Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: ETP hopes PA will allow ME1 restart this week; just about everyone at DEP hearing bashes ME2 work; Gov. Wolf urges lawmakers to pass natgas tax; PA House advances bill to role back conventional O&G regs; Memphis, TN electric now powered by natgas; Exxon makes move to be Permian’s biggest driller; shale oil puts U.S. in driver’s seat; rig count roars back; Britain holds on to more of its own natagas; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, May 2, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA school wins enviro award for using propane buses; WV Chamber honors Williams; Virginians can now comment on MVP pipe permits; Canadian & M-U natgas battle for Midwest market share; why hasn’t Permian boom created a boom in o&g jobs; Tennessee city wins court case against FERC; Marathon cuts $23B deal to buy Andeavor; former Speaker Boehner aide tapped to head American Petroleum Institute; PJM says nukes & coal don’t need saving; in Europe, natgas is king; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, May 1, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Rover gets limited FERC OK to start up more of the pipeline; M-U formations generate billions in investment; Marcellus fuels bright future for WV residents; WVU shale gas dev team formed; timetable to shut down 4 nukes in OH, PA; Michigan approves $1B DTE natgas power plant; VT Supreme Court wants review of pipeline costs; crude prices up, production at record high; Al Gore lectures DC media on going green, then drives away in a gas-powered car; the secret weapon to solve global warming; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 30, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Northeast gas drillers focus anew on drilling efficiencies; Pittsburgh gas utility trying out fuel cell technology for customers; gas industry alive and well in Belmont County, OH; natgas taking the place of coal-fired power plants in Michigan; Trump tax revamp threatens to make gas pipeline companies pay $18.5 billion; U.S. LNG exports to Mexico “growing and enduring”; is $80 the new price for oil?; Chevron evacuates Venezuela execs following arrests; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Apr 27, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA Game Commission slaps moratorium on wind turbines; work begins on New Sewickley compressor station; truck driver shortage in the Permian means drivers making $125K/year; yes, solar and wind really do increase electricity prices; markets ignore Trump OPEC comments at their own peril; Kuwait Energy begins producing natgas from field in southern Iraq; strong Asian LNG demand may be able to absorb U.S. supplies; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 26, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: More pipelines equals less gas price volatility; CenterPoint’s pricey Vectren deal shows allure of natgas; gas plant costs down significantly from 2014; oil frackers say $70 oil is the reward for patience; Halliburton says fracking intensity causing equipment to wear out faster; Trump’s revenge – U.S. oil flooding Europe, dinging OPEC & Russia; China’s natgas crises; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 25, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: FirstEnergy reaches agreement with creditors for bankrupt subsidiaries; Cheniere settles Sabine Pass LNG tank issues; Colorado energy, manufacturing pushes back on Boulder idiotic climate change lawsuit; gas growth in Okla.; the new EPA and why it drives radicals crazy; the most “hated” sector in the stock market – natgas; if solar and wind are so cheap, why is electricity so expensive?; appreciating fossil fuels on Earth Day; enviro protectionism run amok; the role of accurate weather forecasts in the energy industry; anti-energy policies at the World Bank; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Apr 24, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: IFO assesses PA Gov Wolf’s severance tax proposal; wasted ethane in Appalachia a “crime”; natgas storage for winter already underway in WV; Utica Shale Academy mulls expanded courses; high school kids stage mock shale wastewater spill; Baltimore utility to move gas pipeline away from swamp area; Trump chides OPEC over high oil price; it’s all about ethane in petchem industry; Boulder, CO sues oil companies over mythical man-made global warming; EPA to unveil new policy to help the oil & gas industry; Qatar hopes Chinese orders will bail them out; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 23, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PA House to vote on bill rolling back conventional oil & gas regulations to 1984; Appalachia markets itself as global energy hub; Buckeye Partners revise plan for liquids pipeline; Wetzel County, WV residents to discuss road safety in midst of natgas boom; Schuylkill Transportation System switching to CNG vehicles; crisis at the heart of U.S. shale; full fracking ban within NJ governor’s grasp; traders “lose their religion” re natgas stats; a new low in media’s war on fracking; Afghanistan getting its first natgas-fired electric plant; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Apr 20, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Six permits issued in Ohio Utica last week; PA PUC chairwoman Gladys Brown reappointed to second five-year term; energy leadership academy in WV taking applications; celebrate natgas on Earth Day in Ohio; top Trump energy adviser quits; FERC commissioners whipsawed at House hearing; does energy bill in Senate stand a chance?; Kinder Morgan close to pulling plug on Canadian pipeline project; OPEC does happy dance with high oil price; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 19, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Penn Twp showdown in Westmoreland County begins; green insanity in Rhode Island; impact of pipeline constraints on Permian producers; fracking transparency bill moves forward in Illinois legislature; LNG exports could produce $3.3 TRILLION in econ benefits by 2050; a natgas giant like no other; U.S. offers $25M in cybersecurity grants following pipe attacks; just who is buying U.S. LNG; Australian territory lifts frack ban; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 18, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Huge crowds for Atlantic Coast Pipe job fair in WV; Dominion considers selling Blue Racer Midstream investment; Marietta College students install wellhead on campus; Shale Insight returns to Pittsburgh in October; natgas-powered bitcoin mining in the Permian?; natgas prices stuck in neutral; anti goes berserk, burns himself to death as protest fossil fuels; LNG helping expanded Panama Canal; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Apr 17, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Pa. severance tax shibboleths; WV businessman makes no bones about his support for Mountain Valley Pipeline; can renewables take the place of fracking in New York; Tri-State Consortium transforms learners into earners in shale country; FERC approves pipe yards for Atlantic Coast in WV, NC; second shale revolution on horizon in the Permian; LNG pipeline reversals turn Louisiana gas market upside down; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 16, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: PUC awaiting report on Mariner East 1 pipeline; Range Resources’ Ray Walker retires, Dennis Degner moves up; so-called church pushing Range for more disclosure on methane emissions; Atlantic Sunrise restarts work in Luzerne County in May; abundant Marcellus gas leads to rate cut for Peoples Gas; CNG fueling station opens in Allentown; WV board denies request to move Mountaineer Gas pipeline hearing; NJ votes to spend $300M to “save” nuke plants; Texas LNG signs contracts with Chinese, Southeast Asian buyers; Cali’s pathetically weak case against fossil fuel companies; building bigger pipelines over old ones a smart idea; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Apr 13, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: OH rig count goes up to 24; OH bill grabs more money for communities with injection wells; MSC exposes legal flaws in DRBC frack ban; loony Hollywood starlet running for NY gov pushes ban on fossil fuels; CA’s petroleum wars costly for everyone; enviros split on “carbon-free” nuke plants; Devon Energy laying off 300 workers; SandRidge succumbs to corporate raider Icahn, willing to sell out; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 12, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Trump trade war with China could hurt WV’s energy sector; natgas revenue was crucial for survival of Pittsburgh Intl Airport; hearings for RI natgas-fired power plant under way; API launches new jobs website for o&g industry; It’ll take $170B in pipelines to keep the shale gas boom going; drillers turn back to Eagle Ford oil play; U.S. natgas set production record in 2017; the quiet rise of offshore oil production in U.S.; energy industry reaches out to Generate Z; EPA sued by liberal states to force o&g methane reductions; Panama LNG terminal to get U.S. commissioning cargo; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 11, 2018”