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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: $250K available to help PA fire, rescue & EMS prepare for gas well incidents; Energy and conservation is a win-win for Pennsylvania’s game lands; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: In some CT towns, clouds form over new solar developments; Hawaii enters agreement with top Japanese buyer of liquefied natural gas; NATIONAL: Weaker demand outlook and milder weather push US natural gas futures lower; US oil futures backwardation narrows to 20-month low on mounting fears of a glut; Trump gets it right on AI; How Baker Hughes is gearing its business for the age of gas; INTERNATIONAL: Crude near $59 on surplus fears; Oil tankers avoid sanctioned China port. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 15, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: White powder found in envelope at Peoples Natural Gas; Hazleton buses now all run on compressed natural gas; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Deadly grid battery fallacy exposed in Massachusetts; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures snap losing streak; Companies paying record sums to develop geothermal energy; Electricity use is becoming more common for residential heating; Trump wants more natural-gas exports and lower energy prices; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rebounds amid tariff jitters; OPEC keeps oil outlook unchanged; Nestle quits global alliance on reducing dairy methane emissions; Climate Cult fantasy and duplicity precede COP30; ‘Green’ Antoinettes preaching austerity from private jets; Yes Virginia, David can slay Goliath; US threatens visa restrictions, sanctions against UN members that back IMO emissions plan. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 14, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures pull back ahead of storage data; Dallas Fed survey flags theft in the oil field; Trump reloads an ‘America First’ energy agenda while reasserting sound science; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises on U.S. stockpile drop; The Pope blessing Arctic Sea ice reveals a curse; Trump, Meloni, Milei say UN climate scam must go; Turkey’s gas shift threatens Russia and Iran’s last big European market. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 9, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Steptoe & Johnson relocates Southpointe office; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Maryland Supreme Court challenges basis for climate lawsuits; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas price posts back-to-back gains; U.S. propane inventories are well stocked heading into the winter heating season; NGOs “recycle” their anti-industry playbook for plastics; U.S. feedgas demand remains strong; INTERNATIONAL: WTI extends streak amid modest OPEC+ hike; At what point will OPEC+ cut? Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 8, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: The math does not support New York’s climate plan; Record Waha gas price crash as outbound flows constrained; NATIONAL: Natural gas futures rise amid forecasts of cold snap; Stable crude oil prices, increasing refinery margins in third quarter of 2025; Together, power plants and greenhouses can feed humanity; Wind, solar projects can stick taxpayers with the tab coming and going; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises after modest OPEC+ output hike; European Union’s US gas use set to soar, increasing price volatility; Undersea bacteria feast on methane. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 7, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy exceeds expectations; Natural gas power plants powering WV’s future; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Virginia could pay $500 million per year in higher electricity costs if Spanberger wins gov race; NATIONAL: Natural gas futures face mild temperatures; Execs predict where natgas price will land in future; The Supreme Court should end climate lawfare once and for all; Beware how climate crusaders ‘partner’ with the media and ‘educate’ the courts; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises as Trump warns Hamas; OPEC+ 8 decide to implement production adjustment; Saudi Arabia’s spending spree meets oil price reality. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 6, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: POGLA O&G gas rights town hall meeting tonight in Montrose, PA; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Black Bayou Energy Hub receives FERC certificate; NATIONAL: Natural gas price surges on short-covering rally; Consumers’ Research campaign warns Chubb Insurance is pushing a political agenda; NRDC in climate denial (forced smiles at ‘Climate Week’); U.S. government shutdown leaves energy markets on edge; INTERNATIONAL: Oil extends losses before OPEC+ meeting; Macquarie reveals latest oil price forecasts. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 2, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Trump’s energy secretary rails against NY green energy efforts in visit to LI power station; Data center developers still eager to call Virginia home; $2.2 billion solar plant in California scheduled to be turned off after years of wasted money; NATIONAL: Exxon to cut 2,000 jobs; Protecting national security with domestic shale energy supply; Wall Street rediscovers oil and gas; U.S. LNG feedgas demand up slightly this week despite maintenance; New tactics, but climate crusaders running out of options; INTERNATIONAL: Oil slips as OPEC+ weighs faster output hikes; UN, EU, ICJ, climate cabal want to keep the poor impoverished; Net zero hobbits encounter realities outside Middle-Earth; Ed Miliband to announce ‘total ban’ on fracking in fight against Reform. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 1, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Steel Nation names Eric Deliere superintendent/project manager; NATIONAL: NYMEX natural gas turns higher after lower start; Constellation appoints Alan Armstrong to Board of Directors; Two U.S. markets occasionally produce more electricity from coal than from natural gas; When the NYT fairly reported on global warming (December 13, 1989); Shale boom reshaped gas market, made U.S. major LNG exporter; INTERNATIONAL: Oil price suffers steepest fall since June; OPEC Plus poised to agree fresh output hike; Ukraine targets critical oil infrastructure, a severe blow to Russia’s military and economy. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 30, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Data center developers drawn to Virginia by fiber-optic network, low power prices; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures mixed as October expires; Shale execs complain of ‘broken’ prospects in new survey; America’s oil patch is cooling as costs rise and uncertainty mounts; INTERNATIONAL: Oil posts biggest weekly gain since July; India told to drop Russian oil for US trade deal; Strike blocks LNG cargo arrivals at French import terminals; Orban stands ground vs Trump over Russian energy; Russia receives 1 billion euros from Europe for oil and gas every month. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 29, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Northeast gas demand dwindles on lower power demand, LNG maintenance; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: From ‘affordability’ to schools, climate lies are Zohran Mamdani’s only answer; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas price extends winning streak; DOE to pull back $13B from clean energy projects; Caturus and Nabors deploy the most powerful onshore drilling rig in U.S.; Oilfield execs dour in Dallas Fed energy survey; Zeldin bars staff from joining climate activists at fancy dinners, events; INTERNATIONAL: Oil swings as NATO and Russian tensions escalate; BP retracts view that oil demand could peak in 2025; India pleads to replace Russian oil with Iranian flows. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 26, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Three Mile Island Unit 1 nuclear plant ahead of schedule to reopen; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas picks up after string of losses; AI model gives energy traders hourly forecasts 7 months out; LNG exports now dominate U.S. natural gas — where the market is heading; Gas-fired power braces for new AI landscape; Feedgas demand rises despite maintenance at Cove Point; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises on Russian supply risks; Latest science further exposes lies about rising seas; TC Energy bets on US even as Canada plans LNG expansion. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 24, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

NATIONAL: Utility-scale batteries are more commonly used for price arbitrage; Net Zero emission ideologies is destructive to future generations; CO2 alarmism – science or superstition?; Trump calls on World Bank to reconsider oil and gas financing; How to end the “100% renewable” fraud; INTERNATIONAL: Crude stays in tight range amid risks; Trump renews pressure on EU to stop buying Russian oil; Exxon and Shell sue the Netherlands for closing Europe’s biggest gas field. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 23, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: OOGA’s annual community charity event raises $25,000 for Utica Shale Academy; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NYK increases CO2 credits purchase from Occidental; U.S. Northeast is relying less on electricity imports from Canada; Conroe’s natural gas pipeline lawsuit delivers national consequences; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures extend losses; Exxon says demand makes case for fossil fuel growth; Comments on DOE climate science study; The US LNG industry risks becoming victim of its own success; Natural gas is America’s secret weapon in the AI power race; INTERNATIONAL: Oil drops as Trump, Xi meeting curbs tariff expectations; Turkey plans energy deals with USA; Nearly all “climate action” in Australia has reduced emissions by piddly 3.9% in 20 years; JP Morgan analysts look at global oil demand growth; Thousands of German residents take to the streets demand stop to natgas projects. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 22, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Rising electricity prices put New Jersey governor’s race in play; Gas bills in Massachusetts set to rise again this winter; NATIONAL: Oil drops as Trump says low prices will end RUS-UKR war; U.S. natural gas falls on above-estimate storage build; Lawmakers and industry push for action on SPEED Act at permitting hearing; Plaintiff counsel’s fingerprints on “independent” climate studies; Trump’s Interior Department moves to remove Biden’s conservation rule; US gasoline price projected to drop below $2.90 in 2026; AI runs on power, but power isn’t moving fast enough; INTERNATIONAL: EU will propose ban on Russian LNG by 2027, sources say; Exxon seeks Trump administration’s help in thwarting EU climate law. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 19, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”