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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PADD 1 distillate shortage threatens winter price spikes; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Phasing out natural gas yields dubious benefits, but much economic pain; NATIONAL: The Trump administration begins the formal U.S. withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement; Disney Cruise Line orders LNG-fueled trio; KBR immune from shale slump during third quarter; Natural gas soars on cold-weather forecasts; The peak oil denier takes a victory lap; The cost of decommissioning wind turbines is huge; INTERNATIONAL: Fracking could start again as firm behind drilling tries to get ban overturned; Energy companies say the oil glut–and shrinking profits–aren’t over yet; Saudi Aramco starts IPO; OPEC sees its market share shrinking for years as shale triumphs.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 5, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Southwestern Energy offers to plug abandoned well in Tioga County, PA; Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald denounces Peduto’s anti-cracker plant stance; WVU Extension offers oil & gas program to high school seniors; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere slips to loss in third quarter; Wyoming natural gas company responds to California blackouts; NATIONAL: Rig count takes another dive; The great shale fracking slowdown has arrived; ‘America First’? Kill the Jones Act; INTERNATIONAL: Denmark green lights Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline; Britain orders immediate moratorium on fracking due to earth tremor concerns.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 4, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Tristate area’s energy crisis being met with empty promises; The New York Attorney General’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week; CCBC talks career pathways, collaboration at readiness forum; Beaver County officials disheartened by Pittsburgh mayor’s dismissal of petrochemicals; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: The evolution of ‘man camps’ — from tents to basketball courts and swimming pools; NATIONAL: Asians better hope it’s a Trump win in 2020; NYMEX natural gas inches lower after higher than expected storage build report; New freight regulations would derail US energy independence; Bill Nye The Talking Point Guy (video).
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Nov 1, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Peduto calls for a stop to further petrochemical industry development in region; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Lawsuit threat has caused 50% drop-off in La. oil drilling, study finds; NATIONAL: House Democrats block GOP effort to prevent nationwide fracking ban; Most utility-scale batteries in the United States are made of lithium-ion; Trevor Rees-Jones pioneered plays that changed America’s energy industry; Don’t bank on a boring propane market this winter.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 31, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Nation’s largest coal producer files Chapter 11 bankruptcy; 8 drilling permits awarded by ODNR; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Floating shale gas LNG producer moving ahead with build out plans; San Jose moves to boost electric use in homes, mayor touts electric cars as PG&E power shutdown continues; NATIONAL: BP bearish on natural gas prices, LNG exports to 2021; INTERNATIONAL: One of the Sustainable Buses of the Year runs on natural gas; More bad news for Canada’s crumbling oil industry.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 30, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA House Judiciary Committee holds Dec. 16 hearing on bipartisan anti-SLAPP lawsuit legislation; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California pro-natural gas coalition using ‘guerilla’ tactics; DTE’s electricity subsidiary aims at net zero carbon emissions by 2050; Permian natural gas prices get crushed, again; NATIONAL: US drilling on federal and Indian lands surges in 2019; Key takeaways from Q3 ’19 energy earnings (part 1); Natural-gas futures rally to highest finish this month; An insider’s look at the ins and outs of international LPG trading; INTERNATIONAL: EIA projects that natural gas consumption in Asia will continue to outpace supply; The Arctic is Russia’s key to LNG dominance.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 29, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Trout Unlimited attacks Mariner East pipe in bid to block Constitution, PennEast; President Trump’s remarks at Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh (video); Marcellus fracking means farewell to Dems in 2020; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: More propane-consuming PDH plants are on the way; NATIONAL: Jane Fonda and her new ‘trainee’ Ted Danson are arrested in climate protests; Production up, emissions down (video); Freefall in U.S. oil, gas patch picks up speed as 21 rigs exit; Small oil-and-gas companies get cold shoulder from large banks; Shale Slump: Patterson-UTI pulls 36 rigs from service; Flowing shale wells sooner would add billions to sector cash flow; Why is the United States importing natural gas from Russia?; Quantifying the impact of a fracking ban on U.S. gas production; INTERNATIONAL: China’s bid for commodity price clout extends to natural gas.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 28, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: How to tell Cuomo frets the natural gas shortage: He’s passing the buck; Toomey praises Trump for shale gas exploration policies in Pennsylvania, U.S.; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Optimizing shale well designs could boost Eagle Ford and Permian economics by 19-23%; Cameron LNG natural gas facility officially opens today; Planned natural gas release angers compressor station opponents; NATIONAL: The United States now exports crude oil to more destinations than it imports from; Natural gas and renewables will rule America’s electricity future; Natural gas exports to Mexico swell, but is a tidal wave coming?; INTERNATIONAL: Novatek – TC LNG Shipping JV off “Blocked Person” list.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 25, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: New York’s man-made natural-gas crisis; Groups vent concerns about RestorePa plan; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Alliant plant near completion in town of Beloit; NATIONAL: New name, same story from Baker Hughes: U.S. rig count down again; Trump nominates Dan Brouillette to replace Energy Secretary Rick Perry; Big U.S. liquefied natgas players move fast; smaller ones try to keep up; INTERNATIONAL: China is the world’s largest oil & gas importer.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 21, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Maryland issues draft greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: DTE Energy pays $2.5 billion for M5 Midstream; NATIONAL: All Electric? (video); Republic Services expands natural gas-powered fleet; INTERNATIONAL: Pieridae Energy closes acquisition of Shell’s Alberta assets.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 18, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Kinder Morgan to bring 9 Elba Island LNG units into service by first half of 2020; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Gulf Coast supply, demand growth puts natural gas pipeline grid at risk; Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill limiting oil and gas development; NATIONAL: Natural gas industry urged to advance ‘positive message’ to ensure pipelines; A draconian crackdown looms over natural gas; E&Ps’ performance belies negative investor sentiment.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 17, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Eastern Ohio’s low oil & gas production counties; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New study blames some Permian Basin earthquakes on fracking; NATIONAL: U.S. oil and gas jobs fall as drilling declines; Warren and Sanders, policy mates; The crackdown on illegal immigration is hurting oil drillers; California and New York show the ugly face of ‘progress’; Technology takes over tight oil; Political challenges send chill through US gathering of LNG interests; INTERNATIONAL: Sales of electric vehicles in China are slowing; Climate worship is nothing more than rebranded paganism.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 16, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Firefighters battle blazing conventional gas well in West Salem Township; Groups bidding for PES refinery due to tour fire-damaged site; Meeting to discuss plans for new power plant in Robinson Township canceled; WV’s oil and gas industry prepares for petrochemical manufacturing; GAIL selling two, seeking one LNG cargo; NATIONAL: Pipeline vandals have a friend in these phony enablers; Five U.S. LNG export projects eyed for sanctioning in 2020; Oilfield services firm ProPetro cuts almost 150 workers.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 15, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Southwestern Energy pads finances ahead of earnings season; Utica Summit hears Shell cracker update; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California’s high gasoline prices are no accident; NATIONAL: A shale-gas revolution, if we can keep it.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 11, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Marriage of plastics industry and Penn College flourishing; Natural gas pipelines are the topic of Oct. 17 webinar; 2nd Circ. won’t send NY pipeline appeal to DC Circ.; EPA settles Clean Air Act violations at ARG refinery in Bradford, Pa.; NATIONAL: US upstream companies continue on conservative path in Q3; UPS makes major investment into natural gas fleet; Halliburton cutting 650 jobs in U.S. as oilfield business slows; The next secretary? DOE’s No. 2 behind the scenes; EPA Administrator says new WOTUS to be finalized by winter; INTERNATIONAL: Natural gas increasingly ‘vilified’ and ‘demonized,’ says BP’s Dudley; Petrobras, Equinor tie up for natural gas projects; Most Germans who switch energy source in heating opt for natural gas – study; Canada to add nearly 25% of new global crude oil supply.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 10, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR issues 10 permits in Utica-Point Pleasant shale; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: It costs $532,000 to decommission a single wind turbine; NATIONAL: Natgas permitting down in Appalachia, while oil permits fall in Texas, Wyoming; Trump hasn’t solved the pipeline crisis; Democrats slam Wheeler for ‘weaponizing’ agency; WellBoss, Downhole Tech merger becomes official; Supply growth levels natural gas futures to near 20-year lows; Chesapeake Energy’s stock falls toward 20-year low, as crude oil futures drop; The oil and gas situation: Is the industry dying? Not hardly.; Natural-gas producers hard hit by tanking prices.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 9, 2019”