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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Natural gas revenues top $1B for the PA Game Commission; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Geothermal startup raises $244 million to drill hot rocks in Utah; NATIONAL: Biden admin finalizes regs targeting clothes washers, dryers; NY AG sues world’s largest beef producer over methane emissions; The left needs to stop banning products and censoring honest criticism; INTERNATIONAL: U.S. remained largest LNG supplier to Europe in 2023; Sinking of the ‘Rubymar’ places enviros squarely in ME controversy.
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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA DEP oil & gas regulatory program will be in the red by fall; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Alaska green group wants private data to penalize natgas users; NATIONAL: Biden’s anti-natural gas posturing has even Dems starting to squirm; US energy sec says LNG pause will not impact relations with allies; INTERNATIONAL: World’s top oil trader sees oil demand peak after 2030; QatarEnergy names first LNG carrier “Rex Tillerson”; Activist investor wants BP to pivot back to O&G.
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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Despite LNG permitting risks, Cheniere expansions continue; NATIONAL: Is Chevron’s $53 billion buyout of Hess in trouble?; New poll shows “widespread” concern over Washington’s energy policy; INTERNATIONAL: Qatar’s bigger LNG expansion to squeeze US, other rivals; Enverus believes gen AI will shape O&G decision making in 2024.
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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Murrysville OKs Olympus fracking pipeline work; Gas export pause could scramble Biden’s chances in Pennsylvania; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Low gas prices reshape Haynesville 2024 production outlook; NATIONAL: Is peak oil demand close?; Oil heavyweights take aim at Biden’s LNG permitting freeze.
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NATIONAL: Shale stagnation expected after growing global supply for a decade; Republicans, gas industry pressure Biden to end LNG pause; U.S. NGL production, fractionation and export juggernaut rolls on; Two towns showcase both ends of Joe Biden’s anti-energy crusade; Natural gas hasn’t been this cheap in decades; INTERNATIONAL: Joe Biden’s natural gas pause is a net positive for Canada’s economy.
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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Save Ohio Parks promotes commission meeting, fossil fuels rally; NATIONAL: Oil rises amid signs of tighter market; JP Morgan, Standard Chartered reveal latest oil price forecasts; Use of natgas-fired generation differs by technology and region; Nothing we do about CO2 emissions has any relevance whatsoever; ‘Sue and settle’ is back under the Biden administration; Billionaire Dem funded anti-LNG campaign while investing in China.
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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Jury awards $30 million to injured Colorado oilfield worker; Could Florida electric bills go up because of methane from manure?; INTERNATIONAL: Net zero is now a Chinese weapon pointed directly at the West; Iran accuses Israel of sabotage after explosions strike a natgas pipeline.
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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Backed by CCI and Sher Edling, Chicago files climate lawsuit; NATIONAL: Slumping US gas prices cause hedge funds to despair; Tumbling US natgas prices prove unstoppable, hurting producers; The hockey stick trial – science dies in a DC courtroom; Are policymakers intentionally sending us back to 18th century?; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls on monetary policy uncertainty; Can Europe count on US LNG?
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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: New York doubles down on war on gas appliances; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Another green vehicle pipe dream explodes; NATIONAL: NY’s $260B pension fund is dropping Exxon, others; Record production means energy and economic security; PA Dems vote against bill to override Biden’s LNG export shutdown; Wall Street warming to Big Shale after $250 billion of deals; Rockland targets gas-fired backup power plants with new $700M fund; Biden’s war on domestic energy intensifies; Big Climate tries to censor opponents; INTERNATIONAL: European Commission allots $7.4B for hydrogen infrastructure; Houthi strikes force crew to abandon ship for first time; IEW organizer says it respects right to peaceful protest.
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NATIONAL: USA Compression boasts record revenues for Q4; API files petition challenging Biden’s oil & gas leasing program; House votes to overturn Biden’s natgas export approval freeze; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ oil-cut laggards pledge compliance with targets; OEUK warns of 40,000+ job losses.
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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Newsom’s actions of ‘leaking’ emissions to poorer developing countries; INTERNATIONAL: Industry drives tripling of natgas consumption in India by 2050; World demand for liquefied natural gas jumps 50% by 2040; Mr. Bean was right – and so was Toyota; Iran gas pipelines explode in act of sabotage, officials say.
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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Fired FirstEnergy execs indicted in $60 million Ohio bribery scheme; NATIONAL: Enbridge makes progress toward U.S. gas utilities takeover; America must show energy leadership on a global stage; Rubio questions Biden admin’s authority to pause LNG exports; US LNG export terminal permit pause could boost coal use; How low can you go? Natgas down to $1.67/MMBtu; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC report shows uneven delivery of new oil production cuts; US exports crude to Nigeria for the first time.
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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Colorado Democrats push for ban on new oil and gas drilling in the state; Texas wildcatter hits gusher in $26 billion sale of oil company; NATIONAL: Constraining LNG exports prompts widespread concern; Liquefied natural gas projects are of public interest; Biden admin hit with legal challenge re offshore drilling permits.
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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: White House recruits UVA engineering professor; California introduces rule to end fracking in the state; Diamondback to buy Endeavor for $26B in oil megadeal; NATIONAL: Donald Trump is the oil and gas industry’s top choice for president; Standard Chartered, JP Morgan talk oil demand; Energy M&A boom is just getting started says Enbridge CEO; Mann alive, cities are cesspools of corruption, conformist thinking & compliance; INTERNATIONAL: Canadian MP wants to put you in prison for endorsing fossil fuels; Climate cultists at The Guardian – this time, it’s evil propane.
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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Far-left groups oppose bill to block RGGI in PA; NATIONAL: Natgas futures crumble to fresh lows amid storage overhang; INTERNATIONAL: Nuclear reactor restarts in Japan reduce LNG imports for powergen; Green activists are a menace to society; Barclays to adopt fresh curbs on oil and gas financing.
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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Tellurian explores sale of Haynesville upstream assets; Venture Global, Grain LNG ink storage, regasification deal; New bill helps Florida ports with greater access to natural gas; NATIONAL: Oil swings higher amid mixed data signals; We have the cleanest natural gas in the world; World’s largest carbon removal plant is about to open; How fractures nucleate, propagate and stop.
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