MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA grants to extend natural gas service in Butler, Crawford, Northampton counties; U.S. Senate committee passes bills aimed at Appalachian natural gas and coal; NATIONAL: Number of financially distressed oil, gas companies increasing: S&P Ratings; Natural-gas traders bet heat wave will fizzle.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jul 17, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Former EQT CEO Rob McNally gets $3.4M to leave company; PA conventional drillers want to restore program to spread brine on roads; Watson to helm Utica Shale Academy; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Fracking in California is about to get a lot more difficult; NATIONAL: EIA expects U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions to fall in 2019; Why U.S. exports of LNG to China are expected to be a major component of a trade deal; Protest at Massachusetts home of FERC member Cheryl LaFleur; INTERNATIONAL: Climate Apartheid? (video); GALACTIC: The meaning of methane on Mars.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 16, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: It’s not too late for New York to start fracking; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Total kicks up investment in Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG; TS Barry puts 70% of US LNG capacity at risk; Are e-fracs a fix for Permian gas constraints and giveaway prices?; NATIONAL: How Mike Bloomberg pays to prosecute the Trump EPA; Republicans struggle to unite on climate message; Where U.S. exports of butanes and natural gasoline end up; INTERNATIONAL: Pieridae agrees Goldboro LNG deal extension with Uniper; IEA – Huge oil glut coming in 2020; Cuadrilla to restart fracking at British site; 9 things to know about the booming global liquefied natural gas market.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 15, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Only explosion from natural gas leak came on social media; Thrasher says WV’s economy could slow after natural gas boom; Three permits issued in Ohio’s Utica-Point Pleasant; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Berkeley to consider prohibiting natural gas in new buildings; NATIONAL: In 2018, 90% of the natural gas used in the United States was produced domestically; Animated chart of the day: US electricity generation by fuel source, 1949-2019; US EIA expects lower gas spot prices, some deceleration in gas production growth; Zero-carbon natural gas not good enough?; Tom Steyer officially announces presidential bid.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jul 10, 2019”
NATIONAL: Members of Congress renew attack on oil and gas with “frack pack” legislation; Secretary Perry: Trump critics don’t understand how much he’s done for the environment; INTERNATIONAL: US is world’s largest producer of fossil fuel; Here’s Putin’s answer to the U.S. shale boom; SaskPower probes cost of Ottawa’s natural gas regulations to plans for new plant.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 9, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Westmoreland municipalities count on windfall from natural gas impact fee; Utilities commission announces revenue; They’ve drilled a well on my property, but never finished it. Why?; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Port of Virginia becomes first U.S. port to join SEA\LNG; TVA’s IRP foresees natural gas growth climbing 2-17 GW over next 20 years; Why build an ethane steam cracker in a time of low ethylene margins?; Wisconsin utility regulators decline to consider climate impact of proposed natural gas plant; NATIONAL: How the US shale revolution changed the face of geopolitics; The U.S. is overflowing with natural gas. Not everyone can get it.; Senators to review global LNG export landscape; 2020 Democrats want to turn our energy independence into submission; INTERNATIONAL: Biased attack on natural gas leaves out key facts.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 8, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA, NY, NJ shortchange Delaware River Basin Commission budget $1.1 million; Dear New Yorkers complaining about no gas; It’s your governor, stupid!!; Gas agreement readies Mahoning County, OH for next shale boom; Analysts say Philadelphia refinery, shut down after fire, unlikely to find a willing buyer; State regulators question Roanoke Gas Co.’s need for new pipeline; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere readies first cargo from Corpus Christi LNG Train 2; Building LNG-powered ships newest industry along U.S./Mexico border; NATIONAL: Lower 48 natural gas injections into underground storage fields have been on a record-setting pace; LNG exports will keep floor under US natural gas prices; INTERNATIONAL: Oil plunges in worst reaction to OPEC since 2014 on demand woes; Is this the beginning of the end for OPEC?; Russia and OPEC draw closer on oil, joining other producers to manage market.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jul 3, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: This is the last job EQT CEO Rob McNally wants to have. But will that work?; Gary Gould joins EQT at the time when the company is locked in proxy battle; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Colorado’s Boulder County imposes oil, gas drilling permit moratorium until March 2020; Natural gas pipeline project carves 29-mile path through Genesee County; NATIONAL: New report warns turning away from oil & natural gas will cost United States $4.5 trillion; U.S. drilling slowdown triggers Weatherford bankruptcy; Every US storage region continues to inject natural gas at above-average pace; BP’s highly unusual natural gas investment; INTERNATIONAL: Risky business: The allure of liquified natural gas; America’s liquefied natural gas boom may be on a collision course with climate change; 672 Mercedes-Benz NGT buses are backbone of environmentally friendly bus transportation in Madrid.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 2, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Hundreds enjoy horn-based bands at Peoples Natural Gas Park; Market impacts of Philadelphia Energy Solutions’ refinery shutdown; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Oregon Republican senators end walkout over carbon bill; NATIONAL: Is the climate change debate a replay of the Reformation?; Oil services sector ripe for restructuring to boost tight profit margins; INTERNATIONAL: WoodMac: Chinese tariffs having limited impact on US LNG; World’s only natural gas-to-gasoline plant in operation in Turkmenistan; How U.S. LNG plays havoc with Dutch gas and Asian shipping.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 1, 2019”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Proposed Oregon pipeline could give Utah’s natural gas industry a big boost; NATIONAL: Nonstop records for U.S. natural-gas-based electricity; Icahn seeks to oust 4 Occidental board members; Thank you AOC! (video)
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jun 28, 2019”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Frackers go electric as negative gas prices spur switch; NATIONAL: Williams releases 2018 sustainability report; Williams pipeline support highlights Environmental Defense Fund’s long, cozy relationship with fracking pseudoscience; As coal fades in the U.S., natural gas becomes the climate battleground; Jones Act changes could disrupt offshore oil and gas sector; INTERNATIONAL: Why climate activists threaten endangered species with extinction; Fracking has enhanced the U.S. strategic position in the Persian Gulf region; Loosening Russia’s stranglehold on European natural gas.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 27, 2019”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Oregon de-carbonization bill creating legislative standoff; NATIONAL: Early shale optimist sees another decade of U.S. supply growth; Wind power sources remain more fantasy than reality; Oilfield services’ pricing power is rising; INTERNATIONAL: These three forces are shaping the future of global energy; US secretary of state Mike Pompeo is visiting India—with tonnes of oil and gas for sale; GALACTIC: Mars global warming appears, then disappears “in a poof”.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jun 26, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: SRBC enters into $18,500 settlement with Sunoco Mariner East II pipeline; Chevron Phillips makes $15B acquisition bid for Nova Chemical; 70 activists arrested at climate change rally outside NY Times building; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Consumer Energy Alliance launches new campaign and report for NJ; Duke Indiana IRP adds 1,240 MW gas, keeps some coal online for almost 20 years; NATIONAL: Baker Hughes and C3.ai announce joint venture to deliver AI solutions; Trump should waive Jones Act for Puerto Rico, let them buy American energy; Tapper grills Pence: Is climate change a threat?; LaFleur opts not to seek another term as FERC member; INTERNATIONAL: US lawmakers: Nord Stream 2 ‘a terrible mistake’; Why the global fossil-fuel phase-out is a fantasy akin to time travel.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 25, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Hundreds rally at PA Capitol for passage of bipartisan, 100% renewable energy legislation; MAWC spent more than $100,000 for tests following Beaver Run Reservoir gas well breach; Take notice DRBC: “Sue me” approach to the takings clause is untenable; Why New York can’t possibly switch everyone to electric cars; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: LNG Limited updates Magnolia LNG contract validity; California’s oil hypocrisy presents a national security risk; NATIONAL: Energy products are key inputs to global chemicals industry; More new natural gas combined-cycle power plants are using advanced designs; Trump administration replaces CPP with pro-coal affordable Clean Energy Rule; U.S. natural gas prices have collapsed; The Supreme Court’s Fifth Amendment reclamation; INTERNATIONAL: The U.S. accounted for 98% of global oil production growth in 2018; GALACTIC: Global warming…on Mars?!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 24, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Shale Network hosts eighth annual workshop; High school climate indoctrination using AP environment textbooks; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California Delusion (video); NATIONAL: Small-scale LNG, virtual pipelines expanding to match demand in hard-to-reach areas; Pipeline project developers press FERC for project decisions.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jun 19, 2019”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Williams completes $3.8B strategic joint venture with CPPIB in Marcellus/Utica; Utica Shale Academy graduation ceremony; EdgeMarc energy gets nod for $108M bankruptcy loan; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: More on the changes coming to Texas Gulf Coast gas markets; NATIONAL: U.S. shale growth is decelerating; Debunking Democrats’ claims about fossil fuel tax breaks; INTERNATIONAL: Having a gas: Australia dominates China’s LNG supply; Russia to boost LNG output fivefold to supply Asia; A failure of OPEC+ could turn the U.S. oil boom into another bust.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 18, 2019”