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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Garth Everett isn’t running after finishing out 7th term; ODNR issues 2 permits for Utica Shale drilling; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Summit Midstream Partners relocating corporate headquarters to downtown Houston, Texas; The 2020 outlook for Permian oil and gas markets; NATIONAL: Energy commodity prices rose more than other goods in 2019; Hard as it is, frackers should ignore Iran; Oil and gas group launches campaign to advertise itself as combating climate change; U.S. LNG exports soar in 2019 but supply glut may await in 2020; Natural gas looks awful now that it’s 2020.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 7, 2020”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Houston company seeks to develop first 5G-enabled oil drilling site in Permian Basin; Administrative law judge criticizes DTE’s proposed energy plan; NATIONAL: Rick Perry rejoins Energy Transfer board of directors; Anti-energy researcher Naomi Oreskes calls for regulations on free speech; Biden says plastic bags should be phased out; Crude-to-gas ratio hits six-year high of 30X – ramifications for oil, gas and NGLs; INTERNATIONAL: EIA projects nearly 50% increase in world energy usage by 2050, led by growth in Asia; The US kills Iran’s most dangerous general – what happens now?
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jan 6, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Tone-deaf Democrats risk handing western Pennsylvania to Trump; Falling NY population is part of Cuomo’s plan; Range Resources director to resign; NATIONAL: US oil, gas rig count down by 4 to 836, lowest since early 2017; Natural-gas slide continues to start 2020; The Top 10 RBN energy prognostications for 2020 – Year of the Rat; Hamm, McClendon — and other names behind a fracking great decade for american oil and gas; INTERNATIONAL: As demand increases, Canada’s most populated province expanding natgas infrastructure; Best decade yet: humanity grew richer and more sustainable in the 2010s.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 3, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: CEO of top U.S. power market is under fire even before he starts; Appalachian gas valuations: the bad, the ugly, (and the good); OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Natural gas development not responsible for Pavillion’s water issues; Cameron LNG kicks off production from Train 2; Burn, pay, or shut it down: three evils for Permian drillers; NATIONAL: Biden, Sanders and Warren present the oil and gas industry with a stark choice in 2020; INTERNATIONAL: European import terminals plan expansions as U.S. LNG volumes grow; The top energy stories of 2019.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 2, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Dominion Energy completes equity recapitalization of Cove Point; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: BKV deal for Devon’s Barnett assets said potential opening for LNG exports to Thailand; Natural gas industry’s $1 million PR campaign sets up fight over Northwest’s energy future; NATIONAL: Is LNG actually the future of energy?; Banks get tough on shale loans as fracking forecasts flop; Carnival delays debut of its biggest LNG cruise ship ever; Joe Biden will kill jobs. Just ask him.; Worst performing stocks of the decade; Top five U.S. energy developments of the last decade; INTERNATIONAL: Supreme Court dismisses appeal in long running Packers Plus technology fight; Shale to continue to crowd OPEC supply in 2020; For energy, poor people deserve to be rich.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 23, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Equitrans hopes fair deal with EQT coming over contract renegotiation; Tom Linzey and his CELDF at war over corporate greed; NATIONAL: Biden willing to cut hundreds of thousands of oil and natural gas jobs; Energy billionaire asks Sen Warren to visit Oklahoma oil fields; Don’t bet on a natural gas price rebound; US oil, gas rig count rises for second straight week; INTERNATIONAL: European LNG imports hit record levels.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 20, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA Sen. John Yudichak named to Senate Environmental Committee; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Buyer mulling stake covering 4 million mt/y of Driftwood LNG supply; Natural gas companies form PAC to fight CMP’s proposed transmission project; Rising Bakken gas production displacing Western Canadian gas on pipes; NATIONAL: Shale revolution ensuring America’s energy security, says GEI; A decade in which fracking rocked the oil world.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 19, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: A natural gas blowout in Ohio released more methane than many countries do in an entire year; Natural gas initiative shifts to statewide action; Oil and Gas industry partners with first responders; NATIONAL: Is Wall Street turning its back on fossil fuels?; Aly Energy Services, Inc. goes dark, no longer filing SEC updates; Fight over flaring: Industry, enviros contrasting accounts over burning excess natural gas; Michael Moore & Me (video); INTERNATIONAL: Ontario expanding natural gas to more communities across Ontario.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 18, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Rockefeller director disappointed that the Rockefeller-funded Exxon investigation failed; Chevron starts divesting from region, selling this key site; Exxon’s big court win exposes major malpractice in the New York Attorney General’s Office; NATIONAL: Global warming facts, fear, foolishness and frauds; Bloomberg would shut down coal, gas plants if elected president; INTERNATIONAL: Foreign-funded attacks on Canada’s energy industry; China goes all-in on coal while telling the rest of the world to reduce emissions; Lawsuit: Apple, Google, Tesla profit from African child labor.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 17, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: When Chevron leaves the region, so will most of its charitable giving; PA DEP invites comments on Mariner East pipeline chapter 102/105 permit revisions; Special permit for LNG by rail foreshadows boon for U.S. small-scale liquefaction; Southwestern Energy: a misunderstood natural gas producer; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: FERC approves Driftwood LNG site preparation work; SandRidge CEO resigns as Icahn-backed board eyes spending plan; Primus Green Energy commissions FEED study for Texas natural gas-to-gasoline plant; NATIONAL: U.S. drops four natural gas rigs as oil count climbs; Shale slowdown takes economic toll; INTERNATIONAL: Global natural gas electricity is gaining on coal; U.N. climate talks end without meeting goals.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 16, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Feds extend MVP’s reopened endangered species review by 60 days; Local students learn hands on about the oil and gas industry; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Basic Energy selling lower 48 pressure pumping business as activity, pricing ‘remain difficult’; California regulators approve natural gas bans across state; NATIONAL: From a ‘big deal’ to no comment, here’s how ‘Exxon Knew’ activists reacted to losing the climate case they had championed; Chevron charge points to billions more in gas writedowns – analysts; New year may again bring coal to stockings of oil services companies but better times lay ahead; How global prices drive U.S. LNG cargo destinations; INTERNATIONAL: Mexico environment minister wants to prohibit fracking; Trump team wants to bring Zelensky to U.S. natural gas posts.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 13, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Nine well permits issued by ODNR; NATIONAL: Continental Resources announces Harold Hamm is stepping up to Executive Chairman; NGI 2020: U.S. drilling ban on E&P radar ahead of 2020 election; Enverus forecasts “significant slowdown” in US gas output growth in 2020; Natural gas boom fizzles as a U.S. glut sinks profits; Chevron’s charge points to billions more in U.S. gas writedowns; The great electric car ‘zero emissions’ boondoggle; INTERNATIONAL: Creating the OPEC of natural gas.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 12, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Massive holiday drive to help out families in need; Greenhouse gas law will cost local jobs; NATIONAL: Will U.S. shale oil roll over and play dead as OPEC wishes?; US EIA lowers Q1 Henry Hub spot gas price forecast by 11 cents to $2.62/MMBtu; Enbridge would consider further LNG export investment under right conditions; INTERNATIONAL: Defense bill deal includes tough sanctions against Russia’s newest gas pipeline to Europe.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 11, 2019”

NATIONAL: Even shale veterans don’t buy the bullish production forecasts; Warm winter weather prompts lower natural gas price forecasts; INTERNATIONAL: Shale novice to head Argentina’s energy portfolio; Chinese firms offer to resell LNG cargoes due to weak demand.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 10, 2019”

NATIONAL: U.S. oil and gas producers to slash spending for second straight year in 2020; U.S. oil drillers cut rigs for seventh consecutive week; How long-term contracts factor into U.S. LNG cargo destinations; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC left with limited options; Ending the Gulf Crisis: natural gas frames future Gulf relations.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 9, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Future of oil and gas in Ohio Valley looks bright; NATIONAL: Analysis: US oil, gas rig count falls by 4 to 691, Permian totals slide; N. American shale primed for growth despite possible oil price declines; Gas lobby group goes on attack to halt move to ban new hook-ups; Natural gas outpaced renewable energy in reducing greenhouse gases; Moore’s Law misapplied (video); INTERNATIONAL: As Lopez Obrador focuses on oil, U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico soar; Europe was favored destination for US LNG in November amid activity ramp-up.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 6, 2019”