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: Washington County, PA neighbors as judge to nix Range well; lawsuit against Cabot O&G in WV claims pipeline negligently maintained; Atlantic Coast Pipe picks up support from NC leaders; Mountain Valley Pipe pro & con sound off at VA public meeting; Sabine Pass brings on another LNG train; US natgas exports exceeding imports; more fake news from NYT re “secret” climate report; Germany says US LNG too expensive, lobbies for alternatives; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Aug 9, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Natgas producers drilling longer wells in Marcellus/Utica; what the new FERC quorum means for Marcellus/Utica; Upstate NY dying as antis hold up pipelines; natgas efficiency improvements ‘terrifying’; Trump files official notice to withdraw from Paris climate deal; news media finally wakes up and notices Trump is getting a lot done–in energy; peak oil demand fantasy; EPA resignation facts; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Aug 8, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Earthworks uses fossil fuels to travel from California to Ohio for a stop fossil fuels rally with 15 people; next BLM Wayne National Forest auction set for Sept.; 9 natgas facts you should know; what’s missing from 100% renewables debate; canceled LNG project hurts Canada’s biggest shale play; Germany hurting Ukraine re Russian pipeline; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Aug 7, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Chambersburg, PA natgas utility one of the best in the country; Gov. Wolf says pipelines necessary to “live the life we want”; Gov. Wolf postures and wastes time while DEP permits languish; pipeline vet named as EQT’s new midstream president; residents push back against natgas pipeline in Chesapeake, VA; Caudrilla’s early-hour rig move incenses fooled antis; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Aug 4, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: NY politicians don’t let facts on fracking stand in way of ignorance; rig count rises in OH Utica; class-action lawsuit against Range Resources over wages; Atlantic Coast Pipeline debated at WV DEP hearing; WV Northern Panhandle needs more roads for natgas growth; Weymouth, Mass. compressor station badly needed; Pioneer gets more gas than expected from Permian; scientists use big data in hunt for oil/gas; Japan’s LNG imports expected to drop in 2 years; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Aug 3, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Analysts, investors, landowners all look for signs of Utica Shale revival; Bayesville (OH) developing plan to protect source water with power plant coming online; OH pipelines pump up Airgas; OH Supreme Court rules in lease case; Shell warehouse in Hopewell to employ 200 beginning next year; Wilmington (PA) supervisors approve gas drilling ordinance; the PA Senate’s budget farce; WVDEP hosts public hearing on Atlantic Coast Pipeline; state and local governments pledge to shackle their economies in name of global warming Paris agreement; court tells EPA to enforce Obama disastrous methane rule; American-made plastic making a comeback; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Aug 2, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Oil & gas commission in Ohio full of vacancies; don’t balance PA’s budget on the backs of Marcellus drillers; pipeliners in WV must follow the rules; new bill in Congress aims to expedite LNG approvals; shale oil drilling will finally money, in 2020; Cheniere said to be chilling gas in fourth plant; Australia weather bureau caught tampering with climate numbers; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Aug 1, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: More gas pipelines needed in OH for jobs, America’s energy future; Shell construction spawns 55 new jobs at concrete plant; Delaware Riverkeeper’s personal de-growth agenda; WV Northern Panhandle leads in production; NJ utilities upgrading thousands of miles of natgas pipelines; FL community switches to natgas garbage trucks; shale oil drillers scaling back some; will ‘lower for longer’ turn into ‘lower forever’?; radicals prepare to fight fracking in Quebec; Shell axing 400 jobs in Netherlands; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jul 31, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Youngstown spent $187K so far on 6 failed anti-fracking ballot measures; PA mystery – where’s the fracking pollution?; outside interest in Wheeling WV picks up, thx to shale; battle rages for Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Virginia; pipeline approvals pile up at FERC; drillers begin to slash drilling budgets; US fracking “devastates” Canada; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jul 28, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Can Marcellus continue to fuel big profits for drillers in 2Q17; update on natgas pipelines into New York City; rig count rises to 26 in OH Utica; enough of the nunsense; compressor station saga in Rehoboth, MA; regulators approve $150M expansion of North Dakota natgas plant; Energy Transfer’s pipeline problems getting worse; EIA Drilling report misleading the market?; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jul 27, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: World’s first ‘transparent’ shale well operating in Morgantown, WV; natgas production up 13th straight year in WV; can Millstone nuke plant survive natgas; shortage of fracking crews slows the shale boom; frac sand demand breaking records; 2 important signs that shale growth is slowing; coming squeeze for shale oil drillers; #ExxonKnew fakers have a new hashtag: #UtilitiesKnew; Pittsburgh Tribune-Review fail in publishing “fracking kills” letter; Russian collusion with ecofascists; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jul 26, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment revisited; Butler County 3rd in SWPA for natgas production; corp raiders target NRG Energy; Trump names more nominees to EPA; electric vehicles are unsustainable (without subsidies); Schlumberger looks to take a bite out of Wall Street’s lunch; Halliburton back in the black; low oil prices pressure OPEC; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jul 25, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Northeast gas output pressures prices; update of southeast power market pipeline projects; American-made pipeline plan heads to Trump’s desk; natgas vs nuclear subsidies; Boone Pickens in poor health; jobs coming back in the oilfield after years of decline; taking politics out of pipeline decisions; US and Russia battling to dominate European gas market; will US LNG find a market in Asia?; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jul 24, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: MPLX’s expanded plan for piping Marcellus/Utica NGLs; Vermont clamps down on windmills; gas industry worried that Trump push for coal may affect gas-fired plants; US House votes to streamline pipeline reviews; why Millenials won’t work in the oil patch; America needs more pipelines; the EPA is everywhere; LNG drives US energy dominance; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jul 21, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Bringing jobs back to America’s “forgotten communities”; Lebanon County, PA zoning board denies anti challenge to Mariner East 1; WVNCC hosts oil & gas seminars next week; business and labor groups join hands to support Atlantic Coast Pipeline; Enterprise Products prevails in federal court against Energy Transfer Partners; NOAA admits methane emissions coming from cows, not fossil fuels; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jul 20, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Court case against nuke subsidies in NY still pending; 10 Utica permits issued last week in OH; oil & gas production goes up in the Utica; Gov. Wolf’s severance tax targets job creators; White House has ‘comforting’ message on energy exports; one analyst sees wild ride ahead for natgas prices; US ethane supplies will be “strained”; Canada late to the table with LNG exports; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jul 19, 2017”