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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Former supervisors ask Upper Burrell to add 2 more seats – ties to Marcellus; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Train 6 at Cheniere’s Sabine Pass produces 1st LNG cargo; Coal retirements, supply constraints promise upside for gas in MISO this winter; NATIONAL: Biden official heckled after urging shale boost; ConocoPhillips says USA regulations hold back supply; Galileo lives and global warmists want to destroy him!; Spat between Elon Musk and Democrats expands to Biden’s Build Back Better bill; US EIA slashes early 2022 gas price forecast citing fall storage build pickup.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 8, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: ISO New England sees precarious power reliability heading into winter; Pinelands ‘stab in the back’; NATIONAL: These twenty-five Biden administration policies are raising energy costs; INTERNATIONAL: Saudis raise oil prices for Asia and USA; European natural gas inventories decline as first cold snap of winter arrives; Upstream industry ‘too optimistic’ on how long energy transition will take; Natural gas markets to see very volatile 2022.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 7, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Coach for social change leaders offers support to overcome climate anxiety; NATIONAL: Feds fume over Herald’s Jennifer Granholm SUV gas story; API sells out the industry at EPA methane hearing; U.S. poised to become world’s biggest LNG exporter, EIA says; Gas deliveries to U.S. LNG export terminals hit record in November; INTERNATIONAL: The real threat to banks isn’t from climate change. It’s from bankers.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 6, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Higher coal, natural gas prices drive Nov revenue surplus for WV; America’s energy future depends on Pennsylvania; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Jordan Cove LNG project officially ended by Pembina; NATIONAL: US weekly LNG exports remain flat, Henry Hub spot price fall; Did the U.S. shale industry miss its window in 2021?; Capturing CO2 for a host of industrial uses.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 3, 2021”

NATIONAL: Oil falls as omicron variant threatens the U.S.; Exxon to spend $15B on GHG reduction projects by 2027; Biden lacks understanding of oil’s contributions to civilization; Shale drillers to lift USA spending 19 percent.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 2, 2021”

NATIONAL: ‘DUCs’ are goosing companies’ booming profits – what happens when they run out?; INTERNATIONAL: Shell won’t abandon green transition in face of high oil prices; China eyes substantial rise in U.S. LNG imports; Crude prices drop below $65 for the first time in 3 months; Oil could hit $150 a barrel with OPEC+ ‘in the driver’s seat’.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 1, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Natural gas industry seeking students; Turkish mining group picks region for new plant; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Bill blocking NC governments from banning natgas heads to governor’s desk; Senator Warren’s oil price conspiracy theory; Students, residents protest natural gas plant on University of Florida’s campus; INTERNATIONAL: IEA boss blames “deliberate policies” of energy producers for price spikes.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 30, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Gas well project would be a benefit to Weirton; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Three years before ban takes effect, state banning most fracking permits; NATIONAL: Manchin calls on Biden to restore Keystone XL pipeline; Biden’s blunder could send oil prices to $100; Biden administration released its fed land leasing review on Black Friday; John Kerry’s phony climate accomplishments; Is Jennifer Granholm even qualified to be U.S. Secretary of Energy?; INTERNATIONAL: Keystone XL developer seeks $15 billion in compensation; How Europe triggered an energy crisis.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 29, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cheniere produces 1st LNG at Sabine Pass Train 6; NATIONAL: API, NOIA react to House reconciliation bill passage; Biden orders release of USA oil reserves; The upside of Biden’s oil move – good timing, and too small to hurt anything; New algorithm efficiently diagnoses shale fracture results from fiber-optic data; Regressive energy taxes hit poor and lower-income families, creates more inflation; INTERNATIONAL: Anti-OPEC+ officially emerges.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 24, 2021”

NATIONAL: Top shale producers remain bullish on NGL prices as revenues climb again in Q3; Is the U.S. shale patch refusing to pump for political reasons?; Prepare for volatility in natural gas markets; AEA calls for FTC investigation of anti-consumer behavior by President Biden and his administration; INTERNATIONAL: Climategate: Never Forget (11th anniversary).
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 23, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: FERC reduces ROE rate for agreement to keep Massachusetts gas plant running; FERC report on Texas grid ignores the elephant in the living room; NATIONAL: Our climate fight begins with exporting U.S. natural gas to displace coal; Eco-friendly compressed natural gas rises in popularity; INTERNATIONAL: Asia-Pacific LNG shipping rates reach record high on winter demand; BP goes on hydrogen hiring spree.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 22, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: EQT announces public offering of common stock by selling shareholders; NATIONAL: USA OPEC backlash brews; EIA forecasts crude oil prices will decline during 2022; US weekly LNG exports and Henry Hub go up; If you read it in the mainstream media, it’s wrong — plastics edition.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Nov 19, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Protesters call for Berkshire Gas to move off fossil fuels; NATIONAL: U.S. oil drilling likely to accelerate in 2022; With gas prices soaring, Biden calls for probe into possible ‘illegal conduct’; New report: renewed oil export ban not a panacea for gasoline price crisis; U.S. shale tells Biden: Ask us to increase oil production, not OPEC.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Nov 18, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: NYC natural gas customers could pay $50 extra per month; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Colorado activists want gas-fired electrical plants to close; NATIONAL: Exec who led Engine No 1 Exxon campaign to leave; Solar generation was 3% of U.S. electricity in 2020, but we project it will be 20% by 2050; AOC confuses natural gas for oil in video explaining why pipelines are bad; Biden’s baffling oil policy faces backlash from all sides; Oil trader bets Biden’s spat with OPEC leads to $250 oil; INTERNATIONAL: IEA says end of oil price rally in sight; Natural-gas prices jump as Germany pauses certification of Russian pipeline.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Nov 17, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Exxon launches sale of shale gas properties in Texas; NATIONAL: Schumer urges Biden to tap SPR; Oil prices edge higher as market awaits SPR decision; Shale is making too much money to rescue Biden from oil shortage; INTERNATIONAL: Russia joins OPEC+ USA pushback; For Canadian producers, most promising natural gas price outlook in years.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Nov 16, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: EQT recognized for advancing women’s leadership and board diversity; Pittsburgh shoots itself in the head with so-called energy strategy for builders; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas in storage in early November is 3% below the recent average; Wake up America! China is making fools of us on energy!; Why are oil prices so high when the U.S. remains one of the world’s largest producers?; Shale drilling could accelerate soon; US shale basin merger and acquisition activity surpasses seven-year high; INTERNATIONAL: Oil and gas will be in the global energy system ‘for decades,’ BP chief says; Europe’s first winter cold spell already straining natural gas supplies.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Nov 15, 2021”