Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Keystone XL pipe construction to begin next year; forward gas prices key to keeping Haynesville recovery alive; Patterson-UTI Energy announces closing on $525M in notes; Congress wants to give FERC final say on natgas exports; China boosts LNG imports ahead of next cold snap; Venezuela’s oil industry is done for; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jan 22, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: 6 permits issued in Utica Shale; fossil fuel divestment is a costly, empty gesture for NY; a tale of two river basins; Jessup Borough hires radical lawyer to review power plant project; New England electric generators burned 2M brels of oil in 15 days; Scott Pruitt aims to accelerate efforts to remake EPA; new strategy for pipeline cos – bigger pipes; OPEC frets about new flood of U.S. oil; EIA says U.S. fossil fuel production to hit new records in 2018 & 2019; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jan 19, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Ohio firefighters take part in Utica training program; New Englanders have only themselves to blame for spike in energy prices; North Dakota cuts back oil output due to gas flaring; shale oil output poised to pass 6.5 million barrels in February; oil prices in trouble?; API president Jack Gerard stepping down; Quantum forms new PetroLogistics II; natgas processing economics; the challenge at EPA is deeper than policy; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jan 18, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PA drilling continues momentum in new year; OOGA looking for new executive VP; Range Resources donates $75K to Washington County; Enerplus announces 4Q Marcellus production numbers; U.S. oil and gas so hot they’re running out of workers; GOP looks to overhaul natgas, utility laws; Hess cutting hundreds of workers thx to pressure from corporate raider; Canadian natgas industry a “sad story”; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jan 17, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Blasting for Atlantic Sunrise Pipe; heding keeps M-U natgas production flowing; construction to begin on Mid-Ohio Valley compressor stations; NYC mayor adopts Cuomo playbook on o&g industry; DRBC in high stakes game of high-tech colonialism; science replaces art in oil drilling; U.S. withdrew record amount of natgas during cold snap; carbon capture hopes & questions; renewable power not the only solution to energy poverty; Japan natgas prices hit 2-year high; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jan 16, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Chemical leak at Derry gas well spreads odor for miles; seminar in Belmont County gives info on o&g royalties; Trumbull County hoping for CNG filling station; de Blasio’s bogus war on fossil fuels; Upstate NY shrinks as Andy cuts off pipeline lifelines; cold snap leads to biggest U.S. natgas draw ever; forecasters missed East Coast deep freeze; oil heading for $80?; Nova Scotia shale gas deposits “to large” to ignore; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jan 12, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Gas operation job fair in Zanesville Jan 18; Blair County using $80K of Marcellus money to preserve farmland; Norfolk delays decision (again) on Atlantic Coast Pipe request to run under reservoir; LNG exports expected to increase by 1 Bcf/d in 2018; Baker Hughes had a bad year in 2017; trips of LNG going through Panama Canal spike up; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jan 11, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Interview with CRSD’s Susan LeGros; NY Gov. Cuomo’s latest energy proposals try to cut down natgas; rig count stands at 21 in OH Utica; Arctic blast send natgas prices through the roof in North Carolina; California municipalities may have committed securities fraud in targeting Exxon; corporate raider Carl Ichan still hassling SandRidge Energy; utilities cut rates, credit Trump tax reforms; Agility Gas gets patent for ethylene shipping on LNG carriers; Germany scraps 2020 climate change targets because they won’t meet them; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jan 10, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Dominion donates $1 million to charity; NY town to vote on law banning wind energy development; Woody Thrasher gets West Virginian of the Year award for China deal; what happens when you don’t build natgas pipelines?; six months later Dakota Access Pipe proves its value; still a shortage of frac services in shale; energy sector predictions for 2018; the “great crew change” coming in O&G; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jan 9, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Anti-fracking NY invests more retirement $ in fracker CNX Resources; soaring prices in NJ show need for PennEast Pipeline; hearing for Scranton-area power plant emissions credits; local freight railroad in NEPA breaks record, thx to shale industry; permits in OH and PA remain strong; pipeline debate renews in New England with world’s highest prices; CUmmins Wesport natgas engine gets approved; record U.S. gas demand due to cold weather & exports; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jan 8, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Natgas prices falling for some Ohioans despite arctic weather; Appalachian E&Ps work hard to fend off cold, keep the gas flowing; natgas hits record highs as cold bomb targets northeast; 8 more Utica permits in Ohio; New Mexico becomes nation’s #3 oil producer thx to shale; U.S. is on the cusp of becoming an “energy superpower”; bitcoins to BTUs, cryptocurrency’s impact on natgas; China set to top Japan as world’s biggest natgas importer; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jan 5, 2018”

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Cabot O&G boosts dividend 20%; federal repeal of fracking regs has little to no effect on PA; brutal cold to plunge natgas storage levels way below normal; deep freeze creates heating squeeze; polar blast may lead to late-winter shortages of natgas; America may become king of oil for the world in 2018; crude oil price surges past $61/barrel; China’s largest shale gas field production hits record high in 2017; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jan 4, 2018”

We have a really big “best of the rest” today – stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Lawyer asks PA Supreme Court to ride roughshod over Commonwealth Court; Atlantic Coast Pipeline inched closer in 2017; power plants bloom even as electricity prices wilt; the U.S. just burned the most natural gas–ever; Gulfport Energy gets a new COO; cold temps test natgas market; Jim Cramer’s energy picks for 2018; are longer laterals the best option; OPEC deal didn’t stop Russia from record oil production in 2017; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jan 3, 2018”

We have a really big “best of the rest” today – stories that caught MDN’s eye over the break that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: New regional director for PA DEP’s southwest office; Ohio energy industry watching effects of federal tax change on the Utica; new year, new development in Clinton County, PA; pipeline work in Lebanon County resumes following drilling mud spill; Marathon Pipe takes next step to reverse pipeline from Illinois to Louisiana; FERC advances Driftwood LNG project; US midstream companies to prosper in 2018; India to beat China in LPG demand; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jan 2, 2018”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: MSC president has ‘cautious optimism’ for 2018; natgas prices for consumers decline sharply in WV over last 10 years; anniversary of Gov. Cuomo’s Upstate choke hold; NY wants to evict oil tank rail cars; Cheniere’s Corpus Cristi LNG export plant 77% done; surge in US shale hedging will boost drilling in ’18; tax reform benefits energy markets big; Saudi Arabia shopping for US shale assets; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Dec 21, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: OH Utica Shale counties to watch in 2018–Belmont & Jefferson; Rover Pipe donates to first responders; Atlantic Sunrise donates mountain of toys to Toys 4 Tots; Florida considering new gas-fired power plant; Duke gas-fired turbine gets NC approval; Utah’s cleanest natgas power plant comes online; Big Green sues Trump admin re delay of methane rule; Wall Street returns to funding shale; plenty of opportunities to invest in midstream in 2018; the next oil price collapse; France to end all oil & gas production by 2040; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Dec 20, 2017”