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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”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Air Products with Golden Pass LNG equipment deal; Texas oil and gas industry pays $38 million A DAY to fund schools, roads, first responders; NATIONAL: Green New Deal: OMG! (video); INTERNATIONAL: Power of Siberia pipeline to deliver gas to China in December 2019.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Feb 19, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DEP invites comments on water quality certification, permits for PennEast Pipeline project; Gas shortages give New York an early taste of the Green New Deal; Cuomo’s to blame for Westchester’s gas crisis; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Gas companies could face hefty fines; Texas oil and natural gas industry paid more than $14 billion in taxes, royalties in 2018; NATIONAL: Halliburton at 100: From wagons and mules to 21st century technology; U.S. shale executives predict oil production constraints to remain; INTERNATIONAL: Oil hits 2019-high on OPEC supply cuts, U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela; Eni, Sabic to jointly develop natural gas technology; EU starts natural gas price war Trump and Putin will love.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Feb 18, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Williamsport explorers beat Ithaca winers, once again; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: India’s Petronet lines up Driftwood LNG equity investment; Waha price collapse signals worsening gas supply glut in the Permian; NATIONAL: Dominion Energy adds two new directors; Bill Barr steps down; Natural gas processing capacity in the lower 48 states; US rig count falls 15 on week to 12-month low; Upstart pitches plan for the cheapest U.S. natural gas exports; EIA adds new play production data to shale gas and tight oil reports; Can U.S. gas production keep up with demand?; Increased use of natural gas exposes U.S. to cyber attacks, FERC chairman says.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Feb 15, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Two well permits awarded in Columbiana County (northern Utica); Westmoreland water authority will seek repayment from gas driller for additional water tests; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New report details record Texas oil boom in 2018; NATIONAL: Don’t expect many US LNG exporters to build without firm supply deals; It’s full speed ahead for U.S. natural gas exports; INTERNATIONAL: Is a natural gas cartel forming?; Here’s why Saudi Aramco may be coming to an oil field near you.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Feb 14, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Meeting set on CNX gas well failure near Bear Run reservoir; Richmond-area charities receive more than $1.2 million as a result of 2018 Dominion Energy Charity Classic; Stockholm Syndrome: Westchester folks ask Cuomo for help with ConEd; New York State Teachers Retirement System raises stake in Chesapeake Energy; NATIONAL: Top 10 US shale portfolios; McConnell plans to bring Green New Deal to Senate vote; Power blocks in natural gas-fired combined-cycle plants are getting bigger; Pipeline fight drags on, tempting intervention from Trump; Green is the new Red; Natural gas lobby taps energy heavyweight; INTERNATIONAL: Pieridae Energy setting up $20 mln share sale; Germany, US seek to set aside spat over natural gas supplies.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Feb 13, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Roll Group wraps up Elba Island LNG job; SWPA lab serving natural gas industry expanding operations; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Rhode Island lawmakers seek to form natural gas commission; Mayor: LA will ditch plan to rebuild natural gas plants; Ninth Circuit nominee has history of defending Big Oil, including in liability cases; NATIONAL: Congress should vote on the Green New Deal, now; New US gas pipeline capacity installed rose 35% in 2018: FERC report.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Feb 12, 2019”