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: Natgas prices heading lower post-2017 due to Marcellus/Utica; board turnover at Rice Energy; Dominion Cove Point introduces fuel gas into power block; Columbiana County tax revenues skyrocket thx to Utica; ODNR issues 23 Utica permits; PA Senate Majority leader not necessarily opposed to severance tax; Vermont AG caught refusing FOIA requests from those who don’t share his political views; oilfield jobs coming back; Exxon’s shale oil dilemma; more fake news from Columbia J-School; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Apr 11, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Why PA energy industry has not time to waste; cracker generating excitement in Beaver County; small ND town looks to create virtual natgas pipeline; ExxonKnew campaign tries to pedal more fake news; Cheniere will take all the gas it can get; why did frack sand stocks tumble in March; LNG suppliers propose flat rate pricing; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Apr 7, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Energy analysts call Maryland frack ban “symbolic”; are Atlantic Sunrise opponents just bullies; Vermont Supreme Court considering gas pipeline case; Trump’s failure to appoint FERC posts is hurting key pipeline projects; US energy consumption went up in 2016, even as coal generation went down; Qatar makes bold move to reassert grip on natgas market; Total opens 1st natgas fueling station in France–where they’ve banned fracking; China now top buyer of US crude; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Apr 6, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: US natgas storage capacity increased in 2016; US coal companies ask Trump to stay in Paris climate deal (huh?); the rigs just keep on a comin’; is natgas in the midsts of a boom and bust cycle; petroleum exports from US grow; cyber attack risk for o&g industry; Fox eats EPA’s Scott Pruitt, alive; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Apr 5, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: The implications of the Dimock verdict; Maryland Gov. Hogan’s “flexibility” on fracking; Gov. Cuomo pressures PSC to cover up clean energy costs; Supreme Court denies Trump effort to halt EPA water rule; Cheniere LNG export milestone; US shale – the new swing producer; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Apr 4, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Ethane cracker coming to TX won’t stop PTT cracker in OH; Ohio court rules royalty interests may be abandoned under DMA; pipelines are the safer way to transport; Shale Summit touts positive impacts; Cheniere’s Sabine Pass Train 3 ready; pipeline opposition is ideological, not rational; pretend conservatives for not-so-clean energy; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Apr 3, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Lawmaker wonders about impact of court ruling on strippers; Rostraver Twp (Westmoreland County) drafts Marcellus ordinance; manufacturers share game plan for SWPA at shale summit; Maine PUC rejects all LNG storage proposals; supply/demand scenarios for natgas injection season; President Trump’s exec order about more than just coal; don’t DIvest, INvest in fossil-fuel America; House votes to limit EPA to use real science; Mad Vlad Putin says Russia will become world’s top LNG producer; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Mar 31, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Federal judge keeps AG Schneiderman and #ExxonKnew on defense; Rover Pipeline makes progress in Belmont County; Shale Crescent hosts forum in Marietta; Utica Shale Academy joins forces with trade school re welding; anti group wants Shell to “study” cracker’s “enviro footprint”; shale oil drillers face uncertain 2018 with hedges expiring; using DNA in oil drilling; years-old Chesapeake bond lawsuit grinds on; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Mar 30, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Disturbing video shows OH antis out on the fringe; natgas will still beat coal in OH, even with Trump order; OH issues 9 permits for Utica last week; why is PA DEP shooting at gas pipes; o&g upswing energizing SW PA; Michigan Senate OKs higher weight limit for natgas trucks; the wealthiest oil & gas billionaires in the US; Dear Sierra Clubbers; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Mar 29, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: LNG storage tanks arrive in Jacksonville Port; oil now flowing under Missouri River via Dakota Access Pipeline; vapid actress Shailene Woodley pleads guilty to disorderly conduct charge related to Dakota Access “protest”; tech still the key in shale plays; nuke plants closing hit small towns hard; green groups promise violence to stop Keystone XL pipeline; US natgas exports to Mexico skyrocket, Mexicans worried about depending on gringos; LNG hub in Asia; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Mar 28, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Hogan’s frack ban will cost Maryland jobs, benefits; eastern OH sets bar for natgas production; natgas reemergence in the Haynesville Shale; US drillers add another 20 rigs last week; market implications of 2017 o&g recovery; NiSource COO retiring; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Mar 27, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: 7 permits issued last week in OH Utica; PA gov’s mixed signals on shale gas; US shale drillers leaving thousands of oil wells unfinished; State Dept. to approve Keystone XL pipeline; Chesapeake Energy’s liquidity matters; Trump plans to reverse Obama climate change policy; China’s LNG imports on the rise; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, Mar 24, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Maryland Senate panel OKs ban on fracking; NY AG’s private email history raises questions about anti-Exxon campaign; Ohio’s ad valorem tax positively impacts Guernsey County; Solebury Twp, PA takes steps to oppose PennEast Pipe; MarkWest establishes scholarship at WCCF; VA conservation agency puts new restrictions on Atlantic Coast Pipe; ICE to start trading first US LNG futures contract; Rex Tillerson says his wife convinced him to take Sec State job; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, Mar 23, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Fewer rigs, wells and less spending show in OH’s shale production for 2016; activists gather in Mass. to protest natural gas pipelines; Cheniere gets FERC permit to start Sabine Pass LNG Train 3; a new controversy over Dakota Access Pipeline – who will pay for protesters’ mess; conflict groups identify new boogeyman – pipelines; repeal of Obama drilling rule stalls in the Senate due to RINO dung; big oil’s plan to buy into shale; Saudis falter; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, Mar 22, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Harrison County, OH begins collecting ad valoreum tax on Utica wells for 2016; wacky enviro groups want Duke U to drop plans for clean-burning natgas plant; fuel pipeline from Chicago to Detroit goes online; Texas AG sues to block PHMSA natgas storage regs; Moody’s upgrades o&g sector in 2017; drillers, service firms may see surge of new IPOs in 2017; US crude oil production dropped last year; OPEC needs to restrain itself in 2018 like it is in 2017; low oil prices prove Obama wrong again; virtual gas pipelines; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Tue, Mar 21, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Range Resources hosts local students; oil, gas & the WV legislature; natgas line through Polk County, FL creates little fuss; using American shale as foreign policy tool; frack sand operators ebullient over demand; big draw down on propane supplies; federal o&g leases could pay for Republican health plan; drilling begins in Argentina shale; shale’s Mr. Fix-It: Saudi Arabia; Beijing shuts down last coal-fired power plant, switches to natgas; and more!
Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, Mar 20, 2017”