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NATIONAL: Why oil companies are not running out of fresh shale fields to frack; Study explores top causes of driving-related deaths in O&G; Nabors automates existing rig with robotics module; INTERNATIONAL: Europe’s LNG import capacity set to expand by one-third by end of 2024; Chevron oil drilling efforts in Venezuela blasted as ‘stupidity,’ nonsensical; $60 billion LNG mega deal marks Chinese influence in Middle East.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 29, 2022”

NATIONAL: The U.S. shale boom is officially over; U.S. natural-gas pioneer struggles in his second act; INTERNATIONAL: Japan poised for more spot LNG trades; The high cost of Germany’s floating LNG terminals.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 28, 2022”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Sempra announces partnership with ConocoPhillips for Port Arthur LNG; NATIONAL: Proposals for a windfall profits tax are damaging even if never enacted; Looming rail strike complicates Biden options to avoid diesel supply crisis; INTERNATIONAL: Nearly 60% of German chems need to cut output to reduce natgas use.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 23, 2022”

INTERNATIONAL: Floating LNG projects boom as Europe races to stock up on gas; Will the Gulf Coast soon be home to floating LNG export capacity?; Europe’s energy hypocrisy attracts increasing notice.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 22, 2022”

NATIONAL: Oil tumbles as demand fears reignite; House Republicans plan to kill Democrat climate crisis committee; Working natgas stocks end refill season near five-year average.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 21, 2022”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: California’s climate plan calls for no new gas-burning power plants; Cayuga RNG signs agreement for renewable natural gas project; NATIONAL: White House must not double down on anti-drilling agenda.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Nov 17, 2022”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Sempra Infra. and Williams announce projects for LNG, gas, pipes; Some Wisconsin frac sand mines see growing demand from oil, natgas; NATIONAL: Race is on to be next big USA supplier of LNG to Europe; Hydrogen-powered locomotives?; INTERNATIONAL: First German port for natural gas imports to go into operation; Spot LNG prices defy history and fall as demand rises.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 16, 2022”

NATIONAL: Oil prices down on demand outlook concerns; Joe Biden’s “alternative energy” fantasy; Voters veto big wind in Ohio and Michigan – 375 rejections since 2015.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 15, 2022”

NATIONAL: What the mid-term elections mean for U.S. Energy; INTERNATIONAL: Saudi oil chief says OPEC+ will stay cautious on production.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 14, 2022”

NATIONAL: Strong demand for diesel leads to high prices, tight inventories; Dawson Geophysical says natural gas basins draw interest; Joe Biden takes his failed climate crusade worldwide.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Nov 11, 2022”

NATIONAL: NPGA among groups calling for rail system stability; INTERNATIONAL: COP27 world’s dash for natural gas endangers climate goals.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Nov 10, 2022”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pace Analytical Services adds four locations in Pennsylvania; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere cleared to put shuttered Sabine Pass LNG tank back in service; NATIONAL: Kerry says Republican victory will end climate aid; Environmental groups push Interior to delay oil lease sales.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 9, 2022”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: ‘It’s going to be pretty bad’ in Northeast this winter; AES to convert Petersburg coal plant to natural gas; NATIONAL: Nearly 25% of the coal-fired fleet scheduled to retire by 2029; Natural gas futures extend rally as wintry weather nears; Just stop oil? If oil didn’t exist, we’d have to invent it; INTERNATIONAL: US, China must pay their share for climate change remedies; Russia’s LNG exports are near a record high; UK to announce U.S. gas deal after climate change summit.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 8, 2022”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ‘Shalennial’ US gas salesman wants to kill global coal; Aging gas lines to be replaced across Bluefield; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Offshore CCS projects could breath new life into Gulf of Mexico; Massachusetts wind power project ‘no longer viable’; NATIONAL: Manchin: Biden’s coal comments are ‘divorced from reality’; Shell and GE Gas Power pursue LNG decarbonisation path using hydrogen; U.S. electric-generating capacity for combined-cycle natural gas turbines is growing; INTERNATIONAL: COP27: rich countries should help pay for global warming elsewhere; Fracking firms plan £1bn legal fight over UK fracking ban.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 7, 2022”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Fetterman and Cuomo – a midterm election energy lesson; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Sempra Energy plans for hydrogen to ‘play a larger role’; DTE speeds coal exit, adds natural gas and renewable energy under 2042 plan; How Biden’s abuse of Strategic Petroleum Reserve harms our energy security.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Nov 4, 2022”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Tim Ryan is hoping voters forget about his presidential run; NATIONAL: North America leads $370 billion global push for oil & gas pipelines; Drillers ask U.S. to exempt smallest wells from looming methane rule; We told big oil not to invest, so don’t complain now; INTERNATIONAL: Rishi Sunak’s anti-fracking gift to Vladimir Putin.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Nov 3, 2022”