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OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Con Edison launches campaign to deflect blame for coming energy disaster; NATIONAL: Biden’s hypocrisy on climate change is painfully obvious; Biden owes us trading partners clarity on LNG pause; INTERNATIONAL: Greenland is not experiencing a climate crisis and neither are we; The new gold rush – hunting down naturally occurring hydrogen; Rare LNG vessel sails through Red Sea amid Houthi attacks.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 24, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Hawaii agrees to ‘groundbreaking’ settlement of youth climate change case; NATIONAL: Vaclav Smil on the two cultures and our “fully post-factual world”; INTERNATIONAL: Oil drilling suffers blow in climate ruling at top UK court; Oil rises as US stockpile drop continues; China’s LNG import boom threatened by Russian pipeline gas.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jun 21, 2024”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Dominion Energy donates more than $4.2 million to non-profits; Shell explains nighttime fire alarm at Beaver County cracker plant; NATIONAL: US shale oil output to grow for years before peaking; Natural gas continues to look volatile; Texas leads 19-states challenging green energy transition mandate; API shares campaign expectations as Biden, Trump face off; One owner of Colonial Pipeline seeking sale of stake; Biden prepared to use oil reserves again to lower gas prices; 3 reasons why natural gas prices will go up, 3 reasons it won’t; Acquisition premiums return to the oil patch; How U.S. oil production is setting records despite flat growth; INTERNATIONAL: Could European oil majors relocate to the USA?
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 20, 2024”

NATIONAL: Berkshire now owns nearly 29 percent of Occidental; Oil rises above $80 for first time in a month; Front month Nymex natural gas fell 3.23% to settle at $2.7880.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 18, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: A preview on some of the New York energy impossibility; NATIONAL: Midstream an overlooked beneficiary of the AI boom; Biden mandates heat pump water heaters, contractors report probs; INTERNATIONAL: Will the world have a staggering excess of oil by 2030?
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 17, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NextDecade, Saudi Aramco sign 20-year LNG supply deal; You paid hundreds of millions for solar power to wreck the environment; NATIONAL: Should oil and gas pros use AI to get hired?; Revisiting the Left’s Keystone XL lie; Biden will pay an electoral price for choking US energy; ‘You are evil,’ GOP lawmaker barks at climate-conscious investors; INTERNATIONAL: Canada has room for multiple LNG projects; Europe’s gas supply risks remain despite record storage levels.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jun 14, 2024”

NATIONAL: The Gensler SEC loses again; The latest on the war against internal combustion vehicles; Fossil fuels – the best-kept secret in our world today; INTERNATIONAL: China is main beneficiary of West’s futile energy transition push.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 13, 2024”

NATIONAL: Natural gas prices jump 4% on forecasts for extreme heat; Supremes asks Biden admin for input on Hawaii Big Oil lawsuit; INTERNATIONAL: The ‘climate crisis’ fades out; Gail India planning to build new cracker fed by ethane imports.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Jun 12, 2024”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: VNG fuels workforce development with $620,000 investment; NATIONAL: Climate activists arrested at Citi’s NYC headquarters; NERC reports some regions at risk for energy shortfalls; Democrats scapegoating Big Oil for political gain; Steamy weather heats up natural-gas prices; Natgas prices erase early gains as weather forecasts shift cooler; INTERNATIONAL: Oil recoups losses as it rises near $78 a barrel; New Zealand set to scrap oil, gas exploration ban; LNG regasification set to dominate China midstream projects; Industry body issues message for UK politicians; Europe’s shift from Russian gas to pricey LNG.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 11, 2024”

NATIONAL: Oil paychecks set a record even as shale industry consolidates; US Democrats escalate oil price fixing crackdown to DOJ; Growth in U.S. oil and gas output slows down; Will heatwave propel natgas prices above $3.00?; US weekly LNG exports reach 26 shipments; Behind closed doors, Biden shows signs of slipping; $2-4 trillion cost to build nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure; INTERNATIONAL: Oil posts weekly loss as OPEC plan triggers selloff; New catalyst efficiently converts CO2 to natural gas; OPEC’s strategy to outlast the shale boom; Oil is power, CO2 is food – globalists want control of both.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 10, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Golden Pass LNG construction turmoil delays startup; Williams says judge ruled in its favor in Energy Transfer case; NATIONAL: US oil and gas production show signs of flattening; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rises to settle over $75 a barrel; Rigzone talks to Heritage, Hartree about fair oil value; The high costs and deadly downsides of ‘ending fossil fuels.’
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jun 7, 2024”

NATIONAL: U.S. LNG exports are climbing; Carbon capture projects are worse than a public nuisance; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ outcome appears problematic for 2025, Macquarie warns; GALACTIC: Carbon detected in galaxy observed 350m years after Big Bang.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 6, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Aramco, Woodside said in talks to invest in Tellurian LNG plant; NATIONAL: Shell CEO urges stability in policy in DC visit; ConocoPhillips-Marathon deal represents a pivot; Red-state AGs sue blue states for trying to impose climate extremism; Dems want to hang the oil and gas CEOs; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls to four-month lows in oversold territory; Russian oil finds new site for controversial cargo switching.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Jun 5, 2024”

NATIONAL: Environmentalism in America is dead; U.S. natgas jumps with much hotter weather expected in western states; INTERNATIONAL: EU, Japan hydrogen players ink partnership agreements; Oil tumbles as OPEC plan adds to bearish momentum; LNG investments to jump over 50 percent in 2029; Europe’s natgas prices soar on sudden supply outage in Norway.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 4, 2024”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin of WV registers as independent; NATIONAL: Exxon beats the ESG activists; The verdict: separating the wheat from the chaff; FERC at odds with incoming Trump presidency; U.S. Shanghaied by China; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ working on complex production cut deal for 2024-2025; Tokyo Gas seeks more US natural gas assets.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 3, 2024”

NATIONAL: Sherwin-Williams launches erosion-resistant coating system for O&G; The EPA’s emissions rule will strangle AI in the crib; Should energy deniers be engaged or ignored?; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls despite biggest us stockpile drop in five weeks; COP29 host set to propose levy on fossil fuels to fund climate action.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, May 31, 2024”