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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica shale gas well in Washington Township contained; Food & Water Watch scrambles as Stevens blows its cover; Wolf says nat. gas tax has a chance; not ready to fast track legal marijuana; Governor’s proposed severance tax will impact jobs, reduce competitiveness; Shell to build innovation center at Potter Township cracker plant site; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Exxon plans $10 billion Texas natural gas export terminal; Protesters in custody after tampering with Enbridge pipelines in Itasca County; NATIONAL: The United States expands its role as world’s leading ethane exporter; Schumer offers clean energy lawyer for FERC — sources; America is producing the “wrong” kind of oil; Pipelines on alert after Chinese cyberwar warning; As top Dem on Senate Energy Committee, Manchin prepares to tout region’s resources; Activist threatens Halcon Resources with proxy fight unless board changes; Freezing cold means love-hate relationships with EVs; INTERNATIONAL: Equinor’s profit soars in 2018; BP’s full-year profit doubles on high production; 5 things to watch in natural gas.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Feb 6, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Westchester asking PSC to have Con Edison delay imposition of natural gas connection moratorium; Butane leak reported at Marcus Hook plant; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Protesters yell, heckle and shut down town hall meeting with two Colorado Democrat state senators; NATIONAL: US shale to drill and complete 20,000 wells this year; Trump to nominate David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist, as the next Interior secretary; New video: Blowin’ in the Wind (parody).
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Feb 5, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: CNX scales back production growth and the market panics; Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf to unveil budget with familiar call for a tax on natural gas drillers, but with a twist; Chevron reports fourth quarter net income of $3.7 billion, annual earnings of $14.8 billion; Despite missing big fish, WV benefits from gas boom; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: King County Council approves 6-month moratorium on major fossil-fuel facilities; Bill seeks to curb flaring by charging taxes, royalties; NATIONAL: Brainwashing kids to take action on climate change; Shell buys charging company Greenlots as oil majors prep for rise of EVs; Green New Deal would be a giant leap on the road to serfdom; US midcon propane discounted to Gulf despite freeze; U.S. natural gas prices plummet, defy ‘polar vortex 2019’; Structural shifts propel U.S. gas demand; INTERNATIONAL: Breakneck LNG demand surge in China is history.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Feb 4, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Bitter cold tests electricity, natural gas systems; Dominion Energy donates $1.6 million to charities meeting critical community needs; Con Ed riles Westchester with moratorium on natural-gas hookups; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Epic fail of renewables causes Texas town to have $1200 per year higher power bills; NATIONAL: Natural gas prices slump despite US winter weather blast; Natural gas is doing far more than renewables to clean our air; Sen. Whitehouse, #ExxonKnew activists try to revive failing climate litigation campaign; The New York Times got it wrong in “Drilling Down” and shale wins again; The Energy 202: 2020 hopefuls love talking about a ‘Green New Deal.’ But they’re short on specifics.; Commissioner, former chair Cheryl LaFleur to leave FERC this year.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Feb 1, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Dominion Energy awards $50,000 to organizations inspiring arts and culture; Dinniman blasts pipeline lobbying as he does it with taxpayer money; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Polar Vortex sets US Midwest demand record, raises risk of wellhead freeze-offs; Commissioning cited as reason for recent feedgas levels at Cheniere LNG terminal in Texas; Eugene council discusses natural gas regulation; Hays County, TX residents say they’re ‘prepared to fight’ planned natural gas pipeline; NATIONAL: Record cold forces rethink on global warming.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 31, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Rig count slips to 14 in Ohio’s Utica; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Columbia Gas pledges to cover Merrimack Valley equipment repair costs; Lawsuits filed over Rhode Island natural gas outage; NATIONAL: Demand, regulatory headwinds seen slowing U.S. NGL export growth; Potential of AI-powered directional drilling.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 30, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Lawmaker calls on officials to investigate pipeline players; WV’s Northern Panhandle resurgent; officials cite natural gas, remediation projects; Rover Pipeline donates $40,000 to 4-H; Dominion Energy, Dominion Energy Midstream complete merger; NATIONAL: U.S. energy-related CO2 emissions increased in 2018 but will likely fall in 2019 and 2020; EPA highlights decrease in greenhouse gas emissions and deregulation in annual review; Kinder Morgan sets 2019 budget with emphasis on natural gas projects; Heavy-duty natural gas truck sales down in 2018; New shale tech provides real-time picture, avoids frack hits.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 29, 2019”

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”