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: Appalachian NGL storage study nearing completion; Appalachian Basin takes center stage at Pittsburgh conference; Six well permits issued in Ohio’s Utica Shale; Fracking money has repaired bridges and saved farmland in Lancaster County; Sabal Trail adding pipeline capacity but not demand in Florida; Eighth major report finds water contamination from fracking ‘has not been observed’; U.S. pot growers use lots of fossil fuels, creates dilemma for hippie antis; Dems, greens press Trump administration on methane rewrites; Execs sought for federal pipeline advisory committees; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jun 22, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Record keeping essential to prove lack of production in paying quantities; Firefighter pursuing chemical disclosure law in OH; Shell executive: Safety of workers, contractors at forefront of cracker project; Another Steyer-bankrolled anti-fracking campaign falls apart, this time in Nevada; Time for shale’s loners to settle down; Young people unimpressed with O&G careers: EY poll; Why oil prices are plummeting; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jun 21, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: NY Supreme Court justice to AG Schneiderman: “You are wasting my time”; Rover pipeline fine will be used for work at Ashland County Courthouse; Bailout of 2 Ohio nuclear plants stalls in Statehouse; Shell project manager says cracker plant ‘will change forever Pittsburgh’; Trillium CNG opens CNG station in York, Pa.; Need for natural gas supply growing in New England; Haynesville slowdown highlights bearish natural gas outlook; Exxon’s shale drilling unit XTO shifting 1,600 jobs to Houston; Are Russia and the Saudis planning a natural gas cartel?; U.S. drillers are hammering OPEC’s plans; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jun 20, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Bombshell: NY AG Schneiderman used secret alternate email address while pursuing #ExxonKnew crusade; Mariner East 2 Pipeline construction underway in Lebanon County; Beaver County bucks statewide trend, will receive increased drilling impact fee money; Competition between coal and natural gas affects power markets; Natural gas’ path of least resistance; Shale efficiency has peaked… for now; Shell signs LNG deal with Qatar even as Arab countries cut ties to terrorist-funding country; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jun 19, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Antis strike out again in Ohio, “big” rally and march turn out to be a bust in Columbus; OH laborers report 4+ million hours of work last 16 months, thx to shale; some big investors pull back from Permian, fears of oversupply; US boosting LNG exports to Europe, new sanctions on Russia; how the nuclear meltdown is helping natgas producers; OPEC took aim at US producers, but shot itself instead; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jun 16, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Activists tell basin commissioners to ban drilling and fracking in the Delaware Watershed; EPA moves to halt Obama methane rule for two years; is shale productivity bumping up against its limits?; oil glut slows demand for shale-oil drilling; North American pipeline capacity crisis looms large; wind and solar in March accounted for 10% of U.S. electricity generation for first time; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jun 15, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: NH newspaper calls NY Attorney General Schneiderman a “rogue prosecutor” over Exxon witch hunt; rig count in Utica climbs to 27, and 8 new drilling permits issued; pipelines needed to get gas to market; demonstrators rally against Mariner East 2 pipeline; new tech getting more oil from early Bakken wells; race is on to export U.S. natgas; Trinidad gas supply shortage leads to job cuts; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jun 14, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Appalachia gas supply outlook vs. takeaway capacity; critics see Cuomo power play at the PSC; Beaver County developer buys 63 acres behind Beaver Valley Mall near Shell cracker site; ethane cracker tops Pennsylvania’s top construction projects; shale-oil boomtown climbs back from the bust; be happy that natural gas and fracking are here to stay; fracking says “You’re welcome, America” for low gasoline prices; Harold Hamm says American natgas is going to have “world impact”; Trump wants to boost natgas exports to India; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jun 13, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Stonewall Group receives Telly Award for Shale Crescent ad; Overheated anti-fossil fuel rhetoric fooling young people, says Blacklight researcher; Rick Perry: ‘First-ever’ natural gas exports offer hedge against Russia; The tyranny of the administrative state; Working gas in storage jumps by triple digits; Effort to crush shale producers only made them stronger; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jun 12, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Ohio testing drinking water wells near Rover Pipeline; OH voters reject bailouts for nuclear power; OH Utica well permits recover in May; PA Senate approves bill to promote more use of natgas vehicles; WV severance tax helping budget deficit; the next big U.S. shale play; Shell tanker diverted from Qatar roils LNG market; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jun 9, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: NJ electric & gas bills going down thx to Marcellus Shale; fossil fuel industry pushes back against divestment in NY; Nexus Pipeline hopes for speedy FERC approval; permitting up in OH Utica in May; 41 drilling permits issued in central PA; Arkansas jury hears royalty case against Southwestern Energy; gas-fired power plant planned in Minnesota; the global market for natgas has finally arrived; Shale 2.0 vs. OPEC 2.0; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jun 8, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Rig count in tri-state area down by one; NY AG witch hunt now says Exxon TOO alarmist on global warming; small O&G, pipeline companies push back against One Call expansion; public bus natural gas fueling station opens in Donora; Cheniere cleared to introduce gas to Sabine Pass LNG Train 4; analysis of FERC Form 552 data finds natgas trading volumes rose 4.4% in 2016 from 2015; U.S. drillers add oil rigs for record 20th week in a row. Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Jun 7, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Cuomo packs PSC with his own people; NYC Mayor de Blasio green philosophy – do as I say, not as I do; Chest Twp, PA reviews applications for gas well site; Sierra Club denies fracking science; NOAA study shines light on Obama-era methane research (way overblown); BlackRock buys energy infra franchise from First Reserve; US crude exports soar in Q1; old school gas sellers try new tricks to lure buyers; Qatar LNG shipments to Japan not affected by Arab boycott (so far); and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Jun 6, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Robert Mead named president of Appalachian chapter of NARO; WV leaders praise withdrawal from bad Paris climate deal; are “super rigs” the driver behind the new shale boom?; Sabine Pass LNG exports hit record high in May; what the pipeline industry needs to learn…and soon; fracking saves Americans $180B a year on gasoline; first commercial carbon-capture plant goes online–249,999 to go; Panama Canal Authority to raise rates on LNG ships; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Jun 5, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Rover and other Marcellus/Utica pipelines to the Midwest/Canada; boosting renewable energy sources in NY requires gas too; Blue Mountain lodge gets green light, but won’t build without PennEast Pipeline; PA pipeline fight could upend intl oil flows; new WV budget axes graduated severance tax for natgas; New England turns off its last big coal burning plant; lower 48 states gross natgas output drops; Dakota Access Pipeline now online and pumping; do proposed pipelines get enough review?; BP hits gas off Trinidad; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Jun 2, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Utica Shale well activity as of May 27; Noble Energy closing Southpointe office, 70 losing jobs; will Connecticut change the law to rebrand nuclear as “green energy”?; Williams floats $1.45B in new notes; offshore drillers are the coal miners of 2018; another source of oil starting to get cheap; oil prices on a slippery slope; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Jun 1, 2017”