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: Wayne Forest lease sales change lives with nearly $7M to date; WV’s Charlie Burd ‘Man of the Year’; Shell teaches kids about energy jobs; corrupt Cuomo colludes with other governors to fleece residents re climate change; PA’s traitorous Republican Senate rejects House no-severance tax budget; stealth boom in forgotten shale competes with Marcellus/Utica; US LNG exports continue to rise; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Sep 22, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: DRBC’s fracking ban is immoral AND illegal; ‘for sale’ sign out on Ultra Petroleum; OH rig count stays at 23; San Fran and Oakland go berserk, sue 5 oil companies for climate change; FERC holds first open meeting since quorum restored; Sen. Inhofe intros legislation to make FERC lead agency in pipeline approvals; US has way more natgas that estimates say; Big Oil gets greener, cuts emissions; Asian countries have big natgas reserves; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Sep 21, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Dump WV personal property tax on businesses to lure more gas power plants; PA Senate Repubs don’t like House budget, want a severance tax; OH first responders say o&g companies do good job with information; Haynesville Shale gas production hits 4-year high; lawsuit aims to block fracking on US land in Nevada; 2 new $400M power plants coming to Michigan; gas producers boost 2017 production outlook; how productive and efficient is US shale; final 2 FERC nominees due for full Senate vote; climate scientists admit their predictions on global warming are WRONG; Japan LNG imports down; India LNG imports down; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Sep 20, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: The best opportunity to keep WV’s bright young people in the state is O&G; North Dakota sets record natgas output in July; wastewater pipelines see big growth in Texas; BH rig count drops by 8 to 936; coal faces a gassy death in US; the new rock star of oil & gas is digitalization; potential scenarios for 2017-18 natgas market withdrawals; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Sep 19, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PTT Ohio cracker decision to come last quarter 2017; PA budget fight gets “personal” and regional; DRBC sitting on $30M in cash/investments; PA cracker will have big impact on Lawrence County; West Goshen still suing re Mariner East 2 pipeline; OH gas plants primed to seize King Coal’s crown; Belmont County cracker will benefit WV; NC regulators ask questions of Atlantic Coast Pipeline; Energy Dept. does quick turnaround, approves natgas export plant in record time; Trump may replace (not repeal) Clean Power Plan; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Sep 18, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Rover Pipeline sends more Marcellus/Utica shale gas west; Maryland antis hold public meeting to trash talk short pipeline under Potomac River; LNG exports picking up post-Hurricane Harvey; Sabal Trail pipeline operated safely through Hurricane Irma; Texas frac sand in demand; House votes to block funding for Obama EPA methane rule; we’re hitting the “golden age” of natgas; Canadians strike back against U.S. shale; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Sep 15, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Mountain Valley Pipe sidetracked, but still needed; ODNR issues 16 permits in OH Utica; Delco RINOs push severance tax; Okla. earthquakes blamed on fracking in new lawsuit; Gulf Coast energy hub “too important to fail”; Big Tech enters energy markets; natgas storage on track to be full by end of Nov.; climate kook Michael Mann shrieks at “inhuman cretins” who don’t believe has he does; Europeans approve new natgas security rules; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Sep 14, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PA budget noose tightens, House working on plan, “moderate” Repubs still want severance tax; first Rover flow volumes sign of growth in Appalachia; NY’s stand against pipelines puts fate of projects in doubt; Plum, PA frack wastewater plant to get hearing; idiot anti-fracking protesters end up protesting at wrong house; climate changers admit natgas, not renewables, biggest factor in emissions decline; Schlumberger gets into the production business; White House nominates new PHMSA administrator; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Sep 13, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: WVU president says WV should be proud of Marcellus/Utica; “massive” OH anti-fracking rallies draw 47 people; WV Sen. Manchin sings the praises of PA cracker plant; if going 100% renewable is so great, why is California doing it via backroom deals; US gas rig count rises as drillers return to shale; Harvey & Irma’s impact on energy operations; Cheniere floats $1B in notes; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Sep 12, 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 natgas helps lead the shale revolution; what are Cabot’s key strategies for 2017/2018; NY natgas producers sent pack in shift to ‘clean energy’; weekend rally against Mariner East 2 doesn’t amount to much; ethane storage hub location could come down to politics; Yale’s fracking investments; US shale producers a great place to invest; recent court ruling may impede new gas pipelines; Senate picks up the pace on confirming more Trump energy nominees; the connection between Sierra Club and Russian money; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Sep 11, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Eclipse Resources’ Utica super laterals drive drilling costs down; Constitution Pipeline partners want federal ruling reversed; CONSOL begins $200M stock buyback; WV welcomes US Methanol; MVP withdraws request to use storage yard; Illinois discriminates against natural gas as power source; Virginia natgas plant pumps out electricity 24/7; EPA employment shrinks under Trump; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Sep 8, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Is William Penn Foundation planning a DRBC frack ban?; former White House press sec. Sean Spicer to speak at Shale Insight; WV economic growth happening thx to oil and gas; Tellurian buys Haynesville shale assets; how the US took a surgical knife to OPEC; 3-dimensional array fracking; state of global shale; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Sep 7, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Dominion handing out another $1M to community groups, apply now; Jana Partners continues to badmouth EQT-Rice deal; FERC gives OK for Cove Point to test LNG facility; PA rig count goes up by 1; former CONSOL exec tapped for federal fuel office; gross gas output climbs; how American fracking ran OPEC’s oil recovery off the rails; Evolution Engineering attracts investor; Western Australia bans fracking; China becomes world’s 3rd largest shale producer; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Sep 6, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Hurricane Harvey highlights over-reliance on Gulf; NY freezing out Marcellus natgas infrastructure; former Sec. DEP Quigley lands at Harrisburg U; DEP air emission report based on formulas, not samples; Illinois begins to frack; 10% of US fracking delayed due to Harvey; storm’s impact on natgas prices; US DOE wants to speed up approvals of small-scale LNG export plants; natgas to become world’s primary energy source by 2035; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Sep 5, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: 12 permits issued in OH Utica; OH pipelines pump up Wooster Airgas; landowners advised to document (with pics) pipeline impacts; natgas plant vital for Rhode Island; o&g industry fuels…Florida?!…with jobs and revenue; after Harvey, attention turns to Houston petchem infrastructure; oil demand is growing nearly everywhere worldwide; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Sep 1, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: High price of energy political correctness in NY; PA natgas industry misrepresented by antis; FERC denies request to half KM’s Connecticut Expansion project thru Otis State Forest; Louisiana leading the way in LNG; Harvey’s impact on the energy market substantial; Harvey to disrupt energy markets around the world; shale fracking frenzy cools in Canada; Mexico publishes first natgas price index; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Aug 31, 2017”