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: 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”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PSEG shuts down its last coal plant; Marcellus merry-go-round; PA rig count jumps by 2 in May; Shale Crescent movement a lesson in teamwork; self-driving drilling rigs will arrive sooner than self-driving cars; big rigs pave way for 2nd shale boom; LA Times refuses to tell the truth re anti-Exxon campaign; “shaken” OPEC wants to work with shale oil producers; July 1st key date in Mexico natgas market; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, May 31, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Marcellus/Utica pipeline takeaway projects to the Gulf Coast; Fracking loses a friend, Edward Allees; Shell buys another 1.5 miles of leases for ethane pipe; PA legislators “demand” severance tax; Chemical Safety Board investigates Barbour County explosion at mercaptan facility; GOP Senators tell Trump to dump Paris climate deal; why consensus on energy policy IS possible; OPEC decides to extend production cuts into 2018; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, May 30, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: DPS Land Services endows scholarship for WVU; new record for completion time/frac intensity in Eagle Ford; Venture Global LNG brings in more cash for projects; Congress considers laws to counter ‘sue-and-settle’ by Big Green groups; private equity using new strategy in o&g; WV AG leads coalition urging Trump to dump Paris climate deal; OPEC isn’t dead yet (unfortunately); and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, May 26, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: PJM capacity auction reflects impact of cheap Marcellus/Utica gas; Vinton County, OH quake probably not fracking-related, state says; grant for CNG trucks in Trumbull County; what Chesapeake is cooking up in the Haynesville Shale; how American shale drillers flipped OPEC’s script; infrastructure for affordable energy; has Strategic Petroleum Reserve outlived its usefulness?; ‘gas apocalypse’ looms amid power plant construction boom; OPEC considers cutting production again; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, May 25, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Eclipse thrives despite industry downturn; NJ State employee retirement fund invests $409K in Southwestern Energy; data doesn’t support anti claims of asthma issues in PA Marcellus; frack ban debated in frackless Massachusetts; tiny county in Texas richest in America–thx to fracking; US/OPEC oil war takes another turn; Cheniere’s place in the global LNG market; drillers return to profitability; industry works on automated drilling; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, May 24, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: States push for stronger oil train limits; o&g industry update coming for Jefferson County, OH; Utica Shale Academy talks about the future; PennEast Pipeline needed for Blue Mountain Resort; Consumers Energy spending $440M on natgas pipe upgrades in Michigan; tribes drop lawsuit against Dakota Access Pipeline; frac sand prices; petroleum demand keeps going up; Aramco signs $50 billion in deals with US companies; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, May 23, 2017”