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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Belmont County port authority official optimistic about fracking; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California senators calling on Biden to set date for phasing out gasoline cars; NATIONAL: U.S. oil activity jumps as executives remain wary of OPEC, Biden; Biden’s high-cost plan to accelerate U.S. adoption of electric vehicles; Don’t ban fossil fuels: absolutism in climate change policy is a vice; INTERNATIONAL: The ripple effect on trade of one giant ship stuck in Suez.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 25, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Babst Calland named to Pennsylvania Business Central’s top 100 organizations; Mariner East opponents have gone home, but ET is still helping others; Borowicz pleased with update on unique energy project in county; Gov. DeWine names former Franklin County judge as next PUCO chairwoman; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Residential bills would grow 20 percent under Bangor Natural Gas rate hike; US natural gas storage likely posts modest draw as injection season looks to start early; INTERNATIONAL: Qatar tightens global gas market grip with bold expansion moves.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 24, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Heavily discounted basis in Appalachia hits tipping point as injection season nears; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: US liquefied natural gas project scrapped; NATIONAL: U.S. LNG exports in EIA’s AEO2021 side cases vary with crude oil, natural gas prices; Shale drillers rushing to refinance debt at record-low rates; U.S. LNG exports on track to hit record high in March; INTERNATIONAL: China buys more Iranian and Venezuelan oil, in a test for Biden.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 23, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Folsom Engineering makes history with gas industry support; Why a federal order in the Weymouth compressor case has the natural gas world worried; Environmental justice groups offer vision to shut New York City peakers; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: From Big Green to Al Gore: misguided opposition to the Byhalia Connection increases; Ethylene shortages from plants crippled by deep freeze roil petchem markets; NATIONAL: The shale party is just getting started; Nonprofits press Biden team to exclude natural gas projects from global public financing; Climate change and cancel culture – here’s how left uses fear to push costly, radical policies; New report details shifting moods about the energy transition; The IEA sees peak oil demand! Yawn; America’s most underrated energy reality: low and lower cost natural gas; INTERNATIONAL: Aramco likely to partner with China on blue hydrogen, CEO says.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 22, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: 35 PA Democrats urge Gov. Wolf to investigate health impacts associated with natural gas fracking; FirstEnergy and Carl Icahn reach a deal for board seats and influence; NATIONAL: Biden’s ‘backdoor’ climate plan; Henry Hub forwards hit 2-month low as summer supply outlook turns bearish; States sue Biden in bid to revive Keystone XL pipeline; Here’s why Warren Buffett is betting billions on natural gas.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 19, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Iowa House passes bill banning anti-natural gas, propane ordinances; NATIONAL: EIA expects crude oil prices to rise through April because of lower OPEC production; Understanding the volatile relationship between LNG and global gas markets; U.S. shale prioritizing debt over drilling, just as OPEC predicted; Oil and gas industry isn’t going away anytime soon; INTERNATIONAL: Russia: LNG action plan approved.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 18, 2021”

NATIONAL: Recent completions of natural gas pipeline projects increase transportation capacity; Shale producers find themselves in unusual position; Natural gas in storage set to decrease by about 30% of five-year average.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 17, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pa.’s natural gas industry is a target — again; Pennsylvania lawmakers seek to block entry to multi-state climate compact; NATIONAL: U.S. LNG exports edge up in January 2021; Poorest choice ever confirmed as Secretary of Interior; House Republicans pitch nuclear, natural gas as ‘cleaner’ energy future; Natural gas price prediction – prices drop and remain oversold; Wind & solar subsidies (video); INTERNATIONAL: Asia became the main export destination for growing U.S. LNG exports in 2020.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 16, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: An open letter to President Biden on shale energy; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Colorado’s legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its coal mines; NATIONAL: U.S. Silica, Smart Sand report rising demand for proppant by E&P customers.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 15, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Natural gas use expected to rise in NY; 3 firms seek $12M for Williams Cos. poison pill win; NATIONAL: Democratic opposition builds against Biden’s federal oil, natural gas orders; Biden administration shows openness to continued U.S. LNG exports; EIA: US weekly LNG exports rise, Henry Hub drops; The economics and potential benefits of compressed natural gas; Biden’s climate ‘fix’ is fantastically expensive and perfectly useless; America trails in global race for rare earth elements; INTERNATIONAL: Saudi oil exports post only small drop despite pledged cut.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 12, 2021”

NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas consumption was lower in 2020 in all sectors except electric power; Senate confirms Michael Regan as EPA chief; Hydrogen slides ‘on deck’ and ready to play; Rule by regulation.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 11, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: AOC, other NYC Dems call on Cuomo to pull plug on ‘toxic’ gas-fired power plant in Astoria; Ample supply, outflow constraint kept lid on Northeast gas prices in February; NATIONAL: U.S. crude oil production fell by 8% in 2020, the largest annual decrease on record; No roaring USA shale industry to respond to OPEC+; Biden admin launches oil and gas leasing study; America’s energy policy should be “all of the above” not “everything but”; The Biden administration should build, not backtrack, on energy progress; INTERNATIONAL: ‘Drill, baby, drill is gone forever’: Saudis bet against U.S. shale.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 10, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Manchin prods environmentalists to back oil, gas pipelines; NATIONAL: Not a fracking frenzy: what the new shale oil boom will look like; Cummins introduces heavy-duty natural gas powertrain; Biden sued by 12 states over climate executive order: ‘Enormous expansion of federal regulatory power’; INTERNATIONAL: Japanese companies form carbon-neutral LNG buyers alliance; Shell, Gazprom in Europe’s first carbon-neutral LNG cargo delivery.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 9, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Oil and gas industry is Valley economic driver; West Virginia counties, school districts in natural gas producing counties beginning to plan for revenue hit; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Sierra Club Maine: The power of community organizing and the truth about fracked gas; California’s energy policies hurt minority citizens the most; NATIONAL: Enthusiasm for electric vehicles still appears excessive; INTERNATIONAL: OPEC+ shocker, don’t bet against the Saudis, US shale rejoices, loonie rallies.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 8, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Peregrine acquires producing royalties in West Virginia; Can the U.S. meet its electricity demand with 100 percent renewable energy?; NATIONAL: EIA: US weekly LNG exports rise another week; Lower-paying labor awaits oil and gas crews in the green energy transition; Biden told union leaders ‘I’m all for natural gas’; No ‘one-trick pony’ as Enterprise considers switching up US pipeline infrastructure; Energy secretary says oil industry must embrace green transition; INTERNATIONAL: China’s pursuit of natural gas jolts markets and drains neighbors; Iran accused of eco-terrorism as oil spill washes up on Israeli beaches.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 5, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: West Virginia Gov. Justice to submit tax bill this week; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Exxon and Macquarie in $11.7 million U.S. lawsuit over gas contract; NATIONAL: Biden decision to kill Keystone XL could spell disaster down the tracks; Granholm wakes up DOE’s loan programs office, appoints Jigar Shah; U.S. climate czar urges oil industry to hasten transition to renewables.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 4, 2021”