buys RPT to boost data center power engineering; Newsom’s California slouching towards a self-inflicted energy crisis; NATIONAL: Natural gas surge 9% this week on strong flow of exports; MAHA activists urge Trump to fire his E.P.A. Administrator; Green energy’s problems go beyond messaging; Climate rift opens between Amazon and rivals in row over data centre power; Halliburton promotes Slocum to COO role; WoodMac flags ‘key themes’ shaping lower 48 in 2026; U.S. retail gasoline prices fall below $3 per gallon, the lowest since 2021; INTERNATIONAL: Crude finishes higher on short covering; Today’s $67 per barrel is only $44 in 2008 dollars; Rationality returns to Australia as climate scare wanes; China’s paradox – kingdom of solar, wind, hydro, nuclear and coal. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 8, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Glenfarne, POSCO finalize strategic Alaska LNG partnership; Macquarie places 20-year order from Texas LNG; Report shows Newsom prioritizes Beijing over Bakersfield; L.A. kicks coal as it fires up the world’s largest green hydrogen power plant; NATIONAL: Natural gas futures extend gains as U.S. grows cold; $5 psychological threshold still a relevant driver for natgas; Natural gas price forecast – $5.09 new high; New tool signals best time to buy business energy; Top journal retracts study predicting catastrophic climate toll; INTERNATIONAL: Crude settles higher despite Saudi price cut; Analysts see ‘5-10 years of decent growth’ for oil demand; There’s no green backlash, EU climate chief insists. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 5, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy receives grant for security equipment; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Newlab and JERA partner to commercialize next-gen CO2 capture tech; Blame Dems for fueling New York’s ‘affordability’ crisis with their green-energy insanity; NATIONAL: South Korean companies to build ships in the U.S.; Williams leadership foresees moderate, sustained natural gas prices; 2025 was a no good, terrible, very bad year for the energy transition; INTERNATIONAL: Oil closes up as peace deal falls short; Russia oil revenue falls by a third; Europe’s green energy rush slashed emissions—and crippled the economy; Europe finds winter relief in LNG surge from US; Asia backs away as Europe becomes the LNG price-setter. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 4, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

NATIONAL: Natural gas futures fall amid uncertain weather forecasts; Solar bankruptcy Pine Gate Renewables (boom to bust continues); Modern Hydrogen lays off most of its employees after decade-long pursuit of clean energy; Environmental Defense Fund staffers launch union; Soaring U.S. natural gas prices could boost coal power generation; Google plans to power a new data center with fossil fuels, yet release almost no emissions; Energy Department renames renewable energy lab to reflect Trump’s fossil fuel focus; INTERNATIONAL: Crude settles lower on peace talk jitters; Canada’s first compressed air storage facility; EU seals deal to phase out Russian gas by 2027; India’s Russian oil dilemma – cheap crude, costly consequences. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 3, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Colorado PUC finalizes plans to push natgas out of home heating to hit 100% decarbonization; NATIONAL: Natural gas turns positive amid mixed weather trends; US natural gas futures hold near 35-month high on record LNG flows and colder forecasts; Natural gas price forecast – new long-term trend high established; USA Compression announces strategic acquisition of J-W Power Company; Energy affordability has become the kitchen-table issue of the 2020s; Your Thanksgiving turkey has a carbon footprint; Nuclear-generated electricity overshadows government-subsidized wind and solar; Ignoring EV pollution for fake climate crisis; INTERNATIONAL: Crude ends higher despite glut fears; China shale oil output outlook improving; Why is the price of gas falling in Europe in the middle of winter. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 2, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Hawaii’s return to gas puts energy reliability in the spotlight; NATIONAL: Trump issues EO to launch DOE-led Genesis Mission; Gunvor eyes investment in U.S. oil and gas; Many fighting climate change worry they are losing the information war; A few markers on the road to the demise of the climate apocalypse; America’s power grid will be able to withstand the $2.5T A.I. datacenter boom; Cummins X15N marks return of natural gas to class 8 trucking; INTERNATIONAL: Oil notches fourth monthly drop; OPEC+ holds oil output steady, agrees capacity mechanism; OPEC’s numbers are an exercise in artistic deception; Carney loses Quebec minister after energy deal; Europe’s drilling comeback challenges US energy pledges. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 1, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Georgia Power’s large load pipeline shrinks by 6 GW; NATIONAL: Coming wave of LNG supplies more likely to produce a rising tide than a cataclysm; U.S. feedgas demand set to soar by the end of the year; JPMorgan projects Brent crude at $57 a barrel, WTI at $53 in 2027; INTERNATIONAL: Oil closes the day near month low; OPEC+ again faces thorny issue of how much it can pump; Aramco makes 17 deals with ‘major’ USA cos worth $30B+; IEA publishes climate era’s obituary; Climategate turns 16 – never forget. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 26, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”