Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: More Permian pipelines are coming. Will there be enough workers?; Total U.S. natural gas stocks end refill season at lowest level in 13 years; Once sleepy pipeline sector now at center of the action; Interior credits increased fossil fuel production for jump in revenue from federal lands; World has no capacity to absorb new fossil fuel plants, warns IEA; South Korea becomes top Asian destination for U.S. oil after China trade spat; India ready to import more U.S. oil and gas; Russia’s $11 billion natural gas pipeline is primed to fuel Europe.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Nov 16, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: US LNG player Cheniere fires up Corpus Christi production; Haynesville’s gigantic gas resurgence could be a winner in LNG export race; Think oil has been volatile? Watch natural gas; Firmer Henry Hub natural gas price, high shipping rates pressure US LNG margins; Cheniere bets $15 billion on world gas demand despite tariff; U.S. crude oil and natural gas production increased in 2017, with fewer wells; Why new rail car specs are creating obstacles for crude-by-rail; Climate contrarian uncovers scientific error, upends major ocean warming study.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Nov 15, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Paid to protest: Lifting the curtain on Keep Wayne Wild, LLC; McCormick: WV should pitch energy jobs to veterans; Prometheus, Summit open Lebanon, Missouri LNG facility; Massachusetts lawmakers schedule 2 hearings natural gas disaster issues; Natural gas: The $4 dam is breaking for the bears; How much could coal generation stem gas price upside in a cold winter?; And just like that, everybody stopped talking about $100 oil; Oil plunges over 8% as Trump faces off with Saudi Arabia, Russia over production; Structure of fossil-fuel source rocks is finally decoded; IEA says gas to overtake coal in energy mix by 2030; New global emissions rules boost LNG as shipping fuel; First U.S. LNG cargo since 10 percent tariff enacted arrives in China.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 14, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Syracuse’s BlueRock Energy sells big chunk of its business; LNG tanker docks at Cheniere’s Corpus Christi plant as 1st shipment nears; The pre-winter rapid rise in U.S. natural gas prices; The new bear market in oil; Big Data adds up to big savings for upstream players; Toshiba exiting U.S. LNG to focus on core businesses; Ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, record-setting oil exports to China at zero for 2nd month.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 13, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Philadelphia Bar Assn pushes lawyers to become radicalized on global warming; Eight permits issued in Ohio’s Utica shale; Using Marcellus gas in area becomes a priority; Pennsylvania Auditor General gives DRBC a whitewash; The fractivist trail of hypocrisy and double standards; DOE names well-known WVU professor to lead NETL; IPSCO Tubulars opens coating facility in Wilder, Kentucky; Utility to provide Thanksgiving to victims of gas disaster; The never-ending saga of the Keystone Pipeline; NJ nutjobs go on 14-day fast to protest global warming; Natural gas prices are jumping today, and this move could continue; Millennials, oil and gas and the “energy transition”; China passes Japan to become world’s largest natural gas importer; Saudi Aramco ‘on way to becoming gas powerhouse’; Oil is oversold.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 12, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Democrat Senate gives fresh energy to environmental advocates in NY; Keystone XL Pipeline project blocked by Obama judge in Montana; More coal-fired power plants closing on uncompetitive economics; LNG carrier attacked off Nigeria; Poland signs deal for long-term natural gas deliveries from Louisiana, Texas; Armenian government seeks cuts in gas prices from Russia; Higgs government looking to partially lift fracking moratorium; As renewables drive up energy prices, voters in U.S., Asia & Europe are opting for nuclear power.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Nov 9, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Judge weighs other courts’ pro-pipeline rulings before PennEast decision; The out-of-control NY Attorney General’s office takes on ExxonMobil; XTO Energy brings ‘Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day’ STEM program to Ohio; Kinder Morgan fires up Sabine Pass pipeline; California dreamin’ about a fracking ban that may never come; Global Climate Action summit silent on natural gas progress.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Nov 8, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Pa. House and Senate remain in Republican control despite Democrat gains; New Jersey-based design and engineering firm to open office in Canonsburg; LANTA hopes to add even more compressed natural gas buses to fleet; Cabot and Williams on an education adventure with small schools; Voters reject oil well setbacks as Colorado’s Proposition 112 defeated; Naperville council expected to OK plan for new compressed natural gas filling station on city land; NYMEX December natural gas spikes 28.3 cents to $3.567/MMBtu on forecast for early-season cold snap; US EIA boosts Q4 gas marketed production forecast by 1.83 Bcf/d to 94.32 Bcf/d; US transportation sector used 43.4 billion cubic feet of natural gas for vehicle fuel in 2017; China to boost shale oil, gas production; The world can live without Iranian oil; Oil markets yawn as Iran sanctions come into effect; Oil and gas firms sound alarm as capital once destined for Canada flees to more competitive U.S.; China’s gas pipelines on wheels.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 7, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Real estate declines in places without shale drilling – NY example; Cheniere gets DOE permit for Corpus Christi LNG exports; Midwest propane inventories enter winter higher than previous five-year average; Natural gas is hanging in there as the withdrawal season is days away; Report: US on track for record coal retirements in 2018, with more on the way; Democrats stop talking about fracking, believing they will regain House; US refiners boost processing capacity to accommodate shale; A Penn State engineer’s quest to become the world’s gas king.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 6, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA DEP accepting applications for 2019 Environmental Education Grants; PA DEP accepting applications for Alternative Fuels Corridor Infrastructure Grants; Dec. 4 hearings on Adelphia natural gas pipeline compressor stations near Phila.; Natural gas to cost less in W.Va., Ky.; Did Tom Steyer instigate the DRBC fracking ban?; Virginia oil, gas awards presented to 15 on Oct. 23; Permian natural gas: more production, infrastructure and demand; Trump administration blinks on Iranian oil sanctions; Iran LNG on hold under US sanctions impact; Mexico to ramp up LNG imports from the U.S.; Why are Middle Eastern LNG imports soaring?; Britain’s Cuadrilla extracts first shale gas at English fracking site.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 5, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Steve Gray appointed to Range Resources board of directors; MPLX names Timothy J. Aydt vice president, business development; Feds open criminal probe into natural gas explosions; The oil and gas situation: volatility, trade wars beginning to take a toll; Energy Secretary heads to Europe on natural-gas exports push; GN released VIST vacuum shale shaker screen for drilling fluids recovery; U.S. monthly crude oil production exceeds 11 million barrels per day in August; Iran’s worst nightmare is coming true; China, India reported set to keep buying Iranian oil as U.S. sanctions loom; Always-evolving global oil technologies and demand.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Nov 2, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: STEM training of area educators will help students prepare for future; Appalachian region consumers saved more than $75 billion over 10 years from lower natural gas prices; W.Va. lawmakers, associations weigh in on potential energy legislation; U.S. monthly crude oil production exceeds 11 million barrels per day in August; U.S. natural gas goes global; Facing Trump coal and nuclear push, new energy panel chief swears off politics; ‘Saudi America’ review: The truth about fracking?; Wind farms cause global warming? Please, say it isn’t so!; BP rebrands Lower 48 operations as BPX Energy; North America’s No. 2 shale producer to emerge from this merger; How Trump can undo America’s most expensive and least effective environmental law; Pieridae gets thumbs up for Goldboro LNG construction; M&A: Oil majors jockey for position to ride an LNG boom.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Nov 1, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PennDOT announces opening of 14th CNG transit fueling station in Indiana County; Main contractor on Atlantic Sunrise, Mariner East gas pipelines declares bankruptcy; Energy undersecretary pitches energy diversity at Southpointe; Duke brings first 820 megawatts online at natural gas plant in Florida; BHGE believes 2019 rig, well counts will grow; Cold snap could send natural gas to $5; BP’s Q3 European natural gas price realization jumps 53% to $7.79/Mcf on year; China’s tariff on US natural gas delays Louisiana LNG project.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 31, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Ameren Illinois to undertake two-year natural gas pipeline upgrade beginning in 2019; PUC approves Minnesota Power’s planned natural-gas plant; Natural gas edges lower as the winter season approaches; Bright skies ahead for natural gas price; Natural gas price prediction – prices slip on warm weather forecast; The drilling boom on federal lands is driven more by price than policy; What next as Big Oil moves in on U.S. tight oil?; Pieridae’s Goldboro LNG eligible for German loan; Panama Canal transits four liquefied natural gas vessels in one direction; Fracking in Lancashire: 1.1 magnitude tremor halts work; Sorry China, shipping costs make Europe a LNG hot spot right now; Is $100 oil inevitable?
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 30, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Pittsburgh mayor dismisses facts, science in speech to fracking protesters; Susquehanna County produces more than 4% of U.S. natural gas!; Rabbittransit switching to natural gas for buses at Gettysburg; The plantation politics of the William Penn Foundation; Mostly outside groups pour $13.8M into redistricting proposal in Michigan; Wyoming watching Colorado’s anti-fracking ballot issue; The market for oil country tubular goods (OCTG) heats up; FERC HDD guidance – your input needed; Third quarter oil and gas deals hit $123 billion; Can U.S. gas demand keep up with surging production?; UK natural gas fracking paused following ‘Red Event’: Cuadrilla; Renewable energy, Russian natural gas and the lesson of January 2006.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 29, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Energy Sec. Perry stumps for ‘all of the above’ energy in Philadelphia, Camden; Diversified sees older shale wells as next piece of massive Appalachian position; Steel Nation heading to Southpointe; Backed into a corner, NY AG fails to produce ‘smoking gun’ in #ExxonKnew lawsuit; Manufacturers to Acting NY AG Underwood: Your frivolous and costly lawsuit will fail; The anti-fracking initiative in Colorado is bad policy; Young people are suing the trump administration over climate change. She’s their lawyer; Trump indicates he might formally tap Wheeler to lead EPA; UK to receive US LNG cargo; Gulf countries need to adjust natural gas supply strategy on rising power demand; The dirtiest part of the cleanest fossil fuel is price; Europe’s liquefied natural gas imports have increased lately, but remain below 2011 peak; The low-cost gas supply driving the LNG Canada project.
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 26, 2018”