NATIONAL: Democrat pushes for pipeline reliability standards; Decarbonization cannot manufacture the products demanded by civilization; INTERNATIONAL: Coal-fired power generation set to break record in 2021; Russia cuts gas supplies to Europe as temperatures drop.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 21, 2021”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy hopes to secure more grants; NATIONAL: Goldman Sachs mulling financed emissions reduction; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ DOC turns five; Oil may hit $380 per barrel; Russian gas exports to Europe via Yamal pipeline remain tiny; Germany says no decision on Nord Stream 2 before July.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 20, 2021”
NATIONAL: SEC should examine oil CEOs with pay tied to ESG; US weekly LNG exports amount to 21 vessels; Biden’s energy policy is taking us back to a bygone Carter era; Granholm says Biden admin not a ‘boogeyman’ for oil industry; Manchin is singularly halting Biden’s agenda; INTERNATIONAL: The implications of JERA’s shift away from long-term LNG deals; British, EU gas prices soar as less Russian gas expected on Friday.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 17, 2021”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Toomey backs LNG after Warren’s letter criticizing natural gas companies; NATIONAL: Of the operating U.S. coal-fired power plants, 28% plan to retire by 2035; Midstream energy firms plow soaring cash flows into buybacks; ‘You’re bulls–t!’: Manchin explodes at reporters asking about $2T Biden bill; INTERNATIONAL: Shell taps cow dung to power German trucks, cut CO2.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 16, 2021”
NATIONAL: Banning US LNG exports would be ‘highly destabilizing’; Hilcorp employees in line for $75,000 bonuses after meeting multi-year goals; INTERNATIONAL: Saudis warn traders against shorting oil; When the “climate catastrophe” levee breaks.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Dec 15, 2021”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Southwestern announces pricing of 63,976,376 shares of common stock for sale; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Venture Global earns commissioning approval at Calcasieu Pass LNG; NATIONAL: Biden reserve sale yet to inspire action from others; Investor group to hit Exxon on climate; Harris unveils plan for electric vehicle charging network; The real climate and health crisis; How Biden’s agencies order hits natural gas; Williams announces CFO and CAO appointments; INTERNATIONAL: Putin’s coup in India will shock the U.S.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Dec 14, 2021”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: W.Va. 2/I-68 Authority discusses proposed project; NATIONAL: Wegmans to steer a course toward natural gas truck fleet; New long-term contracts propel multiple LNG projects toward FID; INTERNATIONAL: UK urges allies to seek alternatives to Russia natural gas.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Dec 13, 2021”
OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NC governor vetoes bill that would keep local governments from banning natural gas; NATIONAL: Democrats asking Biden not to ban oil exports; Catalyst technology converts methane greenhouse gas into useful, valuable chemicals; The stealth gas-heating tax; INTERNATIONAL: Russian gas is a climate and security disaster.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Dec 10, 2021”
MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: CNX chief calls wind and solar “make believe energy”; NATIONAL: Kinder Morgan woos investors with financial discipline, ESG commitments; Washington policymakers need energy realism and energy humanism; Stupid inflation tricks, round 2.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Dec 9, 2021”
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”