MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: GOA director visits USA expansion site; NATIONAL: Clean energy future includes natural gas, panel says; Republican-controlled House approves bills to protect gas stoves; New playbook for shale: more for shareholders, less output growth; INTERNATIONAL: Oil demand growth to slow almost to a halt in coming years.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 15, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Natgas production in Permian sets new record in 2022; NATIONAL: Limitations to mining for electricity; Goldman Sachs cuts oil price forecast by almost 10%; INTERNATIONAL: U.S. warned Ukraine not to attack Nord Stream.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Jun 14, 2023”
NATIONAL: Duke Energy to sell Commercial Renewables unit in $2.8 bln deal; Carbon capture, CO2 removal to play key decarbonization role; U.S. ethane exports set a monthly record in March 2023; Biden’s next climate coup: taxpayer-funded “green banks”; INTERNATIONAL: Apache halts UK North Sea oil, gas drilling on ‘burdensome’ regime; Britain’s green energy disaster should be a warning to Americans.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 13, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Senator Yaw comments on Virginia Air Board canceling of RGGI.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 12, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Calif. will fall 21% short of power needed to meet 2045 EV mandate; NATIONAL: O&G companies jumping on hydrogen, but overrated; INTERNATIONAL: Macquarie group reveals oil market outlook; Russia ratifies agreement on natural gas supply with China.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Jun 9, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: WV governor announces company to turn plastics into hydrogen; Cindy Adams Dunn confirmed to serve as Secretary DCNR; Senate Republicans pass bill taking ‘Protection’ out of DEP name; NATIONAL: Biden admin is preparing to target Americans’ gas furnaces amid stove crackdown; Williams to complete two US natgas pipe projects on time in Q4 2024; Slow pace of US gas infrastructure buildout is ‘recipe for disaster’; House panel investigates ties between Interior secretary, antis; INTERNATIONAL: Exxon CEO tells Europe to follow USA approach to climate action.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 8, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Could the FRA really end Mountain Valley Pipeline’s troubles?; NATIONAL: Amount of warming triggering carbon dioxide in air hits new peak; Monthly U.S. propane exports in March 2023 reach a record high; Chevron says natural gas is more than just a transitional fuel; ‘Bonkers’ about batteries – unauthorized biography of Jennifer Granholm; INTERNATIONAL: Saudi cuts fail to sustain oil price rally; Russian crude flows stay high.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Jun 7, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pennsylvania’s largest coal plant to close amid shift to gas; NATIONAL: Data science is the future of oil and gas; U.S. House Republicans aim to defend gas-stove owners’ freedoms; Not so fast… energy transition trips over security concerns; Why you should doubt the DOE’s sudden projection of falling natgas demand.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Jun 6, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy holds graduation ceremony; NATIONAL: Exxon bets new ways to frack can double oil pumped from shale wells; Biden abandons plan to nominate radical environmentalist at highway safety agency; Hourly pay for us shale workers tops $43; INTERNATIONAL: Saudi to cut output by 1MM BPD in solo OPEC+ move.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Jun 5, 2023”
NATIONAL: Which generation is most in demand in oil, gas right now?; Students, climate activists push universities to fully cut ties from fossil fuel industry; INTERNATIONAL: U.S. oil enters world’s most important benchmark.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Jun 1, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Six natural gas units installed at Martin Drake Plant; NATIONAL: Oil plummets as physical market shows copious supplies; The $200 billion electric school bus bust; 150 ways Biden & Dems have made it harder to produce oil & gas; INTERNATIONAL: Plunging LNG prices have traders bracing for US export cancellations; Poorer nations snap up cheap LNG in economic boost.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, May 31, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: EQT donates $100,000 to upgrade Greene fairgrounds; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere Energy inks long-term LNG deal with Korean power firm; NATIONAL: Freedom is at stake this Memorial Day – we are at war again; Impact of coal- and gas-fired generation shifts on summer natgas prices.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, May 30, 2023”
NATIONAL: Machine learning has potential to transform oil and gas; INTERNATIONAL: Half of oil and gas workers find their work exhausting.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, May 26, 2023”
NATIONAL: The time to expand mining and streamline permitting is now; INTERNATIONAL: Oil extends rally led by Saudi warning; UK windfall tax case study.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, May 25, 2023”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: PA Supreme Court to consider legality of joining RGGI; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: PDC Energy deal makes Chevron even more formidable in Colorado; Texas, New York take divergent paths on natural gas generation; NATIONAL: Natural gas falls for 3rd consecutive session; Current correction in natural gas sets up for next advance; Biden climate warrior nominee has big stake in oil and gas firm; Biden energy officials snub House GOP hearing on gas stove regs; INTERNATIONAL: Qatar warns Europe of gas shortages; Scotland taps AI to accelerate green hydrogen production; The race to secure long-term LNG contracts; Environmental NGOs – saviors of humanity or predatory special interests?
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, May 24, 2023”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Chevron buying PDC Energy for $6.3 billion; Exxon’s $100 million acquisition suggests it may drill for electric cars; NATIONAL: What new oil and gas jobs will exist in the future?; What’s driving the energy industry’s latest cycle of consolidation?; Wind farms raise temperatures at the surface level; INTERNATIONAL: What will world oil demand be in 2023?; EIA expects lower crude oil prices for the 2H of 2023 and for 2024.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, May 23, 2023”