Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Shell opening another parking lot for 1,000 cracker workers; CSX fined $2.2M for 2015 WV crude by rail spill; Bloom Energy IPO vs Tesla’s IPO – natgas the key; new pipelines lead to 5 Bcf/d of natgas exports to Mexico for first time; update on MLPs; the Love Boat orders two LNG cruise ships; India amends definition of hydrocarbon to include shale; European Union says it will import more US shale; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jul 26, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA health officials hand out potassium iodide pills to those living near nuke plants; Luzerne County can’t find enough uses for shale impact fee money; Marcellus industry finding it hard to fill some jobs; Senators support DOE small-scale LNG export regs; Big Oil rewards shareholders; new horizontal directional drilling software from Technical Toolboxes; oil majors are stepping up their natgas game; use gas flaring to pull water from the atmosphere; Halliburton buys chemical company; Google thinks it can better manage o&g data than o&g companies can; Cuadrilla gets OK to frack first well in UK; and more!…
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jul 25, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Baltimore files doomed climate lawsuit day after NYC’s lawsuit is tossed; Columbia Gas spending $29M on gas line replacements in central OH; CNX donates property for bats; federal court rules in favor of WV refinery against EPA; California tells residents to turn the AC off and the lights out; EPA under Scott Pruitt cut $350M in regulations; Halliburton sees slowdown coming in second half of 2018; NYC teen protesters learned about climate change from cartoons; enviro do-goodism the new religious cult of Millennials; how fracking revolution broke OPEC’s hold on oil prices; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 24, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Naive, miseducated students rally in Pittsburgh re “climate change”; as pipelines come online, more efficient movement of our gas boosts industry; Appalachian storage hub, prosperity’s next step; Molinaro’s call for fracking is hopeful for Upstate NY; a recycled story about Utica fracking causing STDs; Cabot’s Q2 is going to “knock your socks off”; NY ratepayers to fund offshore wind farm, not get access to the electricity; Rice Midstream OKs merger with EQT Midstream; FERC policy throws a lifeline to MLPs; what is digitization and why is it good for o&g; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 23, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: We need a serious conversation about laws to control pipeline siting; Heinz Endowments funds radical fractivist attorneys; WV program offers students energy education; Massachusetts fracking ban in hypocritical–in the extreme; FERC’s natgas pipeline greenhouse gas analysis policy; oilfield services companies looking to other countries for new growth; FERC collaborating with other agencies on speedier LNG export permits; new tax rule adopted by FERC for pipelines; China sits on world’s biggest shale gas prize; sanctions for Russian pipeline colluders; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jul 20, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Cuomo’s Republican opponent is lukewarm on fracking; will NEXUS Pipeline bring promised tax windfall for OH schools?; Chambersburg, PA gets grant to add new gas pipeline; Altoona happy with CNG buses; Permian natgas prices fall as production grows; two new pipelines from Permian into Mexico; sleazy lawyers trying to score billions from climate lawsuits; Rusty Braziel appointed to serve on Natl Petroleum Council; drillers worldwide flared less natgas in 2017, but not in the U.S.; Powelson talks about decision to leave FERC: Baker Hughes selling a piece of the company; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jul 19, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Rig count drops in OH Utica as production rises; turnaround in WV construction jobs thx to shale; WV state officials must work to protect China deal; spotlight on Chevron’s head of Marcellus/Utica, Stacey Olsen; MDN called out by Athens News for supporting Scott Pruitt; America’s oil & gas boom is spreading; the future of energy is U.S. natgas; cybersecurity threats growing; FERC denies LNG approval delays; Trump & Putin; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jul 18, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: NY farmers think about what might have been; Cynthia Nixon (with with no brain) says “we must shut down the pipeline”; hydrocarbon hypocrisy in NY; PA, OH, WV rig count stays the same; Bakken boom time again; DiFi sells out to radicals in her own party, now supports frack ban; Cuadrilla completes second shale well, waiting to frack; why Big Oil can’t prevent a supply crunch; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 17, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: New date for PA impoundments to register, comply with regs; time to comment on PA revised regs for erosion & sedimentation control at drilling sites; Earthworks releases Ohio air quality “study” with no actual air quality data; California continues to slip, now #6 producer of oil in the U.S.; Cali cities desperately try to avoid counterlawsuit from Exxon; surge in drilled natgas wells; U.S. on pace for “record smashing” oil and gas year in 2018; natural gas prices melt; Trump exposes Germany’s natgas hypocrisy; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 16, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA Gov Wolf pushing special interest solar ripoff; OH State Senator urges Congress to support Appalachian storage hub; PA gov candidate Wagner supports natgas at town hall; largest CNG fueling station in Columbus opens; why sand from this Texas town is worth $80/ton; green radicals served with subpoenas in Colo.; natgas-fired electricity may hit new high this summer; Kavanaugh’s record on regs, pipelines, LNG and more; Trump plan to replace Obama climate plan makes progress; OPEC chief says he’s glad shale came along; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jul 12, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA rig count drops; still no power for 1,900 LA residents following heat wave; EIA revises Henry Hub price forecast; new futures contract coming pegged to Sabine Pass LNG; Trump’s pick for Supreme Court has ruled on a number of cases affecting M-U; China a key destination for increasing U.S. energy exports; new EPA boss same as old; natgas drillers are “fighting for their lives”; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Jul 11, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Five Utica permits in OH last week; ME2 drills under Raystown Lake; shale impact tax money funds opioid prevention program for Little Leaguers; Texas drillers cut down on light pollution to help observatory; 100 more rigs coming this year; why natgas hasn’t (and won’t) dethrone gasoline; acting EPA chief plans to stick with Trump’s priorities; fracking key to wealth creation in Quebec; can the UK government solve the shale challenge?; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 10, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Impact fee revenue flows to Philly area; CNG station in Lackawanna County delayed; Polymer Alliance Zone of WV expands; BP may buy BHP’s US shale assets; CO2 in US dropping, thx to shale; Big Corn wins with ouster of EPA’s Scott Pruitt; analysts whispering about $150/barrel oil; $5.2 billion Italian pipeline held up by olive trees; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Jul 9, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Cheniere gets permit for new LNG plant in Corpus Christi; Washington Metro upgrades fleet with hundreds of new CNG buses; war on coal is becoming war on natural gas; US crude by rail traffic rebounds in 1Q; fracking-induced earthquakes generate “anxiety” in the public; Suez Canal opens up to more LNG carrier traffic; US-Mexic oil and natgas alliance will stay strong; two biggest threats to the natgas boom; China keeps LNG off tariff list for now, but will it become a trade weapon later?; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Jul 6, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Hilcorp gets 3 Utica permits for Columbiana County, first new permits there this year; de Blasio should be prepared for climate lawsuit to be tossed; administrative law judge in Minnesota recommends against building natgas-fired plant; folks are waking up to what it means that Powelson is leaving FERC–and it ain’t pretty; fossil fuels still dominate U.S. energy consumption, although renewables gain some ground; preserve farmland with fracking; University of Arizona about to be outed for climate fraud; a new oil “cartel” threatens OPEC; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Jul 5, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Cabot pays a visit to Loudonville Council to discuss Ohio drilling; cracker plant takes shape in Beaver, PA; with pressure from corp. raider Carl Ichan, SandRidge looks to sell; Rhode Island stupidly sues major oil companies for global warming; natgas shortages coming this winter?; US Chamber continues drumbeat against Trump tariffs; Canada competes with Gulf Coast for petchems; and more!
Read More “Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Jul 3, 2018”