Best of the Rest

The “best of the rest”–stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Six OH fractivists trash economic development; industry group touts assets in energy-rich OH; Clinton, PA commissioners look to future of natgas; Shale Support opens new Louisiana rail terminal for shale industry; Permian Basin is ‘Saudi Texas’; Chesapeake stock plunges after flat production outlook; U.S. electric mix depends on the price of natgas; big talk at City Hall can’t replace fossil fuels; energy stocks hit hard; oil world turns upside down as U.S. exports oil to Middle East; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Feb 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: Gas well drilling shifts to southwest PA, number of wells grows; midstream outlook in northeast brighter than ever; MarkWest offers $5.5B in new debt to investors; WV severance tax collections go up; Exxon wraps up construction on Gulf Coast cracker; Connecticut pays highest electric rates in lower 48 states; Groundhog Day in natgas; Halliburton takes Schlumberger to court over patents; the Polar Vortex & natgas; shale drilling in British Columbia; and more!
Read More “Other Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Feb 7, 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: Northeast becomes net exporter of natgas to Canada; New Hampshire blocks electric line to Massachusetts; fracking comes with risks, but also benefits; the outlook for condensate looks brighter; Hess posts 13th quarterly loss, tangles with corporate raider; China surpassed US as world’s largest crude oil importer in 2017; Canadian natural gas disaster; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Feb 6, 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: Sham DRBC hearings don’t really count, NJ gov said so; epic U.S. energy boom cruises on by New England; the Bakken rises again; another Dakota Access Pipeline extremist goes to jail; WTI to begin replacing Brent as worldwide oil benchmark?; shale oil gaining global market share; oil industry missing opportunity with Trump tax cuts; Japan LNG imports hit 5-year high; Russia tops U.S. in global energy company rankings; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Feb 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: H&H offers public tours of Penn Twp well pad; NJ governor supports DRBC frack ban; homeowners in new development totally unaware of Shell ethane pipeline coming through; officials say road projects, Marcellus Shale, energizing WV; why natgas prices just tanked; US crude oil production hits 10M barrels, highest since 1970!; did frackers just hit a capitulation boom; four trading houses shake up LNG industry; South Africa may turn into major new market for US natgas; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Feb 2, 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: Big Green groups want “more time” to “review” Shell ethane pipeline plans; natgas industry helps rescue Nicholson from ice jam; Enterprise building ethylene export terminal on Gulf Coast; ND Bakken shale oil field “stronger than ever”; Exxon tripling its bet on the Permian; new study in “Nature” magazine pokes another gaping hole in climate change theory; drilling costs rise as rig counts climb; Trump’s State of the Union for energy; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Feb 1, 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: Westmoreland transit growing fleet of natgas buses; Warren County discusses distribution of Act 13 funds; Washington State looks to ban fracking for 10 years; FERC faces complications with new Trump tax cut; why is shale still not profitable; Sierra Club finally drops opposition to Sabine Pass LNG exports; fracked horizontal wells vast majority of new wells drilled; battling weather models; Canadian battle for U.S. gas markets; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jan 31, 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: Roanoke County officials field questions about Mountain Valley Pipe construction; Carroll County gas-fired plant now up and running; Chambersburg, PA gas-fired power plant gets new owner; natgas market update for end of January; cold snap heats up natgas prices; midstream elephants on parade; open letter to EPA’s retired Gina McCarthy; rig count goes up; UK natgas production goes down; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jan 30, 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-fired power plants on the rise in PA; PA Senate Dems introduce bill to cut mythical global warming by 30% by 2025; the TX fracker that cracked the shale code; challenges in funding U.S. shale boom 2.0; NYC Mayor de Blasio admits he’s trying to destroy the fossil fuel industry; DOE Sec. Rick Perry says U.S. shale will not hurt global prices in 2018; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jan 29, 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: Chevron gives $630,000 for workforce dev programs in PA, WV, OH; PA Senate meeting to consider resolution to end state forest drilling moratorium; re-write of Oil & Gas Act for conventional drillers; Range Resources stock price plunges after 5-year outlook released; highlights from WV IOGA winter meeting; New England to lean more on natgas as coal ends in 2025; cold weather heats up natgas market; they aren’t drilling shale wells like they used to; an unsolvable natural gas dilemma; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jan 26, 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: Water truck driver dead after tanker truck crash in WV; trouble at the top of Linde Corp; Dela. County looks into risk assessment study for ME2 pipe; NETL in step with Trump; Colorado joining NY and CA in suing big oil; more electric cars mean more coal and natgas; shale oil myth – US flooding the world with condensate; the world’s most critical pipeline; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jan 25, 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: Lower Burrell to be “thumped” to test for natgas fracking sites; Rex Energy appoints new CFO; January cold weather affects electric generation mix in Northeast; Oklahoma drilling accident deadliest since start of shale boom; water supply shortage limits Sabine Pass LNG export operation; private equity investment going up for o&g; the rigs no one is watching; Singapore’s rising natgas ambitions; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jan 24, 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: Eclipse closes on Utica acreage in PA; WV business jazzed about Chinese investment; WV college invests $4.7M in program for shale industry; DRBC frack ban hearings (i.e. circus freak shows) begin this week; NFG being hassled by corporate raider; 5 missing, 12 injured in big gas well explosion in Oklahoma; frackers could make more money than ever in 2018; evolution of the midstream sector; China now world’s #2 LNG importer; Saudis cozying up to the Russians; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jan 23, 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: 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”