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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”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Four permits issued in Ohio’s Utica; PA Rep. Daryl Metcalfe named new Republican Chair of House Environmental Committee; Weirton-Steubenville corridor sees nation’s highest percentage of construction job growth; Gov. Charlie Baker signs law requiring greater engineering oversight of natural gas work; U.S. natural gas producers, facing bottlenecks, practically giving gas away; How fracking enriches education in Texas – the rest of the story; Sempra sheds non-utility U.S. natural gas storage facilities; Energy commodity prices fell significantly in the last quarter of 2018; Here’s what to expect from oil in 2019; Chesapeake Energy, fracking pioneer, bet on oil – then prices plunged; Annual natural gas storage ‘deficit’ will turn into ‘surplus’ by mid-January; With an eye on record flow from Russia, gas market braces for slump; Russian natural gas flows to Germany, Slovakia up 2% on year in 2018 at 132.5 Bcm; Warnings of LNG supply shortages after 2022 should be taken seriously.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 3, 2019”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Natural gas cleanly powers our modern world; David W. Sweet to serve as vice chairman of PA Public Utility Commission; NGV trade group urges New York regulators to provide more gas incentives; Citizens rise up to fight DRBC tyranny; Oklahoma earthquakes decrease for 3rd straight year; Kinder Morgan mourns passing of general counsel; If Schlumberger catches cold, will Halliburton catch pneumonia?; The top 10 RBN Energy prognostications for 2019 – Year of the Pig; Natural gas and renewable energy to continue leading the market.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 2, 2019”

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Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 21, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: New York leads nation in population loss; Rig count stands at 19 in Ohio’s Utica; Holyoke residents speak out against changes to natural gas pipeline; U.S. DOE to ease LNG exports reporting requirements; Exxon Mobil opposes weakening Obama-era emissions rules: letter to EPA; Powering the world: Renewables are still far behind coal and natural gas; Canadian resort town’s climate shakedown blows up in its face; India is losing the natural gas race to China; Poland’s goal of ditching Russian natural gas bolsters American LNG and Trump’s energy agenda; Vietnam to increase electricity production with natural gas imports.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 20, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA joins 8 other states, D.C. to develop regional program to cap greenhouse gas pollution from transportation; Ohio shale production spikes, and what that means for the state; How responsive will Cove Point LNG exports be to economics?; NY Comptroller DiNapoli facing heat over climate change; Natural gas industry burns for more pipeline capacity in Mass.; Anti-pipeline activism isn’t generating more investment in renewable energy; The incredible shrinking credibility of the climate movement; Oil nosedives to $46 – worries about economy collide with supply glut; Natural gas producer key to Trump’s energy dominance agenda strikes new deal with Malaysia.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 19, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: The price of ignorance: New York State’s approaching energy disaster; Athens County, OH meeting re injection well permit tonight; New liquefaction trains, pipeline capacity revving up Gulf Coast feedgas demand; Carbon tax scam – exposing the latest attack on fossil fuels; Enbridge Inc. and Spectra Energy Partners, LP complete merger; Technically recoverable natural gas from future US shale wells on rise; New oil, gas projects to accelerate next year; Machine learning takes on oil, gas production forecasting role; OPEC production deal not enough to stabilize oil market; Qatar Petroleum to invest $20 billion in U.S. in major expansion.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 18, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: New York City rated ‘judicial hellhole’ by major legal organization; Dominion Energy completes previously announced asset sales; Gulf petrochemical complex may have rival in Appalachia; Interior Secretary Zinke resigning, cites ‘vicious’ attacks; US shale becomes oil industry’s safe haven; Coming changes in marine fuel sulfur limits will affect global oil markets; Import of U.S. liquefied natural gas to Greece begins.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 17, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Berks partnerships conserve 77 acres for migratory birds; PA clean vehicles video; Rising forecasts for 2019 U.S. natural gas production keep prices low; U.S. shale likes but doesn’t need OPEC cuts to keep on growing; The world should follow the U.S. energy model; Oil trading ‘God’ Andy Hall says shale has experts groping in dark; FTS International’s worries are not over yet; McNamee sworn in as FERC commissioner; Fluctuating natural gas prices are not a threat to the power grid; Poland’s PGNiG gets another US spot LNG cargo; Lithuania boosting ties with US LNG suppliers; Emerson buys Belgian valve company; Major LNG buyers’ uncontracted demand to quadruple by 2030.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 14, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: 13 well permits approved in Ohio’s Utica; Westmoreland natural gas plant nears opening date; Barrett questions gas safety consultant’s ties to industry; Going green with natural gas vehicles; WV Sen. Joe Manchin becomes Ranking Member of Energy Ctte; Could U.S. natural gas stocks catch up this winter?; Growing dependent on Russia: the gas routes in Europe; US lawmakers officially condemn Russia’s natural gas pipeline into Germany.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 13, 2018”