Best of the Rest

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA DEP solicits bids on 2 contracts to plug 25 abandoned conventional wells; Pennsylvania and New Jersey’s race to the bottom; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Wind and solar blackouts threaten New England; Connecticut and Maine team up to fast-track renewables; Unitil completes purchase of Maine Natural Gas Company; Oregon judge calls out ‘gob smacking’ failure of climate litigation attorneys; Can NY Democrats even DELAY the energy crisis their laws are creating?; NATIONAL: Trump says Canada trade talks won’t resume, contradicting Energy Sec; Trump administration announces $100 million in funding to upgrade coal plants; U.S. coal exports declined 11% in the first half of 2025 due to reduced exports to China; Plastics “Pact” harms consumers; INTERNATIONAL: Oil steadies ahead of OPEC+ talks; OPEC+ 8 decide to implement output adjustment; The global tug-of-war that sets oil prices; China buyers shun Russian oil amid sanctions; Is the IEA now telling us that we need more oil for longer? Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 3, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Judge reduces Standing Rock verdict against Greenpeace to $345 million; DOE announces new collaboration ‘to build largest DOE AI supercomputer’; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures gains on cooler weather; What happened to climate change, the “existential threat” of our time?; US has only ‘scratched the surface’ of its oil potential; INTERNATIONAL: Oil holds steady ahead of OPEC+ talks; Solar overloads Europe’s electricity system; USA Energy Sec says USA is ready to sell more oil, gas to China. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 31, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Sen. McCormick says Pa. should be the ‘tip of the spear’ on AI technology development; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: First California, now New York – states doing an about face on climate policy; NATIONAL: Flotek unit becomes first optical spectrometer to meet GPA 2172 Standard; Global X launches U.S. natural gas ETF seeking to capitalize on LNG exports; Tens of thousands of white-collar jobs are disappearing as AI starts to bite; AI frenzy spreading over to Caterpillar, oil frackers; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rebounds as stockpiles drop; Brazil is expanding its liquefied natural gas import infrastructure; Hey ho, IMO has gotta go!; Climate hucksters issue report saying “planet on the brink”; America’s newest export: the shale revolution. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 30, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pennsylvania needs every tool to meet growing energy demand; Appalachian Catholics and labour align to tackle environmental issues; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: LADWP says it will shift its largest gas power plant to hydrogen; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures fall in volatile trade; Energy CEOs ‘optimistic about growth’; Bill Gates calls for climate fight to shift focus; DOE grid policy & data centers – new thinking ahead?; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rally fades on oversupply fears; Oil giants join OPEC in boosting output; European gas edges higher as traders eye fragile supply balance. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 29, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

NATIONAL: Real public health threats vs. climate hysteria; Why Big Oil is missing out on the AI energy bonanza; The AI race is an energy race, and regions with natgas are winning; INTERNATIONAL: Crude pauses after sanction-fueled rally; Is subdued COP 30 a Trump effect?; Green delusionists attending COP30 are clueless of their renewable idealism; Venezuela suspends energy agreements with Trinidad, including gas projects. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 28, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Shell Beaver Co. cracker plant air permits extended by DEP; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Electricity prices are rising and politicians are concerned; Increasing Texas/Louisiana production to feed ever-growing list of LNG plants; Maryland’s new energy standards too expensive, business representatives say; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas ends week higher on weather outlook; How to get the renewable energy source both parties love; Oil and gas industry layoffs accelerate with lower prices; Trump admin planning to refill depleted petrol reserve Biden drained; Data centers follow fracking in search for power; The more wind and solar we add, the less they deliver; Morgan Stanley expects natural gas prices to hit $5 in 2026; INTERNATIONAL: Crude oil price pauses near two-week high; Totalitarian ‘nature rights’ legislation in U.K. House of Lords. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 27, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Google backs US gas power plant with carbon capture for Midwest data centers; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures settles lower on storage data; NERC president warns of ‘five-alarm fire’ for grid reliability; ProEnergy repurposes jet engines to power data centers amid gas turbine shortages; Pearson and CEWD partner to power future energy workforce; Surprised by leftwing radical rhetoric? Look closer at the climate movement; Climate out, affordability in; AI’s insatiable need for power is driving an unexpected boom in oil-fracking company stocks; Why Big Oil is asking EPA not to cut its polluter reporting program; INTERNATIONAL: Oil futures take flight on Russia sanctions; Next month in Brazil expect the climate cops to party, plot; China threat calls for ideologically free energy policy; Global total of renewable rejections hits 1,104. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 24, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Richard Ellenbogen on recent NYISO reliability concerns; Still more Gulf Coast natural gas storage capacity is on the way; LNG buildout leaves room for both Permian, Haynesville; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas price adds to weather-driven gains; Natural gas is on the move – why brokers should pay attention; U.S. LNG feedgas demand rises above last year’s winter numbers; Balderson introduces bill to unleash American energy, guarantee U.S. energy security; Natural gas may save US producers as oil falls; INTERNATIONAL: Oil price rises on U.S. reserve refill; U.S. energy shift offers economic hope to global south. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 22, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: The Gulf Coast’s natural gas storage buildout party continues; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico reach new records; Carbon credits failure; Sens. Ossoff, Dr. Cassidy intro bipartisan bill to strengthen American energy security; What Trump’s victory taught Democrats about climate change; Trump EPA to slash workforce by 25% as administration targets bureaucratic waste; INTERNATIONAL: Oil dips as surplus signs grow; EU strikes deal to ban Russian gas by end-2027; Analysts talk oil and gas bust cycle; The climate scaremongers – eco-nuts should get off the snow; Big fight coming over UN global shipping tax; Why does the world insanely ignore nuclear power? Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 21, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New Jersey’s wind debacle; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures snap losing streak; INTERNATIONAL: Oil ends third straight weekly loss; Polish judge denies Nord Stream suspect extradition. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 20, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Panelists warn data centers, oil and gas threaten water resources; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Long Island Senate GOP delegation urges Gov. Hochul to advance NESE; N.Y. Democrats urge Hochul to reject NESE pipeline over climate concerns; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures slip ahead of storage data; America confronts its next great energy crisis – rare earth minerals; INTERNATIONAL: Oil slips to five-month low; Gunvor CEO says oil oversupply finally emerging; Oxy CEO sees tight oil price range through 2026; UK sanctions major Russian oil producers; Who’s afraid of American LNG?; Net-zero squeeze on oil firms ‘losing steam’, says energy executive. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 16, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

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]”