Best of the Rest

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Newport, R.I., suffers through days-long natural gas outage; R.I. Gov. Raimondo says state is investigating natural gas outage; NATIONAL: America needs more oil and natural gas pipelines; America cannot afford to ‘keep it in the ground’; INTERNATIONAL: China to use nuclear bomb detonator to mine shale gas in quake zone; Natural gas plan gets boost in small Canadian towns; US LNG landing in Portugal; Europe tops buyers for U.S. LNG with winter cargo influx.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jan 28, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: House Democrat Policy Committee hears testimony on oil & gas industry methane leakage; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Colorado property owners claim forced pooling law unconstitutional; NATIONAL: What the Covington story tells us about fractivists; FBI bomb technician says shutdown prevented meeting on pipeline safety; Peak oil theory’s no good terrible very bad week; Shale stumbles: now OPEC can decide what price they want; Shale pioneer Hamm: output growth could fall by 50%; INTERNATIONAL: Electric cars are ALWAYS greener than petrol and diesel vehicles.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 25, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: GAIL puts up three Cove Point LNG cargoes for sale; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: EIA’s new interactive New England dashboard tracks energy capacity constraints; NATIONAL: Oilfield services companies face another tough slog; Crude Summit – Repsol sees potential shale demand cap; Full impact of shale revolution not yet seen; Frac water demand in U.S. skyrockets; INTERNATIONAL: It’s cold in China, and environmental central planning has turned off the heat.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 24, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: 15 permits awarded in the Utica Shale; rig count at 16; PennDOT, Lebanon Transit open CNG transit fueling station; Natural gas outage leaves hundreds without heat; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Newport, Middletown residents face a week or more without natural gas; Natural gas system expanding in Budd Lake; NATIONAL: States compete for oil and gas money, too; INTERNATIONAL: China’s 2018 LNG imports surge to record; Saudi Arabia ventures into U.S. natural gas; The future is now for LNG as derivatives trading takes off.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 23, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DEP receives 2 proposed Good Samaritan gas well plugging project requests; DEP invites comments on Adelphia Pipeline Gateway Project in Delaware County; Ohio moves into top five for recoverable shale natural gas reserves; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Tellurian gets environmental clearance for Driftwood LNG; Houston company develops expertise in shallow horizontal wells; NATIONAL: DOE releases U.S. LNG export data through November 2018; Municipalities suing energy companies could get burned by their own lawyers; America’s communities will suffer if lawsuits against energy producers succeed; Huge backlog could trigger new wave of shale oil; U.S. oil-rig fleet shrinks the most in almost 3 years; Record production of natural gas to continue through 2020, Energy Department projects; Manchin’s focus on pipelines may equal his love of coal; The antithesis of green; INTERNATIONAL: An effort to bring fracking to Britain hits pause; U.S.-Qatar energy partnership has Russia on edge; Sinopec Capital calls for end to fossil-fuels vehicles.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 22, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: EQT announces date and time for conference call to discuss 2019 guidance, analyst presentation; ACP official: Work on natural gas pipeline won’t recommence prior to March; Seven permits issued in Ohio’s Utica; Mariner East 2 pipeline will deliver economic jolt to Pennsylvania; Andrew Cuomo copies Ocasio-Cortez with his own ‘Green New Deal’ for New York; NATIONAL: EIA expects relatively flat natural gas prices, continued record production through 2020; Why pipeline opposition undermines environmental progress and safety; Bad bets on oil, gas spark wave of energy-fund closures; Florida Congressman wants to revive Obama-era fracking rule; INTERNATIONAL: Gas pipeline infrastructure market to hit $2 trillion by 2024.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 18, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gov. Wolf re-nominates Pat McDonnell for DEP, Cindy Dunn for DCNR secretary; Tri-State Shale Coalition helping region compete; Canadian engineering firm opens first U.S. office in Pittsburgh; FERC: West Rockhill site ‘optimal’ for compressor station; NATIONAL: EIA expects relatively flat natural gas prices, continued record production through 2020; EIA forecasts world crude oil prices to rise gradually, averaging $65 per barrel in 2020; Frack jobs peaked last May/June; The top Oil & Gas industry trends to watch in 2019; U.S. natural gas demand for electricity can only grow; FERC appointment critical to setting market-driven energy policy; Exxon argues for Texas justice as it defends self from climate change lawsuits; Shell names new Upstream director; EPA nominee Wheeler would not call climate change ‘the greatest crisis’ facing the planet.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 17, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Supreme Court may consider challenge to MVP, Natural Gas Act; Gov. Tom Wolf comes out as Pennsylvania’s ‘Encourager-in-Chief’ in inaugural address; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: U.S. ethane company with Russian ties set to break into Chinese market from Texas; NATIONAL: EIA’s 2019 Henry Hub price forecast slips to $2.89; little relief seen in 2020; U.S. natgas output, demand seen rising to record highs in 2019; Williams Companies targets LNG upside via Transco expansions; Ex-Halliburton chairman Dave Lesar to start new oil-services company; INTERNATIONAL: Reports of OPEC’s demise have been greatly exaggerated; Yellow Vest protests in France, Canada.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 16, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pennsylvania emissions order warily eyed by natural gas industry; Protesters gather in Western New York to rally against the Northern Access Pipeline; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: LNG and natural gas pricing brings Haynesville back to life; Record Haynesville shale output to push 2019 U.S. LNG volume above 40m tons; NATIONAL: US LNG ready to take centre stage in 2019; Climate action relied on natural gas. Then CO2 spiked; How algorithms are taking over big oil; Oil sector primed for major merger and acquisition activity; Natural gas prices spike 13 percent on forecasts for long, severe cold; INTERNATIONAL: 4,000 troops will safeguard 1,600 kilometers of Pemex pipelines.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 15, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: One year later, NYC’s climate lawsuit wastes taxpayer money to boost de Blasio’s credentials; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: How LNG exports will change Gulf Coast natural gas markets in 2019; NATIONAL: U.S. shale oil and natural gas, underestimated its whole life; Jay Inslee pledges to reject fossil fuel money ahead of climate-centered 2020 bid; INTERNATIONAL: Another crucial Canadian pipeline runs into trouble.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jan 14, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Anniversay of de Blasio’s divestment announcement; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Baker urged to reject natural gas air permits; New Canaan natural gas project could move downtown a year early; Vermont Gas ordered to show whether engineer OK’d pipeline plans; NATIONAL: Fossil generators ask Supreme Court to review state nuclear subsidies; Americas target petrochemicals; 626 groups urge congress to phase out fossil fuels, build green economy; INTERNATIONAL: For energy markets, geopolitical risk is the new normal.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 11, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gov. Wolf says for PA to have a strong natural gas industry, we need pipelines; Now is the time to build the Appalachian Storage Hub; PA natural gas industry paying its fair share; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Natural gas permit draws hundreds to hearing in southern Oregon; Elgin’s garbage trucks soon all will be running on natural gas; NATIONAL: Williams appoints Scott Hallam as Senior VP of Atlantic-Gulf operating area; Utilities speed up closure of coal-fired power plants; Steady natural gas rig count might be trouble for prices; Minorities poised to take advantage of oil and gas boom; U.S. natural gas prices sink on mild weather and hedge fund sales; The natural gas price crash isn’t over; Part 2 – More U.S. LPG export capacity on the way?; INTERNATIONAL: The Middle East, Africa, and Asia now drive nearly all global energy consumption growth; B.C. Premier John Horgan expecting ‘peaceful resolution’ to natural gas pipeline protest.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 10, 2019”

Shale, pipelines bringing jobs to West Virginia; Peoples announces commitment to reduce methane emissions by 50% in Pittsburgh; Scott Rotruck joins Orion Strategies’ Pittsburgh office; AOC and green Hulk reveal the fractivist playbook; U.S. drilling permits finish strong in 2018, but start slow in 2019; Go public on a blank check? It can work if you’re an energy star; Record-breaking year for LNG World News with almost 1 million visitors; Saudi Arabia potentially eyeing U.S. LNG investment.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 9, 2019”

Rep. Greg Vitali named Democrat Chair of PA House Environmental Committee; Gas drilling down in the Piceance; Natural gas prices, production, consumption, and exports increased in 2018; The US can be a top three global LNG exporter before 2020; WoodMac: gas prices to drop as LNG FIDs hit record figures in 2019; Europe is fast-becoming a natural gas battleground for Russia and the US; Germany wobbles on Russian gas pipeline as Trump pressure starts to bite; Oil markets are in for wild ride in 2019.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 8, 2019”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: 19 rigs active in Ohio during last year of 2018; SEDA-COG aims to bring natural gas to farms; Columbia Gas outage in Donora, warming centers set up; Court case validates severance tax; FERC approves Cheniere’s Corpus Christi Train 2 commissioning; Months-long lockout of Mass. gas workers could end today; New Mexico may reconsider decision on more natural gas wells; The trade war with China is over, and we won; U.S. liquefied natural gas hits record highs again; Energy Awards for 2018 (satire); More U.S. LPG export terminals needed?; Canada’s natural gas crisis is being ignored; Fracking, energy renaissance, and Russian resistance; It’s immoral to leave the world’s poor in the dark; European gas market braces for price slump.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jan 7, 2019”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Jennifer Huntington: The forgotten woman we can’t forget; Luzerne County taking applications for Marcellus Shale grants; South Texas feedgas demand ramping up with Corpus Christi LNG; American oil is coming to flood the market. Or is it?; The other shales; 2019 could make or break OPEC; IMO 2020’s effect on prices for crude, refined products and refinery residue.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 4, 2019”