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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]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: US regulators deny rehearing on co-located Amazon data center energy pact; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: FERC approves storage expansion at Mississippi Hub; Midcontinent energy execs peg $3.80 as necessary for profitability; NATIONAL: EPA Deputy Administrator McIntosh says regulatory overhaul coming; NGOs went wild under Joe Biden; AI power demand is remaking our energy ecosystem; INTERNATIONAL: Oil dips as tariff tensions linger; Goldman Sachs warns of sub-$40 oil under one scenario; Understanding the competitive landscape for China’s LNG market; EU plan to end Russian oil and gas imports due out in May. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 16, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NextDecade strikes LNG supply deal with TotalEnergies for 1.5 million tonnes annually; Stakeholders respond to Mass. proposal to limit cost recovery for gas expansion; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas slumps to nine-week low on record production, expected lower demand; White House ends funding for key U.S. climate body; Sustaining energy dominance in a shifting global market; INTERNATIONAL: Oil prices flat amid trade and Iran talks; OPEC cuts oil demand forecast for 2025 and 2026 on trade war; BMI reveals latest Brent oil price forecasts; Trump has been proven right about pretty much everything. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Apr 15, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: WVU Extension receives grant to provide free training to oil and gas workers; NATIONAL: You can’t LNG your way out of a trade deficit; Goldman says ESG investors should bring oil and gas stocks in from the cold; Renewing the mandate to safeguard the energy grid; Granholm cashes in; INTERNATIONAL: Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc said to weigh bid for $9B Aethon assets; OPEC+ policy shift ‘highly significant’; Back to Russian gas? Trump-wary EU has energy security dilemma; Congress moves to block IMF support for African oil fund restrictions; US wants Ukraine to handover control of key pipeline carrying Russian gas. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 14, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chevron to ‘triple-frac’ half of Permian oil wells in 2025 to cut costs, time; Alaska could rival Canada’s LNG industry but the hurdles are high; NATIONAL: Airlines and shippers pounce on oil plunge to lock in prices; Crude prices surge after market rally; Rystad predicts ‘significant risks’ to USA operators; Responding to ten environmentalist lies; Stop wasting our money on green hydrogen pipe dreams; AEA statement on committee approval of Kate MacGregor and James Danly; INTERNATIONAL: USA crude flows to China trickle to near zero after tariff blitz; EU votes on zero-for-zero tariffs. Read More “MDN’s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 10, 2025 [FREE ACCESS]”