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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”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Rep. Causer introduces bill to separate conventional oil & gas regulations from shale; Judge in Exxon case to NY AG: stop stalling; Anti-Energy activists are trying to make Pennsylvania the next California; No need to tarnish the gas impact fee with severance tax; Unique partnership pairs Tunkhannock students with trout; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: ENGIE enters Massachusetts natural gas markets; Colo.’s new oil and gas law shifts rulemaking landscape; NATIONAL: Chesapeake Energy is losing its battle to stay afloat; A history of shale pessimism: “Always with you it cannot be done”; Will the red ink ever wash out of the U.S. shale gas industry?; Trump’s tariffs disrupt USMCA and the U.S. oil & gas boom; INTERNATIONAL: Canada natural gas said economic, possible avenue for shortages in U.S. Northeast; President of Poland visits Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 17, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station shut down permanently; Natural gas impact tax working; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: ExxonMobil, SABIC sanction world’s largest ethane cracker in South Texas; Cheniere starts LNG production from Corpus Christi Train 2; Energy giants set their sights on Brownsville as home for new LNG plants; NATIONAL: Obama-era EPA head doesn’t believe U.S. can both create jobs and protect the environment; The U.S. is setting the price for natural gas around the world; INTERNATIONAL: Russia pushes back against “freedom gas”.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jun 14, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR approves 11 permits in Utica shale; Gov. Justice blasts anti-fossil fuel campaign; Exxon stripped of most defenses in NY AG’s climate case; State AGs’ climate cover-up; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: North Dakota makes small bet on natural gas infrastructure company; Low natural gas prices drive up generation share in US Midwest; NATIONAL: U.S. Senators call for equal tax treatment of LNG fuel; From goats to glory: The monster oil discovery nobody is talking about; FERC Dems make climate change case in house hearing; INTERNATIONAL: U.S. ‘freedom gas’ aims to loosen Russia’s grip on Europe’s market.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 13, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: House committee approves 2 Energize PA natural gas use subsidy bills; Democrats plot legislative end run to pass Wolf’s infrastructure plan, while internal debate continues; Union gets nasty over natural gas pipeline rejection; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Piedmont taps Matrix to construct 1 Bcf North Carolina LNG storage facility; Jerry Jones likens gas deal to his Dallas Cowboys buy 30 years ago; California’s gas plant pipeline dwindles as Calpine drops Mission Rock application; Flurry of changes coming to Texas Gulf Coast gas markets; Companies seek 149 permits in 1 week to drill at West Texas field; NATIONAL: The US will maintain oil production despite falling prices; America’s natural gas and oil industry is hiring, building diversity.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jun 12, 2019”

NATIONAL: Almost all U.S. coal production is consumed for electric power; US calls ‘false’ the narrative that LNG cannot compete with pipeline gas; Capstone Turbine names FERC ex-commissioner to its board; API’s Sommers: U.S. energy ‘breaking records left and right’; INTERNATIONAL: Corridor Resources seeks permit to frack in New Brunswick; The Dutch are readying a climate tax on flying, and the EU may follow.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 11, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Please help us stop a ban on natural gas in NY; PA Senate, House legislation coming to regulate conventional oil & gas well drilling; Williamsport getting 4 more CNG buses; Shale Crescent reps “woke up the crowd” at Houston petchem event; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: From $200/MMBtu to $1/MMBtu gas, PNW market volatility continues; NATIONAL: Romancing the shale: How Oxy won over Anadarko; Tillerson says he ‘probably paid too much’ for XTO Energy as Exxon CEO; Natural gas plunges on supply data, hits fresh 3-year lows.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 10, 2019”