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NATIONAL: EIA expects relatively flat crude oil prices in 2024 and 2025; Distinguishing gas gathering pipelines from transmission; Why the U.S. Senate must reject Joe Goffman for the EPA; Biden uses taxpayer protections to prop up wind, gut oil; API warns against U.S. slowing LNG exports; INTERNATIONAL: USA, UK shoot down 21 drones, missiles over Red Sea; Japan’s Kyushu Electric may invest in Lake Charles LNG.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 11, 2024”

NATIONAL: BlackRock to lay off 3% of global workforce; The latest dirty word in corporate America: ESG; Natgas operational practices to enhance utility safety, sustainability; INTERNATIONAL: Record U.S. oil production sparks battle for market share with OPEC+.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 10, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: What has California’s war on fossil fuels actually accomplished?; NATIONAL: Consolidation trend expands to the gas compression services sector; US Supreme Court declines to hear Exxon, Koch Industries appeal; Natural gas futures stage turnaround to settle higher; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ reaffirms commitment to unity; 2024 won’t be any easier for energy investors.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 9, 2024”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Marathon Petroleum gifts $20,000 to Utica Shale Academy; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: USA Energy dept in conditional commitment to support methane monitoring; ExxonMobil posts $2.5B impairment for California assets; NATIONAL: ‘We’re the good guys’ in energy transition, says US exporter of LNG; The US shale magnate trying to sell oil and gas jobs to Generation Z; Natural gas producers’ game plan for LNG – wait out 2024; Pay no mind to the diesel behind your EV charging station; Biden admin fabricated paper trail in pursuit of major chemical plant shutdown.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jan 8, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Trinity constructing first greenfield gas storage project in many years; NATIONAL: U.S. natgas producers seek to balance production cuts, demand rebound; High court ruling in ‘Chevron deference’ challenge could upend energy regs; Wall Street is already cutting oil-price forecasts for this year; INTERNATIONAL: Events in Red Sea have escalated.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 5, 2024”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: NY House delegation urges Hochul to protect gas wells; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chevron recognizes up to $4B in impairments, losses; APA Corp to acquire Callon Petroleum in $4.5 bln deal; NATIONAL: 9 consequential energy predictions for 2024; INTERNATIONAL: China regains top LNG buyer position.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 4, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: A natural gas project is Biden’s next big climate test; Cheniere cuts LNG train from Sabine Pass expansion; Entry-level jobs pay six figures in ND Bakken; Berkeley’s ban on gas-powered appliances blocked by court 2nd time; Denver building owners face fines for continued use of natural gas; NATIONAL: Plan to brainwash next generation of Americans; Major ‘climate deception’ lawsuit against Big Oil dismissed; We can’t let fossil fuels die because they keep us alive; The US domestic oil industry closes a remarkably strong 2023; Left-wing climate group prepares judges for global warming cases; Brent crude oil prices averaged $19 per barrel less in 2023 than 2022; INTERNATIONAL: Shell cuts more jobs amid cost-cutting drive; Russia heads into 2024 making a mockery of Western oil sanctions; The top 5 oil producers of 2023.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 3, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: La. granted power by Biden to approve wells storing CO2; LNG developer Tellurian hires financial adviser; Chatterjee Fund Mgmt boosts stake in LNG developer Tellurian; NATIONAL: The one simple reason electric vehicles are doomed to fail; U.S. shale growth could exceed forecasts in 2024; Is U.S. shale too big to fail?; A shale oil CEO’s second act – going green; Climate “protesters” vow to take fight to “cowards” of US politics; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ can’t cut oil production enough to push crude prices higher; Runaway greenhouse effect fully simulated, and it’s “hell”; US tries to reassure shippers of Red Sea safety.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 2, 2024”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Alaska Democratic Party considers a call to end all oil production; NATIONAL: USGS updates database for O&G wastewaters with 23 new datasets; GOP report highlights 2023 energy; The needs of the grid are changing, infrastructure must change too; Republicans hold hearing ‘to prevent energy poverty’ in America; INTERNATIONAL: Startup of Russian LNG project delayed over US sanctions.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 22, 2023”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Court rules Oregon’s landmark climate change regs invalid; NATIONAL: Rockefellers still heavily invested in oil companies; How gas pipeline rates are really set and why you should care; INTERNATIONAL: ING plans to phase out of oil and gas financing after COP28; Oil edges up as rising US stockpiles dim Red Sea chaos.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 21, 2023”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chesapeake Utilities Corp. expands propane services in NC; Consumers Energy continues billion-dollar natural gas investment; NATIONAL: Bridger Photonics partners with CSU on methane emissions measurement; It’s increasingly difficult to get U.S. LNG to Asia; The era of flat power demand is over.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 20, 2023”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chicago’s natural gas pipeline project halted; INTERNATIONAL: Elon Musk says don’t ‘demonise’ O&G, hits out at environmentalists; LNG vessels avoid Red Sea as tension rises; We must have more natural gas pipelines to avoid freezing.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 19, 2023”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Look at the evidence; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chevron slashes Calif. spending on ‘adversarial’ fossil fuel policies; NATIONAL: Biden govt sets only three fossil fuel leases for 2024–29; America was in a better position when Trump was president; Democrats revolt against Biden plan for expanded gas exports; INTERNATIONAL: US frackers return to haunt OPEC’s pricing strategy; SNB told to end fracking investment in petition signed by 60,000.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 18, 2023”

NATIONAL: Americans must choose between civilization or its destroyers; Kelcy Warren says “impossible” to “transition” out of energy; INTERNATIONAL: Now scientists say BREATHING is bad for the environment; African Energy Chamber to COP28: We want fossil fuels!
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 15, 2023”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gov. Shapiro wants unilateral power to commit state to RGGI; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: ExxonMobil pushes back timeline for startup of Golden Pass LNG; Japan energy companies seek US approvals for CP2 LNG; Leftists petition Bidenistas to block Calcasieu Pass 2 LNG; NATIONAL: Turning the problem into the solution in natural gas power plants; US helps forge global group to measure natgas emissions.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 14, 2023”