Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: FERC denies stay of Mountaineer Xpress, Gulf Xpress; rural OH schools benefit from pipeline tax revenue; Range Resources’ CFO retiring in May; comment period of DRBC frack ban rules ends Friday; LNG in Jacksonville; Chevron’s climate court case kind of like Big Tobacco; gas is the new oil; climate change lawsuit avalanche is coming; Trump to name Energy Dept. official as top aide; Russian LNG heads to India; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 27, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: DEP wants comments on proposed Greene County, PA electric plant; Shale Crescent USA reports good showing at Houston conference; OH landowner groups take on left-wing Center for Biological Diversity; PA gov works with OH & WV to promote fracking, while he also promotes ban in DRB; source of Rover pipe contamination still unclear a year later; natgas enters “injection season” on a low note; TransCanada settles rate issue with NGTL shippers; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 26, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Phila. Energy Solutions likely to resolve objections to bankruptcy plan; judge dismisses hokey claims that energy producers suppressed “climate science”; Chevron prepares to educate judge on climate science; how the shale boom has kept the U.S. economy afloat; U.S. net petroleum imports heading to zero; tsunamis of innovation are shaking the energy industry; Egypt-the next natgas hotspot?; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 23, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Kucinich a no-show at fake Ohio leasing forum; Atlantic Coast Pipeline cited for tree-cutting violations in Virginia; new o&g regulations coming to Hampton Twp; natgas rates going down in Altoona; Pivotal completes 1st LNG delivery to NASA; New Haven, CT goes out of its fracking mind; U.S. exported more natgas in 2017 than it imported (1st time since 1957); electricity from fossil fuels declined in 2017; asset sales in o&g accelerate; Germany’s pivot from Russian gas will be costly; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 22, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Indiana company buys Pittsburgh pipe company; OH Democrat lawmaker proposes frack ban in state parks; Appalachian Storage Hub is WV’s foundation for future investment; feds lighten up on bird & bat rules, extend tree-cutting windows; oil drillers look to Oklahoma for cheaper prices; Wisconsin frac sand industry roars back; FERC’s Powleson lectures New England to learn from PA; big data in big oil is big business; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 21, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: ME1 pipeline remains offline 12 days later; CNX Midstream completes purchase of gathering pipeline from CNX parent; NY spending money on natgas-powered vehicles; Louisiana gas market gets turned upside down; Arizona regulators sour on natgas, prefer so-called renewables; bill to ban fracking in Florida dies; o&g gets loophole in Trump tariff; natgas is under attack; Germany wants LNG imports; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 20, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Marcus Hook refinery fined $750K; it’s time to get an ethane cracker up and running somewhere in the northeast; Ohio’s DeWine says he’ll be kind to Ohio Utica if elected gov; pipeline build-out unplugs Marcellus constraints; Heinz opposes fracking to protect its own foreign investments; Ohio figures out how to reduce methane emissions without govt interference; electric vehicles are always five years away; natgas under assault in some states; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 19, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: 18 rigs operating in Ohio Utica; PUC ratifies halt to Mariner East 1, for now; PA Senate to hold joint pipeline safety hearing next week; 5 antis arrested in Maryland for protesting pipeline; Belmont County officials urge patience with PTT cracker; ET announces a new Gulf Coast ethane export facility; Russian hackers target American energy grid; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 16, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: OH residents to get chance to comment PTT cracker air emissions; power gen drivers of East Coast gas demand; OOGA gets a new leader; TransCanada starts up Cameron LNG feeder pipe; Texas drillers expand 14th month in a row; US exported more energy to Mexico than imported – for 3rd year in a row; will Trump’s steel tarrifs threaten US natgas industry?; Staoil changes name; Arctic freeze makes Europe nervous re Russian gas supplies; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 15, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: WV storage hub bill approved in U.S. Senate committee; Green, OH residents file petition for NEXUS referendum; OH court rules on DMA notifications; PennEast warns NJ of fate of Mass. without pipeline; Belmont County takes Sierra Club to task; Texas permits jump 10.7% in Feb.; FERC chairman discloses he had brain tumor; Arnold Schwarzenegger loses his mind; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 14, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Anti-pipe agenda in New England leads to higher costs, less reliability, Russian LNG; Tellurian to acquire 15 Tcf of gas for Driftwood LNG; Cheniere building 3rd berth for Sabine Pass LNG; the permanence of the Permian; Georgia fracking regs waiting for gov’s signature; former Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson out as Secretary of State; is LNG the next world energy sector the U.S. will disrupt?; Mickey Mouse getting LNG powered cruise ships; natgas is the fossil fuel of choice; Canada to slap border tax on gas?; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 13, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: $597K maintenance agreement between Allegheny Twp and Huntley & Huntley; PA’s CNG project lauded by engineers; PA DEP wants input on drilling under I-79 for pipes; PA DEP Secretary tells PA Senator fracking in SRBC has been fine; Chesapeake may sell Haynesville assets to Tellurian; fraudulent climate litigation shakedowns; huge Chinese demand fuels next U.S. shale boom; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 12, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: How Philadelphia Energy Solutions bet on accessible American crude–and lost; Devon selling Barnett Shale assets for $553M; Shell & Blackstone bid on BHP Billiton’s shale assets; Shell spending more on oil than gas for next two years; yet, long-term, Shell gas production will triple oil production by 2050; DOE spends $12M on natural gas vehicle engine research; shale oil defeating its skeptics; Saudis ink LNG deal with Shell; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 9, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: DRBC concludes shame hearings on frack ban with comedy routine; free program offers fast-track to join natgas industry; mobile oilfield learning unit comes to NEPA; goodbye radicalized Trout Unlimited; industry eagerly waits for WV gov to sign co-tenancy bill into law; North American shale growth faces setbacks; US shale revolution helps other countries with energy security; Saudis give shale a try; Chevron joins Shell in predicting LNG shortage by 2025; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 8, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: New CNG buses arrive in Lycoming County, PA; labor union teams up with Virginia college to train pipeline workers; IEA says Shell PA cracker part of new wave of domestic petchem dominance; how the left’s deranged climate change lawsuits make all American’s pay; anti-Exxon “researcher” lashes out after being criticized in new study; energy investors dump renewables, put money in fossil fuels; ConocoPhillips didn’t “drill their brains out” like shale companies did; major second wave of U.S. fracking about to be unleashed; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 7, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading: Atlantic Sunrise Pipe gives $10K to Lycoming College; Athens, OH frack ban charter now in hands of Appeals Court; Trump’s steel tariff doesn’t hurt oil & gas nearly as much as industry is saying; Wall Street wants to be paid–by drillers; oil from shale “resilient” at $50 according to Hess CEO; natgas storage math; moving tribute to natgas friend Nick Grealy; sorry OPEC–shale is about to turn a profit this year; U.S. emerging as India’s new energy partner; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 6, 2018”