Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: FirstEnergy closing last OH/PA coal power plants; Wall St analysts like Eclipse/Blue Ridge merger; CELDF’s OH loss rate now 86%; NEXUS referendum for Green goes to OH Supreme Court; flaring in the Permian; PHMSA taking bigger role in approving LNG export projects; climate alarmists throw temper tantrum, refuse to debate skeptics; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 30, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: OH oil and gas industry needs workers; 5 new shale wells approved in Columbiana County, OH; the northeast’s changing role as US natgas supplier; PA DEP offers $2K rebate to buy natgas vehicles; WVU forms study abroad partnership with Argentia–to study shale?; Cheniere files to flow gas into 5th LNG export terminal; why natgas prices can’t go higher; M-U drives US natgas production growth; Silicon Valley eyes fossil fuel industry; Mexico’s new president about to ruin oil industry; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 29, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: New director for Utica Shale Academy; Sistersville Tank Works wants more local shale customers; diversifying America’s petchem industry by building in Ohio Valley; why US electric demand will increase; US can help its neighbors by exporting more natgas; new NAFTA deal will help US-Mexican natgas trade; the gas market *should* be panicking, but isn’t; China gives up tariffs on US oil after only 2 months; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 28, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA Auditor General DePasquale resurrects old claims of DEP problems; Carnival Cruise to park LNG liner at Canaveral; the next big bet in fracking – water; US natgas supplies & price, again; FERC outsources to help with LNG inspections; US natgas exports go up with new pipes into Mexico; Venezuela to flow gas to Trinidad for liquefaction; Aramco IPO halted; why worry about Russia’s Nord Stream 2; natgas prices in Europe surge; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 27, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: New report finds fracking has “dramatically raised up” poor Ohio schools; big pieces of Shell cracker now installed; Trump should tread lightly in power markets; Panama to sign pact to expand regional access to LNG; China backpedals on LNG tariff threat; French Total pulls out of Iran natgas project; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 21, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA Republican legislators urge DEP to reconsider 250% shale permit increase; Shell’s wetland restoration in Washington County done; vision for converting western NY power plant from coal to gas; Cheniere cleared to intro feed gas into Corpus Christi LNG Train 1; US takes top spot in world for reducing CO2–without Kyoto and Paris accords; can US shale stop global oil supply “crisis”?; NAFTA deal with Mexico close, will increase natgas trade; big companies signing LNG deals left and right to lock in prices; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 20, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Dominion once again offering $1 million to local nonprofits; Allegheny County Health Dept. investigating frack sand terminal; Pennsylvanians have a clear choice for US Senator–Lou; wackos protest in Albany to ask Cuomo to stop coal plant from converting to natgas; there is a stable market for coal aside from electric generation; Mexico’s new president rolling back free market reforms in oil & gas; does OPEC really have the oil supplies it claims?; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 17, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Public forum set for new natgas pipeline in Rochester, NY area; rig count in Utica climbs by 2 to 20; US-China dispute may delay Magnolia LNG construction; judge overturns Idaho’s forced pooling reg in court case; SEC drops #ExxonKnew investigation; scientists invent mineral to soak up CO2 out of atmosphere; plastics industry flourishes thx to shale; Canada’s Quebec looking for LNG suppliers; China can’t shake US oil addiction; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 16, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Monaca gets $3M for new gateway project to ethane cracker; Philadelphia Energy Solutions quietly installs new board & CEO; well plugging economics for Diversified; shale boom removes natgas price volatility; delays in Mexico pipes limite US natgas pipeline exports; Europe is getting serious about buying US LNG; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 15, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Time to contain the sand blowing around Stowe; what DRBC should be doing instead of playing fracking games; bust doesn’t always follow oil and gas boom; US refineries running at near-record levels; new video – Putin’s useful American eco-idiots; top 5 industry shifts fueling the future of drilling; frackers burn cash to keep the oil boom going; China cuts off nose to spite its won face re LNG tariffs; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 14, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Eight permits awarded in OH Utica last week; another surcharge on your PA gas bill?; WV gas industry pushing for electric plants; fracking industry in Pittsburgh offers a different sort of high-tech job; WVU shale lab digs into M-U permeability testing; water company ordered to pay back wages; Cheniere inks 25-year deal with Taiwan; Toshiba looks to unload US LNG contracts; Bank of the West turns hostile to fossil fuel industry; Solaris Oilfield hires former Range Resources COO for board; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 13, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Local natgas projects need to be stopped–from a loon in Ithaca; drilling for miles in the Marcellus – laterals reach new lengths; non-impact uses of impact fee money in PA; WV House panel vots to impeach entire WV Supreme Court; pipeline getting expanded in Maine; trade war spooks oil and gas exports; natgas storage numbers still down, but prices remain the same; energy conference calls climate change “fake”; EU wants US to cut red tape for LNG exports; Nigeria – the next natgas giant?; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 10, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Repurposing existing pipelines is safe AND necessary; Roanoke radical activist booted from state board following misuse of credentials to protest pipeline; why your family left New York (and other families are too); China LNG tariffs may affect Permian oil drilling; shale drillers boosting capital expenditures this year; investment advisory firms outed as political hucksters trying to pressure fossil fuel companies; Goldman Sachs tries to buy tanker full of LNG; Russians producing more LNG from Arctic; the shale boom that will never happen, in Mexico; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 9, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Chevron Appalachia president says to seize the day now, or lose out; PA teachers union invests $211M in Williams; S&B Engineers moves to larger office in Canonsburg; Enbridge says NEXUS Pipeline will go online by end of 3Q; gov candidate Wagner backpedals (a little) on climate change hoax; EIA natgas price forecast “sags” this year and next; WSJ article says to quit blaming “climate change” for every weather event; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 8, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Chesapeake leaving OH, but not done drilling yet; IOGA WV chief says future natgas prices flat; Rochester, NY industrial park celebrates converting from coal to natgas; national rig count down by 4, 3 of them in WV; high paying Utica jobs for the taking; NC county considers voting against MVP pipeline; new national natgas coalition forms; what to expect in natgas usage by power plants in August; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 7, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Virtual pipeline trucks face backlash from antis in Otsego County, NY; Luzerne County gets 2 new CNG buses; unions bash NYC Mayor de Blasio over fossil fuel divestment; 7 people injured in pipeline explosion in Texas; natgas price spike predicted yet again; Energy Transfer CEO says a “monkey” can make money in pipeline biz; China slaps US LNG imports with 25% tariff; despite “trade war,” US LNG exports boom to new record highs; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 6, 2018”