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: 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”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Enormous economic potential with Appalachian storage hub; Marcellus/Utica pipelines to the Southeast; energy strategy demands tri-state accord; drilling boost property taxes in Columbiana County; PA GOP gov candidate pledges no severance tax; CNG poisted to become more readily available; NGL ‘inflection point’ in WV; Senate hearing for FERC nominees this week; BH rig count climbs for 18th straight week; the great US oil export boom; EPA sets aside $12M for employee buyout scheme; Netherlands gets first US LNG cargo; OPEC net oil revenues lowest since 2004. Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Mon, May 22, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Dominion’s Cove Point LNG project now 89% done; Pilgrim Pipeline foes try to get law passed against it; WNF lease sales generate $1.75M for OH communities–so far; FirstEnergy nuke hearings in OH House suspended; Philly refineries hit hard times, again; court suspends litigation over EPA methane rule; Halliburton says company hiking prices “significantly”; after $500B and four decades, Energy Dept. doesn’t have much to show; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Fri, May 19, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: Dead-end NY can’t create any jobs Upstate following frack ban; big air quality improvements coming to OH, thx to fracking; oil production in Utica shows modest increase; Air Products may shut down Luzerne County LNG manufacturing plant; Bob Huggins to highlight Shale Crescent USA event; WV nixes enviro group’s appeal of Mountain Valley pipe permit; Virginia gov targets power plant emissions; change at the top of Halliburton; former FERC attorneys say it’s time to drop NAVs; US shale oil will grow, even at $40/barrel; Trinidad production drops 8% in March; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Thu, May 18, 2017”

The “best of the rest” – stories that caught MDN’s eye that you may be interested in reading. In today’s lineup: FirstEnergy continues quest to become re-regulated; Belmont County holds mock well pad spill exercise; NEXUS Pipeline donates $50K to Stark State; Mt. Pleasant finds fracktivist testimony “not credible”; DTE quest to cut carbon emissions includes ramp up in natgas; pipelines are not scary; big data comes to O&G; US shale drillers have NOT yet won the war against OPEC; and more! Read More “Marcellus & Utica Shale Story Links: Wed, May 17, 2017”