NATIONAL: ExxonMobil takes to court to block activists’ agenda from ballot; It’s warmer because the sun’s flares are closer?; Biden weaponizing agencies in his war on American energy; INTERNATIONAL: Germany set for gas power plant expansion deal this week; USA and UK conduct more Houthi strikes; Edmund Burke and the folly of British climate “leadership.”
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 23, 2024”
INTERNATIONAL: US presses ahead with ‘least bad’ option in confronting Houthis; US rethinks gas exports, spooking Europe; 2023 – the year the renewables bubble burst; IMF head tells the little people to pipe down and get behind carbon tax.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jan 22, 2024”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chicago to consider an ordinance banning natgas in new buildings; NATIONAL: When it comes to climate warming, cow burps are no joke; CO2 is not pollution, it’s the currency of life; Furnaces are blasting, but natural gas prices keep falling; Kennedy warns DOE Secretary new rules will crush U.S. natgas; INTERNATIONAL: John Kerry’s climate-change flop; New route for LNG carriers; OPEC vs. IEA … who to believe on oil demand forecasts?
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 19, 2024”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Judge orders wind farm dismantled in win for tribal sovereignty; NATIONAL: Manchin responds to far-left climate activists; Occidental CEO says market will be short oil by 2025; A federal power grid would be everyone’s worst nightmare; Clean hydrogen rules focus on ‘three pillars’; INTERNATIONAL: Why are these energy ‘experts’ always acting so surprised?; Status report from another would be “climate leader,” the UK.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jan 18, 2024”
NATIONAL: Drivers sue US shale oil producers over alleged price-fixing scheme; John Kerry has a lot to answer for; No end in sight for our gasoline use; Globalists are using ‘green energy’ to destroy OUR way of life; What a second Trump term could mean for US oil and gas; INTERNATIONAL: BP confirms new CEO after Looney scandal; OPEC chief says oil demand will defy predictions of a peak.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Jan 17, 2024”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Massive gas outage threatens millions amid arctic storm; NATIONAL: John Kerry bows out as U.S. climate envoy; The immediate danger from global warming is a hoax; Manchin set to torch Biden officials over EV tax credits; Exxon leaves oil lobbying group over climate differences; Evolution Well Services announces the promotion of Nick Ruppelt; SLB, Nabors partner on automated drilling solutions; INTERNATIONAL: A ‘catastrophic’ decline in support for shareholder activism.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jan 16, 2024”
NATIONAL: Climate alarmists give the game away by targeting … Teslas?; How fracking helped the U.S. become the world’s top LNG exporter; Energy Transfer seeks to raise $3.8 billion through notes offering; House Republicans blast EPA methane rule as ‘serious threat’; INTERNATIONAL: US-UK coalition strike Iran-backed Houthi targets in Yemen; China reports record oil and natural gas production in 2023.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jan 12, 2024”
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”