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: Youngstown City Council votes today on anti-fracking charter amendment; rig count steady in Ohio Utica; Kinder Morgan pipe expansion in Connecticut topic of public hearing; antis flood Virginia gov with form letters opposing pipelines; BHP quits the shale business; red flag for US shale; Microsoft and Halliburton team up; PHMSA should play more active role in natgas pipelines; China’s LNG imports double; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Aug 23, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: 2nd Circuit decision may not mark the end of the Constitution Pipeline after all; OH Gov Kasich not backing nuclear bailout; Indiana PA Chamber goes to Louisiana, has eyes opened re petchem; WV Congressman advocates for ethane storage; new chief of staff at FERC; the Golden Age of natgas; peak oil demand, again; electric vehicle prospects; first LNG cargo reaches Lithuania; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Aug 22, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Did Gov. Wolf’s natgas tax scare away a huge manufacturer from Taiwan; fracking jobs for coal miners ‘elusive’; NC ninny nannies come out to dis Atlantic Coast Pipeline; FERC chairman wants to “properly” compensate coal & nuclear; history of US shale oil/gas began in 1825; Citi says oil prices likely $40-$60 for next 5 years; solving the GOR problem; when will Mexico begin fracking; Mideast oil pricier than US oil for India; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Aug 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 permits resume rise in July; Shell cracker plant’s reach impacting OH; NJ tries to screw-up oil trains shipments with onerous bill; teaching old Dog Anadarko Basin some new shale tricks; the Permian Basin will provide oil “indefinitely”; Weather Channel founder says there is no man-made global warming; Deloitte predicts pause in growth of demand for natgas in US; Henry Hub emerges as global natgas benchmark price; Waste Management opens 100th natgas fueling station; Trump looking for new head for EIA; UK begins fracking its first shale well; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Aug 18, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Is Range Resources takeover bait?; Talen Energy relocates HQ; Rice Energy accused of not paying overtime; Shell cracker lauded by national leaders; demand for energy lawyers picks up in Pittsburgh; natgas industry comes to the rescue in WV flood; shale will beat OPEC because drillers can now profit at $40; Sierra Club sues Energy Dept over grid study; automation the key to future of o&g; manufacturers oppose Trump’s push for LNG exports; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Aug 17, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Prepping for Rover, ETP asks FERC for permission to start up Panhandle, Trunkline projects; EQT Foundation awards $4M in 2017 so far; NY refusal to OK natgas infrastructure hurting economy; engineering firm Aecom in the market for a new Pittsburgh office; Cabot adds 2 new board members; Penn Virginia names John Brooks as CEO; LNG exports reach 310 Bcf in 1H17; peak oil and peak demand two different animals; why Blackstone invested $7B in natural gas; first LNG cargo on way to Lithuania; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Aug 16, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Appalachinan Basin provides economic boost to northeastern US; Delaware Riverkeeper blithely ignores the rules; Monroe County, OH Chamber preps for economic growth from o&g; pipelines and coal mines intersect under Hare Krishna shrines in WV; update on Sabine Pass LNG exports; the myth of natgas as a bridging fuel; Chesapeake stocks down 41% this year; Mexico becoming biggest export market for US energy; Cheniere opens office in China to attract more LNG deals; China expanding shale drilling; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Aug 15, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Plum injection well makes Murrsyville nervous; pipeline could bring 100,000 barrels of Canadian crude to Maine port; US shale output keeps rising; the good news about high US oil imports; Baltic states push for joint LNG market; battery waste big problem with electric cars; OPEC beginning to panic; criminal tactics on the rise against pipelines; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Aug 14, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Will shareholders vote ‘yes’ on EQT/Rice merger?; no drilling mud reached Canton, OH water supply; Utica Shale counties show highest income growth in OH; Bowling Green charter amendment to ban fossil fuel infrastructure in trouble; judge tells Vermont AG to hand over email in anti-Exxon case; Indians want Dakota pipeline shut down; EPA casts doubt on climate change threat; NYT admits faking climate change article; cronyism rampant in Obama Energy Dept.; shale oil breakeven price is $50; ‘Keep it in the Ground’ is not the green option; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Aug 11, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Report says Northern Access Pipe won’t hurt wildlife; IOGA WV names new president; Bechtel completes Driftwood LNG study; is Shell’s “lower oil price forever” sentiment unrealistic; new WOTUS rule will provide clarity says EPA; Dear Millennials – Big Oil is not the enemy; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Aug 10, 2017”

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”