INTERNATIONAL: Aramco, ExxonMobil chiefs insist oil needed in energy transition; Oil extends rally to near 10 month high; SocGen plans to halt new oil and gas loans in strategy update; Chevron’s strike-hit Australia LNG facility resumes full production.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 19, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California sues big oil demanding damages, relief; Venture Global says court battles not slowing company’s LNG projects; NATIONAL: RFK Jr says he would ban fracking in plan to tackle plastics pollution; Sorry, but the losers in Washington can’t pick energy winners; Biden attacks again in his war on oil, but prices bite back; In a bad omen for inflation, US oil prices top $90 a barrel.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 18, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: TVA to study carbon capture at two natural gas-fired plants; NATIONAL: Biden admin continues anti-democratic ‘sue-and-settle’ masquerade; INTERNATIONAL: Chevron Australia LNG keeps up exports despite outage, strikes; OPEC pointedly rejects IEA ‘peak oil’ projection amid rising crude prices.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 15, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: CorEnergy announces continued listing notice from NYSE; NIPSCO files plans to build $644 million natural gas peaker; Potential natural gas generator draws opposition from clean energy activists; NATIONAL: Analysts expect 47 billion-cubic-foot rise in U.S. natural-gas inventories.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 14, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Company sparks realization of Utica Shale welding lab; Bryan Municipal Utilities to store natgas for emergency peak shaving; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Denbury announces expiration of HSR Act in proposed Exxon buyout; NATIONAL: Natural gas ends sharply higher on storage forecasts; Crude oil finishes at 10-month highs, energy top of S&P standings; AEA joins coalition to Save Our Cars; INTERNATIONAL: Oil jumps 2% to near 10-month high as OPEC predicts tight supplies; BP CEO Looney resigns over personal relationships with colleagues; Gas markets are becoming ‘extremely difficult’ to predict.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 13, 2023”
INTERNATIONAL: World at ‘beginning of end’ of fossil fuel era, IEA says; Strike-hit Chevron Australia to invoke govt’s forced settlement powers; German parliament passes law to phase out gas and oil heating.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 12, 2023”
NATIONAL: U.S. power grids saved by natural gas, again; INTERNATIONAL: Chevron Australia LNG workers begin strike; Shell considers new LNG projects to meet future demand; Elites directing energy transition have no idea what they are doing.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 11, 2023”
NATIONAL: U.S. utility customers more satisfied with natgas than electric; Biden admin pulls Alaska oil, natgas leases in blow to energy industry; Biden pulls Energy Dept. nominee after gas stove spat with Manchin; INTERNATIONAL: Oil falls after warning flags of pullback arise; Saudi-Russia move can only result in one thing; $100 oil within striking distance if momentum continues, analysts say; Gas prices jump as LNG workers begin long-awaited strikes.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 8, 2023”
INTERNATIONAL: Oil rallies near nine month high; Fragile LNG market threatens volatility and return to coal; Buoyant LNG industry bets it’s in the energy mix for decades; India’s GAIL to tap spot LNG markets to meet surge in power demand.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 7, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Fresh proof that New York’s ‘climate plan’ is pure fantasy; The coming green energy bailout; INTERNATIONAL: Japanese giant to import LNG from, produce green ammonia in, US; Saudis, Russia extend oil supply curbs.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 6, 2023”
NATIONAL: U.S. LNG exports vitally grow domestic natural gas production; USA crude oil stocks drop over 10 million barrels; INTERNATIONAL: Market expert says $100 oil is in sight; Can AI predict the oil price?; Putin’s natural gas leverage over the EU is not entirely gone.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 5, 2023”
NATIONAL: The SEC may be overstepping its authority in ESG; INTERNATIONAL: Why the world needs more oil, not less; Global regasification capacity set to exceed 160 Bcfpd in 2024; Talks to avert strike fail as Chevron Australia LNG workers reject deal.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 1, 2023”
NATIONAL: Boys & Girls Clubs of America national partnership with Chevron; Oil is going to $300 a barrel; Oil price calm might be deceptive; Shale E&Ps in high-gear consolidation: big fish seize top-tier acreage; Natural gas significantly more affordable than electricity; Is responsibly sourced natural gas about to take center stage?; INTERNATIONAL: LNG imports from Russia rise, despite cuts in pipeline gas; Three more countries began importing LNG this year, more will follow; U.S. LNG exports to take center stage at G7 meeting.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 31, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Murphy’s authoritarian energy plan will surely fail; NATIONAL: Natural gas prices decline on weaker demand; US LNG to drive global market by 2030; Biden’s BLM thinks it is above the law; INTERNATIONAL: Fossil fuels’ share in EU power mix at lowest level since records began; Greater options to manage LNG price risk emerge after natgas turmoil.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Aug 30, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Natural gas hero: Justin Elliott; NATIONAL: CEWD launches Energy Industry Fundamentals 2.0; There’s a vast source of clean energy beneath our feet; Vanguard joins BlackRock, cuts support for ESG; INTERNATIONAL: Chevron LNG workers in Australia plan strike from Sept. 7; Russia’s answer to the U.S. shale boom takes huge step.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 29, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Now the time to expand Utica Shale usage; Hydrogen brings opportunities, challenges for West Virginia; NATIONAL: Biden admin blocks off millions of acres from oil, gas leasing.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 28, 2023”