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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Ohio Utica permits go up, Pennsylvania Marcellus permits go down; Hilcorp eyes two new wells in Columbiana County; Is Westchester already experiencing a natural gas shortage?; NY AG refuses to comply with Exxon discovery requests in defiance of judge’s ruling; Encino well pad in Ohio named after deceased college student; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: The world’s biggest shale field is on the brink of an M&A boom; NATIONAL: Look to U.S. for reliable, ‘cleaner’ fossil fuels, says EPA chief; Green New Deal: Money and Jobs (video); The rise of U.S. feedgas demand in 2019; Pompeo says energy abundance can mean national security; CEOs call for investments to grow shale in North America; Court: Directional drilling engineers can be independent contractors; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC Secretary General Barkindo wants to find the secret behind US shale’s success.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 13, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: $500 million Pennsylvania nuclear rescue plan triggers fierce battle from rival power producers; NATIONAL: More than 60% of electric generating capacity installed in 2018 was fueled by natural gas; Optimism reigns for U.S. LNG as global supply fear wanes; Overt focus on U.S. shale decline rates misguided as output rise will continue; INTERNATIONAL: EU’s U.S. LNG imports soar as diplomatic talks continue; CERAWeek: Lukoil to release new natural gas strategy this autumn.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 12, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Larry Cain misses Rice Energy; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere completes Sabine Pass LNG train 5; Why the shale boom left California behind; Maine becomes the most recent blue state to reject a carbon tax; NATIONAL: New U.S. power plants expected to be mostly natural gas combined-cycle and solar PV; Oil majors strut into Houston for annual energy conference; The compression sector is on fire; Bloomberg had success against coal, but faces tougher challenge with oil and gas; INTERNATIONAL: Second wave of U.S. shale revolution is coming, says IEA; America is set to surpass Saudi Arabia in a ‘remarkable’ oil milestone.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 11, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA Senate’s next job: consider confirmation of DEP, DCNR, Agriculture secretaries; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: South Dakota shows how to play offense against pipeline opponents; New Mexico bill proposes ending natural gas, coal for for power gen; NATIONAL: ‘Green New Deal’ would hit minorities the hardest; Nine projects receive $18 million to advance technology for natural gas vehicles; Biggest threat to once-prized gas is getting kicked out of homes; “60 Minutes” Softball (video).
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 8, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Group touts natural gas savings, wants more pipeline capacity, fracking; Burgettstown students get hands-on look at the natural gas industry; CELDF taken to the woodshed by Pennsylvania Attorney General; NJ wants PennEast eminent domain paused pending appeal; NATIONAL: The world needs natural gas, not the Sierra Club; ExxonMobil hikes ‘19 capex 35% to $30B to build production, profits; Record U.S. oil and natural gas, falling methane emissions; Senate Democrats introduce ‘Green New Deal’ alternative.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 7, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Weinberg Food Bank and natural gas industry make community health a priority; Ohio gas company fined $400k for gas line rupture that caused home fire; New York AG fights Exxon allegations of misconduct in climate probe; 3rd Circ. reverses fraud conviction under Speedy Trial Act; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: An off ramp for natural gas would benefit pipeline communities; NATIONAL: Green New Deal: Not About Energy (video); Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG gets DOE permit; Select Energy sees growth in shale water sector; Pipelines vulnerable under TSA’s watch; Federally-funded NPR joins the Green New Deal chorus, citing a flawed climate disaster study; Forecasting the oil price for fun and profit (but not accuracy); How will producers respond to the coming natural gas glut?; INTERNATIONAL: Canada’s second largest natural gas producer uses digitization to streamline; Mexico will depend on U.S. natural gas despite energy sovereignty push.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 6, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Denbury and Penn Virginia announce filing of definitive proxy materials; Epsilon announces voluntary delisting from TSX; DCNR Secretary continues to resist more drilling under (not on) PA state land; Methane migration, water chemistry changes are focus of shale gas webinar; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere takes over Corpus Christi LNG Train 1 control; NATIONAL: Hickenlooper up the middle; Green New Deal: Impossible (video); Chesapeake Energy Corporation: The thesis is playing out; U.S., China close in on trade deal; Senate bill to speed up LNG applications; INTERNATIONAL: Nuclear reactor restarts in Japan displacing LNG imports in 2019; Germany plans to directly regulate Russia-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 5, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Ohio moves into top five for recoverable shale natural gas reserves; Cap-and-trade climate petitioners resubmit entire petition to PA EQB; Governor presses for severance tax to repair levee; Wolf promotes proposal to fund high-speed internet expansion; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Energy Transfer natural gas pipeline ruptures in Missouri; NATIONAL: Andrew Wheeler confirmed by Senate as EPA chief; U.S. crude oil production, exports hit record levels; INTERNATIONAL: Drinking and gambling outpace oil, natgas revenues in Canada’s top-producing province; Global oil & gas drilling set to surge in 2019; Russia’s Arctic LNG project aims to tempt fuel-hungry Japan.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 4, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Nonprofit, educational organizations: don’t miss this chance to apply for environmental grants; New York and Massachusetts blow it with wacky wind projects; Governor Cuomo blames cold for population exodus; ODNR issues nine Utica permits; NATIONAL: Why natural gas prices will remain low for the time being; Collins to vote against Trump’s EPA pick; INTERNATIONAL: Despite recent supply reductions, global liquid fuels production to outpace demand.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 1, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: McDonnell says natural gas helped Pennsylvania reach clean power plan goals; Two Va. bills aimed at screwing pipeline companies fail; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere eyeing sixth Sabine Pass LNG train, potential Corpus expansion; Tellurian says it is well-positioned to meet current timeline for Driftwood LNG project; Cheniere Energy sues former CEO Charif Souki over $46 million loan; Communities feeling pipeline pressure; NATIONAL: Sen. Whitehouse sought to advance climate lawsuit brought by his donors; Dozens of climate protesters storm McConnell’s office over Green New Deal; Green New Deal polling (video); INTERNATIONAL: Coalition sees LNG forming pathway to IMO 2050; Germany set to draw more Russian gas, regardless of what Trump says; Saudi Arabia has oil. Now it wants U.S. natural gas.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Feb 28, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Westchester County bashes moratorium; Oil & Gas impact still being felt; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Extreme cold in the Midwest led to high power demand and record natural gas demand; Cheniere reports fourth-quarter profit drop; Pipeline force majeure in Texas continues to impact natural gas prices; Permian producers face diverging outlook for oil, gas in 2019; NATIONAL: Green New Deal: Climate Change (must-see video); US oil & gas blockchain consortium launches with Chevron, ExxonMobil; The juvenile world of AOC, where debate is verboten; Ocasio-Cortez: people maybe shouldn’t reproduce due to climate change; The liquefaction train ramp-up process and timelines; INTERNATIONAL: BP CEO Dudley: U.S. shale is ‘a market without a brain’; Burned by Russia, Poland turns to U.S. for natural gas and energy security.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Feb 27, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Legislators grill Con Ed on fast-approaching natural gas moratorium; Trump’s verbal smackdown of Cuomo over fracking, northeast pipeline access still reverberates; NATIONAL: Prominent environmentalist Shellenberger rips into AOC re Green New Deal; The 10 most insane requirements of the Green New Deal; INTERNATIONAL: Evidence for man-made global warming hits ‘gold standard’; Saudi Aramco is finding so much natural gas it could export at least 3 Bcf/d by 2030; BP’s ‘peak oil’ demand prediction falls flat; Why Europe won’t go for American natural gas.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Feb 26, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pennsylvania shale production up, led by Washington County; Tenaska garners accolades for South Huntingdon power plant; DEP issues water quality certification for UGI LNG truck loading facility in Berks; Delmarva Power eyes liquefied natural gas storage facility; Enviros can’t block permits for $2B Nexus project: 6th Circ.; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Exxon brings in Microsoft’s cloud platform to fire up shale oil output in Texas; More New England natural gas pipelines needed, but unlikely; NATIONAL: Frackers face harsh reality as Wall Street backs away; Natural gas: production is still too high; The oil and gas situation: is a train wreck around the corner?; INTERNATIONAL: Moscow and Beijing discuss natural gas megaproject.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Feb 25, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Increased energy taxes do not help Pa.; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: FERC approves Calcasieu Pass LNG project construction; CEO of shale driller Pioneer Natural Resources retires abruptly; NATIONAL: FERC pens agreement to push forward pending LNG projects; U.S. shale oil and natural gas, underestimated its whole life; Media hysteria: climate change ‘heat records’ are a huge data manipulation; Bill Gates slams unreliable wind & solar: ‘Let’s quit jerking around with renewables & batteries’; INTERNATIONAL: Canada’s East Coast Sable natural gas production is no more; Kicking Mexico’s addiction to U.S. natural gas.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Feb 22, 2019”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Devon Energy makes a huge decision; NiSource’s bill from natural-gas explosion near Boston approaches $1 billion; New England electric grid vulnerable to natural gas shortages, ISO-NE head says; NATIONAL: U.S. Silica takes a hard punch to end 2018, still standing; Climate change doubter is leading effort to advise Trump; Early 2019 E&P guidance shows falling capex but solid production growth; INTERNATIONAL: Canadian natural gas producers form new LNG consortium; Propane industry must be allowed to compete fairly with natural gas; Mexico sees dependency on US natural gas imports as a risk.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Feb 21, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Potter County water quality work group hears of gas well citations; PA PUC seeks to double pipeline safety inspectors next 5 years; Rep. Jon Fritz goes to bat in fight for landowners rights; GAIL puts U.S. LNG cargo up for sale; $22M New York facility could turn food waste to natural gas; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Mass. missing out on cheap green gas; NATIONAL: Natural gas-fired reciprocating engines are being deployed more to balance renewables; How “Industry 4.0” is reshaping oil and gas recruitment.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Feb 20, 2019”