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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Delaware River Basin Commission names Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. deputy executive director; Good water quality reports in one Pennsylvania river basin raise questions about possible fracking ban in another; Long Island liberals wake up to how green extremism hurts constituents; #TobyTalks: EQT CEO updating employees on the 100-day plan; NATIONAL: Opinion: Want to Ban Fracking? Think Again.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 8, 2019”

NATIONAL: Rigs keep dropping out of U.S. patch as oil, gas both down; Trump sides with farmers in ethanol proposal, angering oil industry; Working natural gas storage capacity utilization reaches 80% or more in EIA’s three largest regions; Slower production growth putting less pressure on prices in 2019/20 winter, says NGSA; U.S. shale oil and natural gas, underestimated its whole life; Rising ethane demand means less rejection, more recovery and higher prices; INTERNATIONAL: Energy transition? Not so fast, one expert says; Pipelines from Russia cross political lines; OPEC chief invites all 97 oil producers to join OPEC+ coalition; Iran says Chinese state oil firm withdraws from $5b natural gas deal.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 7, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: The energy of Washington County; Pennsylvania Senator Daylin Leach proposes constitutional amendment to ban fracking; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Dominion Energy to study development of first large-scale solar project at Dulles International Airport; Chevron’s shale allies are its secret weapon in Exxon race; Ashland residents rally against Eversource natural gas pipeline project; NATIONAL: Energy Secretary Rick Perry to step down next month: report; U.S. crude oil exports continued to grow in the first half of 2019; U.S. shale oil boom ends as lower prices take toll: Kemp; U.S. crude production returns to record levels; Natural gas and the electric power sector: the latest trends; U.S. exports are revolutionizing the LNG market; INTERNATIONAL: Climate activists in London lose control of hose spraying fake blood.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 4, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Dominion Energy announces organizational changes; Welding together careers for the future in Susquehanna County; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Rhode Island falls behind emissions goals, study shows; NATIONAL: Kimmeridge closes fifth E&P-focused fund at $800 million hard cap; Long-term SPAs keep U.S. LNG exports stable amid global price volatility; INTERNATIONAL: EIA projects that renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050; TDs, senators and Hollywood actors round on the government over US fracked gas being used in Ireland; Norway sovereign wealth fund to divest oil explorers, keep refiners.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 3, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Schlumberger introduces at-bit steerable system for drilling horizontal wells in a single run; David Benson, P.E. joins Steel Nation engineering; The big change that’s about to happen at the Shell cracker site; Pittsburgh Technical College launches initiative for region’s changing workforce; NATIONAL: The energy sector lagged in the third quarter; Renewable Portfolio Standard Scam (Part 2) – video; INTERNATIONAL: Capitalism is what really worries global warmists and fractivists.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 2, 2019”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: $8.5 billion natural gas liquefaction facility coming to Plaquemines Parish; NATIONAL: What to do about Chesapeake Energy’s wild two weeks; Ethane prices may rise with steam-cracker demand, but not much; INTERNATIONAL: Trump seeks partners not “permanent enemies” ahead of U.S.-China talks; Qatar Petroleum eyes new long-term LNG deals as expansion progresses.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 1, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Letter: Time to get Atlantic Coast Pipeline project moving again; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New identity for BP in the shale fields; Port trucking company replaces diesel with natural gas trucks; Is the Permian natural gas price rally real?; NATIONAL: Lower 48 E&P bankruptcies not ‘epidemic,’ says Rystad; Shale boom is slowing just when the world needs oil most; Trump’s four biggest secrets are the economy; INTERNATIONAL: Extinction Rebellion funded by rich trust-funders and special interests; First export cargo from Freeport LNG nears UAE port; New IPCC report on ocean warming cites a flawed and retracted paper.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 30, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: City to issue recommendations for developers eyeing PES refinery; Akron receives first high-efficiency, natural gas boiler for new energy production plant; Climate week sadly misses the boat on natural gas; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New research: Fracking helped lower crime rates in North Dakota; Annova LNG requests swift FERC project approval; NATIONAL: Political rhetoric aside, fracking must remain legal; Fracking ban proposed by 2020 Dems would kill millions of jobs; LNG developers looking beyond China; INTERNATIONAL: LNG buyers fret over feast-or-famine forecasts; Surging ethane demand to trigger big gas-carrier orders.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 27, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Dominion Energy offers $1.2 million in critical community needs grants; Cuomo’s wrong on natural-gas pipelines; Outrage grows as National Grid’s denial of gas service to new customers spreads after state rejected pipeline project; Long Island senators quiet on gas moratorium, pipeline; INTERNATIONAL: BP pursuing bigger share of global LNG with new supply deals in U.S., elsewhere; IEA has no plans for gas reserves, urges members to boost gas security.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 26, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: UGI officials open CNG fueling station; Amid battles over natural gas pipelines, why not look to propane?; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: No surprise: AOC gets the facts wrong in visit to Colorado; The Caliche NGL storage project in Beaumont, TX; NATIONAL: Feds recommend new requirements after Mass. natural gas disaster; A climate change for lawsuits; INTERNATIONAL: In Scotland, a town evolved with its refinery. Shale gas arrived to help the plant; Natural gas will make Africa greener.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 25, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Despite proven record of climate progress, natural gas suspiciously missing from NYC climate week; WV budget shortfalls result of downturn in coal exports, gas prices, pipeline jobs; Opponents rally against 23-mile gas pipeline extension; Natural gas impact tax works for Wyoming, Susquehanna, Sullivan and Wayne counties; NATIONAL: Fracking ban rhetoric might appeal to woke left but it’s a loser for America; AI tech provider releases new shale well spacing algorithm; Top energy regulator warns of mass blackouts if a gas pipeline were attacked; Renewable Portfolio Standard Scam (Part 1) – video; More fracking, or more war?; The halting progress of U.S. LNG export projects; INTERNATIONAL: Japan to break dependence from Middle East oil with $10bn LNG investment.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 24, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA Senate committee meets Sept. 24 to move bill to regulate conventional oil & gas wells; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: India’s Petronet makes $7.5 billion investment to ship U.S. shale gas abroad; The University of California divests; NATIONAL: Big Oil’s future may rest on climate debate over natural gas; Save the planet? Try fossil fuels first; Energy and the Democrat primary: no more ‘all of the above’; Michael E Mann, loser; INTERNATIONAL: How will Germany pay for its €50bn climate plan?
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 23, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Water authority plans soil cleanup from tank; Three Mile Island to shut down for good on Friday; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Why India’s Prime Minister Modi is visiting Texas; NATIONAL: Democratic hopefuls lay out radically different approaches on climate and natural gas; E&Ps boosting production despite sharp cuts to capital spending; INTERNATIONAL: China’s giant $400 billion Iran investment complicates U.S. options.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 20, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA GOP members begin moving priority, pro-natural gas package; NATIONAL: US fracking will continue its forward march; Charif Souki warns of dire need for US gas infrastructure; The U.S. shale response to Saudi attacks? Not much, says IHS Markit; INTERNATIONAL: Natural gas risks ‘demonization’ similar to coal, says Woodside CEO.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 19, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: 5 permits awarded for Utica-Point Pleasant drilling; Klaber’s Viewpoint: Breaking through the fog on energy; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: San Jose set to become largest U.S. city to enact natural gas ban; NATIONAL: Natural gas and wind forecast to be fastest growing sources of U.S. electricity generation; Global natural gas glut may linger five years, threatening U.S. cargoes in 2020; Capital dries up as new crude, gas and NGL infrastructure comes online; INTERNATIONAL: In the UK, fracking is not a thing — so shale gas from the U.S. has become their workaround; Attack on Saudi oil is boon for Trump in China trade war.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 18, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: The crackers and frackers could hold the keys to 2020; Ohio subsidy sausage (video); OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere inks gas supply deal with EOG Resources; California regulators assert natural gas still power gen necessity; Should N.J. ban fossil fuel power plants? Question may be heading for voter ballot; NATIONAL: Former oil CEO aims to change how the U.S. exports natural gas; US oil and gas rig count hits 29-month low at 949: Enverus DrillingInfo; Energy executives, environmentalists remember ‘visionary’ T. Boone Pickens; Trump cites natural gas boom in wooing New Mexico; INTERNATIONAL: 12 things to know about the strikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure; Natural gas downside seen as Saudi attack a reminder of oil’s geopolitical risks; Frackers to stand pat, reap profits after attacks on Saudi oil; Freeport LNG launches private cargo trading storefront inside the Redwood Marketplace; India poised to become a huge market for US gas?; LNG Ltd to supply gas to Vietnam from Louisiana project.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 17, 2019”