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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Dominion Energy awards grants to 352 nonprofits across multiple states; US natgas prices at Waha hub in Texas fall into negative territory; Venture Global exported record LNG in Q1; NATIONAL: CFACT’s Myers challenges BlackRock’s board on ESG; Backlog for natural gas turbines expands on surging demand, supply constraints; INTERNATIONAL: Oil ends higher after volatile day; Spain boosts gas power to secure grid after blackout; UK, EU agree to link carbon markets in post-Brexit reset; A new IEA report and the Iberian blackout end dreams of an ‘energy transition’; China has secretly installed kill switches in solar panels sold to the West; EU faces extra €10bn bill to refill gas stores after cold winter. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, May 20, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Occidental, UAE’s ADNOC to explore JV to develop South Texas direct air capture hub; As the federal government abandons the climate fantasy, New York doubles down; NATIONAL: Natural gas retreats amid repeated substantial injections, EBW analyst says; DOE cuts off $89 million Harvard grant amid stand-off with Trump; Trump can end the World Bank’s climate hypocrisy; Mile high Marxist Bernie Sanders proves there is no climate emergency; Wasting away in wind-and-solarville; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ did not lift production to kill the oil price, SEB says; China fossil fuels production retreats from record levels. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, May 19, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gov. Shapiro’s “Lightning Plan” tax credit, community energy pass PA House; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NE needs natural gas, Dems block it; NATIONAL: A fraction of proposed data centers will get built; Storage build pressures natural gas futures; Natural gas price forecast – decline deepens after breaking key support levels; Energy private equity patiently waits to pounce and lead the next wave of oil and gas M&A; What will Republican defenders of the IRA do now?; INTERNATIONAL: Legislation for Great British Energy passes through Parliament; Oil slips as Trump eyes Iran deal; Russia oil export revenue at lowest since 2023 as prices slump; EIA forecasts world oil consumption growth to slow amid less economic activity. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, May 16, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Cleveland-Cliffs shifts away from hydrogen project at Ohio steel mill; NATIONAL: U.S. electricity prices continue steady increase; Bearish storage build, weak demand weigh on market as natural gas futures crater; As hydrogen market evolves, best uses will focus on cost, sustainability; Liability for climate change – an inequitable economic disaster; US to speed up oil and gas land parcel reviews for federal leasing; Why the proposed “phaseout” of IRA subsidies is unacceptable; INTERNATIONAL: Crude slips after inventory surge; Aramco pens $90B deals with US companies; OPEC+ makes careful start to supply revival; Europe will struggle to wean itself off Russian gas; BP’s chief U.S. economist worries China is winning the global energy war; GALACTIC: Webb’s Titan forecast – partly cloudy with occasional methane showers. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, May 15, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: EPA terminates $15M climate justice grant to Pittsburgh and Philly non-profits; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Aramco in talks with Woodside for Louisiana LNG stake; New York and New Jersey need natural gas; Could Trump make it easier for DTE to build natural gas plants?; NATIONAL: S&P Global says USA crude oil production now expected to decline in 2026; After more than a decade of little change, U.S. electricity consumption rising again; US oil output has peaked, but don’t expect a rapid decline; U.S. LNG feedgas demand dropped due to maintenance and outages; Navigating the diverging landscape of climate disclosure laws; INTERNATIONAL: Crude rebounds over 11% from lows; President Trump visits Saudi Arabia. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, May 14, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA DEP issues RFP for abandoned O&G well plugging services; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Equinor weighs killing NY wind farm after White House visit; CIP to invest $500 million in BKV CCUS projects; Colorado Supreme Court allows Boulder to sue Exxon, Suncor over climate change; NATIONAL: Oil prices rise on eased trade tensions; Why is the USA natural gas price rising?; Trump proposes slashing DOE budget by $19.3B; JP Morgan says oil demand in early May ‘indicates tepid YoY growth’; Natgas price heats up as futures rally on warmer weather outlook; INTERNATIONAL: Shell profit beats expectations, buybacks kept steady; BP-Shell megadeal would create European rival to Exxon Mobil; After Spain’s blackout, questions about renewable energy are back; Ukrainian parliament ratifies natural resources deal with USA; US, Russia explore ways to restore Russian gas flows to Europe, sources say. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, May 13, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Shell’s chemical division, including Monaca, poised for rebound; Nighttime flaring at Shell plastics plant lit up Beaver County ‘like dawn’; 34 organizations sign letter urging Pa. to adopt measures to protect against shale drilling; Pennsylvania weighs how to manage power-hungry data centers; Shale coalition leader knows the drill, advocates for it; GOP lawmakers, energy stakeholders push for natural gas expansion to boost jobs, bolster grid; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Mass. orders utilities to spend less ratepayer money on natural gas pipelines; Commonwealth LNG inks 20-year offtake; NATIONAL: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright claims he’s preaching ‘climate realism’; U.S. exports of natural gas liquids touch record high in April; Strong European demand pushes U.S. LNG exports up by 20%; US LNG exports surge to new highs on strong buying by Europe; DOE announces new leadership to tackle challenges of growing energy demand. [NOTE: We have not included comments on each story summary below in the interest of time. We’re still digging out from under a mountain of news that happened over the past nine days we’ve been away. MDN’s commentary will return tomorrow.] Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, May 12, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Bradford County honors former Gov. Corbett for work on natural gas impact fee; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Australia’s Woodside Energy green lights big U.S. LNG project; NATIONAL: Toyota launches new, commercially focused hydrogen business website; Crude dips to two-week low amid trade war fears; Relief rally lifts natural gas futures back above $3 as May contract expires; Paving the way for America’s energy comeback; How Trump turned around Biden energy policy; Biden’s departure spurs LNG industry growth; Regional balances tell the tale of the U.S. crude oil market; INTERNATIONAL: Weatherford and AIQ sign strategic partnership for AI; What are the latest AI developments oil and gas needs to be aware of?; Climate change, once a big issue, fades from Canada’s election; US sanctions target deliveries of oil and gas to Houthis; Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout; US urges Eastern Europe to split from EU energy transition aims; Canada is squandering the greatest oil opportunity on Earth. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Apr 29, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica shale career day; We need to protect Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NY net zero by 2050 is not achievable; Why Navajo activists oppose a proposed hydrogen pipeline that could be the world’s longest; Maine’s electricity prices grew at the third fastest rate in the country, analysis shows; NATIONAL: WTI ends higher but logs weekly loss; FERC chair said ready to fast-track natural gas permitting; The bright future of natural gas; US shale patch slows down as oil prices sink; Fossil fuels back in play as Amazon, Nvidia power AI ambitions. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 28, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

NATIONAL: Williams announces Chief Operating Officer appointment; AccuWeather looks at wildfire risk for USA oil, gas in 2025; The United States operates the world’s largest nuclear power plant fleet; Energy secretary aims to reassure oil bosses amid trade war; Trump emergency order accelerates oil and gas permitting; I voted to eliminate ROFR, and that was unwise; INTERNATIONAL: Oil gains as supply tightness counters trade concerns; Russia oil drilling at fastest pace in 5 years as curbs ease. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Apr 25, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Traitor Joe Manchin lands cushy board job with mining company; NATIONAL: Wall Street ends higher on hopes of trade war de-escalation; EPA continues to dismantle environmental justice office; Distillate and jet fuel contribute to record U.S. petroleum product exports in 2024; Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act must be repealed; The world needs People Day more than Earth Day; Shale slowdown? Halliburton sounds the alarm; Baker Hughes flags tariff impact on full-year core profit; Key court wins power American energy infrastructure; Weak oil prices, limited shale acreage to hit energy M&A in 2025, Enverus says; Natural gas price forecast – will $3.00 hold or lead to lower prices?; INTERNATIONAL: Energy security is national security, OEUK says; India cuts LNG imports as other fuels become more attractive; White House debates lifting sanctions on Russian energy assets, Nord Stream. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 24, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

NATIONAL: Amazon has paused some data center lease commitments; Recruitment experts reveal biggest oil, gas hiring surprises of 2025 so far; WTI rebounds 2% on supply, geopolitical shifts; Big Oil is offshoring its prized engineering jobs to India; LNG exports won’t increase U.S. gas prices – infrastructure bottlenecks will; How much oil is the USA producing right now?; On Earth Day, we finally have a president who follows science; The bright future of natural gas; U.S. LNG dealmaking picks up with benefits for midstream; U.S. LNG feedgas slipped last week; Extreme climate activists aren’t going away; Gas up, emissions down – the future of transportation; INTERNATIONAL: China-owned supertankers face $5.2 million in fees per USA call; Earth Day 2025: Our Power, Our Planet, Our Propaganda. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 23, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Did D.C.’s AG play favorites when awarding Sher Edling a lucrative contract?; Valero announces closure of Bay Area refinery; Puerto Rico needs power, not political lawsuits; $182 million gas pipeline replacement project kicks off in southeast Michigan; NATIONAL: Lee Zeldin is hovering right over the target; DOT spiked Biden-era emissions rule; Green hydrogen, CCS not viable in steelmaking until 2030s; INTERNATIONAL: Spain gets EU approval for €455M hydrogen aid scheme; Russian LNG phaseout makes room for U.S. supplies; Heritage Foundation discusses how low oil may go. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 21, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Consumers Energy starts work on Four Cities Metro Pipeline; Trump halts NY offshore wind project work amid sector review; NATIONAL: Here’s the ‘green’ fuel the left refuses to celebrate this Earth Day; U.S. LNG developers make progress with big projects; Going fossil-fuel-free – surprise expenses, reams of red tape, higher bills; Lee Zeldin’s national good-neighbor tour; New documents show Joe Biden negotiated O&G deal to benefit Hunter, Burisma; INTERNATIONAL: US inventory drop, OPEC action lift oil prices; OPEC+ efforts at oil quota compensation look flimsy as ever; A U.S.–Japan fossil fuel alliance to counter China; Mexico’s Achilles’ heel as it faces Trump is reliance on natgas; Thailand plans to import more US LNG over next five years; EU shelves idea of sanctions on Russian LNG imports; B.C. loosens net-zero rules for LNG proposals amid hydroelectricity uncertainty. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 17, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”