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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Sen. Schumer calls on New York lawmakers to pass sweeping climate change-related legislation; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: McDermott confirms Cameron LNG phase 1 schedule; U.S. natural gas prices turn negative in Texas Permian shale again; NATIONAL: The international factors influencing U.S. propane exports; INTERNATIONAL: Moscow may use ‘nuclear option’ in European natgas race.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, May 23, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Passman leaves post as SVP of operations at CNX Resources; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Texas toughens laws against pipeline protesters; Oklahoma quake shuts down three injection wells; NATIONAL: Dallas Fed: Shale gains bring U.S. oil breakeven price down to $50 a barrel; ‘Earthworm dilemma’ has climate scientists racing to keep up; The Green New Deal’s bad science (video); INTERNATIONAL: Sempra Energy strikes deal to sell liquefied natural gas to Saudi Arabia.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, May 22, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Courts clarify: Fractivists aren’t experts; Gulfport Energy selects Patrick Craine as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary; As coal retires in PJM, why aren’t renewables filling the vacuum?; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Saltwater disposal well boom in the Permian Basin; INTERNATIONAL: Why China hasn’t slapped tariffs on U.S. oil imports.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, May 21, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Shale royalties workshop in Greene aims to help demystify process for landowners; Cuomo vs. New York; Giving back while they frack; Dept. of Energy Under Secretary Menezes visits southwest PA; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Expert predicts more Wisconsin frac sand mines may close; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas prices remain low and stable; Better odds with pipelines; Natural gas is the green new deal; NY’s anti-Trump AG asks court to deny Exxon access to climate crusaders’ emails.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, May 20, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Senators Santarsiero, Collett to introduce bill giving AG jurisdiction over environmental crimes; NATIONAL: New EIA product expands access to state and regional energy information; Rep. Diana Degette pushes duplicative regulations…again; FERC rescinds policy on issuing Notices of Alleged Violations.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, May 17, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA House begins debate on bill to compensate Delaware River watershed drilling rights owners over $10 billion; Wolf makes closing pitch for infrastructure plan ahead of start of budget season; Steel Nation expands operations; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Broomfield approves six-month oil and gas moratorium; NATIONAL: 6 reasons why it’s time to stand up for natural gas; Bill Nye in defense of the Green New Deal: ‘The planet’s on f—king fire!’; Bipartisan senators seek sanctions on Russian pipeline work.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, May 16, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Carmichael says oil, natural gas industry has “friendly leadership” in Mountain State; New pipeline for natural gas makes sense — but just for now; De Blasio’s Green New Debacle; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cameron LNG export facility starts up in Louisiana; Trump: American natural gas exports going global; Longmeadow voters pass new regulations for natural gas utilities; NATIONAL: The oil and gas situation: International tensions rise as U.S. shale costs fall; INTERNATIONAL: Prospects for expanding outlets for Western Canadian gas supply.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, May 15, 2019”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Natural gas facility restrictions, renovation projects top Longmeadow Town Meeting warrant; Gulf Coast Express set to reshuffle some Permian gas outflows; NATIONAL: Greenhouse deception (video); The new green serfdom; INTERNATIONAL: Fabian Cancellara says criticism of Ineos cycling sponsorship ‘not fair’; Shale industry to be profitable in 2019 – IEA.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, May 14, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: NY politicians are out to create fresh natural-gas crises; Rohr says ‘Right time’ to depart EQT board; Lehigh County receives $1 million grant to expand natural gas service; Pa. Senate confirms Dunn for DCNR Secretary; Water trucks, safety and a museum of natural gas?; NJ Common Pension Fund invests $4.09 million in Antero Resources stock; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Tax exemption could result in jobs, revenue; Under Oregon’s cap-and-trade bill, natural gas prices will explode; NATIONAL: The world’s richest institutions invest in fossil fuels. Activists are changing that.; INTERNATIONAL: Europe bailed out by cheap LNG; Trinidad gets bad news on natural gas project; Russia loses billions in Druzhba oil pipeline contamination crisis; Oil giant Total SA goes further in liquefied natural gas with $8.8 billion deal in Africa; Trade war cuts U.S. liquefied natural gas exports to China.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, May 13, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DRBC lobbies a member state to oppose HB 827 economic justice bill; PA PUC approves gas pipeline expansion plan for Bradford County; NATIONAL: EIA expects less electricity to come from coal this summer as natural gas, renewables rise; 2018 was likely the most profitable year for U.S. oil producers since 2013; Big oil goes big green; INTERNATIONAL: Pieridae: Goldboro LNG unaffected by share price drop.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, May 10, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Ohio’s oil and gas industry offers a wide variety of career opportunities; Exelon to close Pennsylvania Three Mile Island nuclear plant in September; Michael Bloomberg is paying a climate prosecutor $125,000 to work ‘pro bono’ for Maryland’s AG; NATIONAL: U.S. energy consumption, production, and exports reach record highs in 2018; The shale revolution isn’t just about cheap energy, it’s changing geopolitics; Once-key data about natural gas loses clout; Clean Energy inks slew of natural gas contracts nationwide; Trump’s misguided U-turn on the Jones Act; INTERNATIONAL: Natural gas vehicles likely to account for 50 pc of total new sales by 2030.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, May 9, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Shut down Mariner East II, for good; NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer calls on Con Ed to prove NESE is necessary; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Pipeline protesters could face 10 years in prison under bill OK’d by Texas House; Venture Global LNG achieves regulatory milestone for Plaquemines LNG, Delta LNG export project; NJ gets ready to commit energy suicide; NATIONAL: 2020 Dems take extreme positions on oil & gas development; Flex LNG to list shares on New York Stock Exchange; LaFleur says climate split is harming FERC’s work; Will Chevron come over the top to buy Anadarko?; Chevron should walk away from Anadarko deal; Activist investor urges Carrizo Oil & Gas to sell; INTERNATIONAL: ‘Freedom gas’: US opens LNG floodgates to Europe.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, May 8, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Cabot Oil & Gas rises after hedge fund names it a top pick; NY State Laborer’s ad seeks to boost NESE pipeline; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: President Trump to tour natural gas facility in Cameron Parish next week; Winklevosses, Bain eye gas-powered data centers to fix US gas glut; Key state certification denied for SW Oregon LNG export project; NATIONAL: Agencies call for increased US LNG deliveries to EU; Optimism at OTC as offshore industry shows signs of improvement; Factors affecting feedgas demand and LNG exports in 2019; Bad climate data leads to wrong conclusions (video); Trump’s steel tariffs stand in way of next US shale revolution; INTERNATIONAL: Poland eyes second LNG import terminal; The reason renewables can’t power modern civilization is because they were never meant to.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, May 7, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Southwestern Energy helps restore West Virginia’s Cheat River; PA Auditor General DePasquale to hold May 13 climate hearing at Widener University; Pennsylvania youth join global student strike to demand action on climate change; ODNR issues 10 permits in Utica Shale; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Piedmont Natural Gas picks builder for North Carolina LNG facility; Energy Transfer, Shell issue EPC invite for Lake Charles LNG project; NATIONAL: ‘I believe in suing everybody:’ Activists double down on climate litigation; The number of drilled but uncompleted wells in the United States continues to climb; Top 20 oil companies improved cash flow by $34 billion; Only six TSA staffers are overseeing US oil & gas pipeline security; INTERNATIONAL: Occidental inks $8.8 billion deal to sell Anadarko’s African oil and gas assets to Total; OPEC is ‘likely to collapse,’ warns Iran’s oil minister.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, May 6, 2019”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG wins non-FTA export approval from DOE; Shell not ‘desperate’ to grow US shale despite Anadarko sale; NATIONAL: Net injections into working natural gas in the Lower 48 states totaled 123 Bcf; FERC holds the line on one-year limit for state review of Clean Water Act certifications for interstate natural gas pipelines; Paying too much for natural gas? Thank the Jones Act.; Fossil fuel tax breaks would get killed under Senate bill; American LNG positioned to win with IMO 2020; INTERNATIONAL: Activists call for halt on U.S. LNG shipments to Europe despite growing demand; US to EU: Our liquefied natural gas is more reliable than Russia’s; Europe’s imports of American natural gas are soaring.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, May 3, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Appalachian Basin’s methane emissions fall despite increase in gas production; Coalition pushes for natural gas pipeline project; Capitalize on natural gas opportunities; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: McDermott expects Cameron LNG ‘fully online’ by 2020 as timetable slips; Enterprise’s Lumberjack pipeline to expand Haynesville gas takeaway; NATIONAL: One in four U.S. homes is all electric; INTERNATIONAL: US natural gas exports to Europe surge nearly 300%.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, May 2, 2019”