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NATIONAL: October natural gas futures backtrack following higher storage injection, cooler forecasts; Natural gas has only done this twice in the last decade, and it could mean more pain ahead; The key to U.S. domination of global natural gas markets; US natural gas storage fields add more than market expects, prompting price slide; INTERNATIONAL: Europe’s energy crisis is driving up natural gas prices worldwide; New report claims governments don’t take the climate emergency seriously; High natural gas prices lead to a shutdown of British fertilizer plants.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 17, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Archaea Energy completes merger, poised to begin as publicly traded company; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Los Angeles County votes to phase out oil and gas drilling; NATIONAL: Oil surged higher Wednesday; Chevron and Enterprise exploring carbon storage ops; Pipeline integrity programs a ‘growing business’ for CNG/LNG providers; How long can U.S. shale producers resist the oil price rally?; U.S. gas production set for big increase in 2022; INTERNATIONAL: Natural gas looks to remain key component as companies, nations lower emissions.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 16, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy looks to expand; NATIONAL: What’s made from a barrel of oil?; Record global gas prices signal more room for North American LNG; Sierra Energy Holdings launches with $500 million to buy minerals/royalties; Biden says climate change causing severe weather is ‘no longer subject to debate’; INTERNATIONAL: Asian spot LNG prices reach seasonal record; Energy prices in Europe hit records after wind stops blowing.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 15, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Columbiana County still on oil and gas drillers’ radar; Developer joins climate advocates in pushing gas-hookup ban; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California’s request to burn natural gas OK’d by DOE as supply risks imminent; NATIONAL: As oil-well backlog shrinks, U.S. shale may upset investors and drill more; The natural gas market is a great precursor for the oil market; INTERNATIONAL: Researchers toilet-trained cows in hopes of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 14, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: New York State passes a law banning gas powered cars starting in 2035; Yaw correct about state collaboration with the RGGI; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Volcano watch: mapping Kilauea’s gas emissions; California’s battle with climate change is at stake in Tuesday’s recall election; Natural gas costs significantly less than electricity to heat a local home; NATIONAL: Two ways to play the 107% rally in natural gas; Natural-gas market conditions look unnatural; House bill would eliminate natural gas power, impose sweeping changes on economy; INTERNATIONAL: US adviser warns ‘lives at stake’ in European gas crunch.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 13, 2021”

NATIONAL: EIA: US weekly LNG exports reach 20 vessels; CEO of U.S. shale producer Pioneer says oil consolidation largely over; US natural gas storage fields adds 52 Bcf, over market expectations; Harvard University pledges to end investment in fossil fuels.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 10, 2021”

NATIONAL: Number of drilled but uncompleted wells declines; The coming pipeline shortage; Until production settles, natural gas prices will continue their uptick; INTERNATIONAL: Shell weighs COVID-19 vaccine mandate, firing staff who resist.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 9, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Bluefield State trying to make engineers out of the Northern Panhandle; Proposed natural gas and oil industry taxes would hamper economy; Carl Marrara of PMA discusses RGGI and why it is bad in PA; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Enbridge buys N. America’s biggest oil export hub in $3-bln Moda deal; Echols promoting use of CNG across state; NATIONAL: Merger mania is back in North America’s oil patch; Manchin backs as little as $1 trillion of Biden’s $3.5 trillion plan; Give us regulation, not a new tax, gas groups beg Congress; Executive paychecks at U.S. oil-service firms rebound from crash; INTERNATIONAL: High natural gas prices strain Europeans, weighing on recovery.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 8, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Southwestern Energy, Williams sponsor new teaching facilities; NATIONAL: Initial Ida hit to production surpasses Katrina; How the US became the world’s LNG price setter; Advocates push White House to nominate energy regulator; Is Joe Biden killing fracking for EVs?; INTERNATIONAL: Europe faces energy price shock with gas and power at records.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Sep 7, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Bipartisan vote by PA House Committee approves resolution to carbon tax; Yaw angry over greenhouse gas compact vote; NATIONAL: The growing misuse of satellite monitoring data; US weekly LNG exports and Henry Hub climb; Fleet investment in near-zero emission natural gas trucks increases; New research raises concern about electric vehicles’ prospects; INTERNATIONAL: UK faces stark energy choice.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Sep 3, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Virginia’s coming elections to present showdown over renewable energy mandates; NATIONAL: WTI erases loss as US oil inventory report overshadows OPEC+ announcement; How the US became the world’s LNG price setter; US shale producers switch from DUCs to drilling; Progressives launch campaign to exclude gas from Congress’s clean electricity program; INTERNATIONAL: Blue hydrogen backlash ‘has ring of fracking row’: professor defends damning study.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Sep 2, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Rep. Johnson touts area’s oil and gas resources in Harrison County stop; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: About 94% of oil, gas output remain shut in U.S. Gulf after Ida; NATIONAL: Six U.S. states accounted for over half of the primary energy produced in 2019; Five big problems with President Biden’s energy-climate plan; New office to bring COVID-19 ‘lessons learned’ to climate change and public health; INTERNATIONAL: To pause or not to pause oil output is question OPEC+ faces Wednesday; Why banning fossil fuel investments would crush Africa.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Sep 1, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: NM governor’s car gets 13 mpg as she demands state average of 52 mpg; Ida hit one of the country’s biggest oil and chemical hubs; INTERNATIONAL: Trudeau pledges tighter rules for oil cos.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Aug 31, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California wises up and chooses natural gas; Permian natural gas growth spurs more processing capacity; NATIONAL: Record plastic prices may go stratospheric; Biden’s infrastructure plan is Solyndra on steroids; Time to rethink Biden’s anti-American energy policies; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ seen sticking to plan.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Aug 30, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Murphy shouldn’t stop NJ homes & businesses from having access to affordable, reliable natural gas; GO-WV unveils specialty WV license plate design; NATIONAL: House Democrats seek more oil drilling bans; New contracts inch North American LNG projects closer to FID; US LNG exports climb this week; Ex-fracker at Walmart reveals one risk to U.S. oil supply growth.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Aug 27, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Texas upstream employment increases; California’s energy and climate regulations are “Green Jim Crow”; NATIONAL: EIA expects increased U.S. propane consumption this winter; Critics say Biden ‘slow walks’ compliance with court order to resume federal oil, natural gas lease sales; In midst of Afghanistan disaster, Biden turns to Nord Stream 2; INTERNATIONAL: China announces major shale oil discovery; BP to use renewable natural gas processed from poultry litter; Gas shortage boosts Russia’s sway over Europe’s energy markets.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 26, 2021”