Best of the Rest

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pittsburgh Regional Building Trades Council opposes Wolf’s push for RGGI participation; NATIONAL: Appeals court backs drilling protections reinstated by Biden; Nearly 400 state and local officials call for ban on new fracking permits; Kerry family jet flies to Idaho while he goes on international climate tour; Lower- and middle-class Americans will pay a fortune for Biden’s wind-power plan; Enverus/Drillinginfo sells itself to investment firm Hellman & Friedman; INTERNATIONAL: Less gas available for Canadian gas storage injection this summer; Shale oil is a dagger aimed at the heart of oil prices; Seven European countries to halt export finance for fossil fuels.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 14, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: As a large company’s president, I support RGGI to make Pa.’s businesses greener; NATIONAL: Could tiny sensors keep methane out of our atmosphere–and homes?; INTERNATIONAL: An anti-global warming hysteria book is driving Norwegian warming hysterics nuts; Russia tightens its grip on Europe’s natural gas markets.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Apr 13, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pennsylvania town saved by fracking fears Biden will kill its prosperity; Indian Point is shutting down. That means more fossil fuel.; Plug Power and Brookfield Renewable move forward with green hydrogen plant in PA; NATIONAL: How Oxy’s new carbon venture could become a true game-changer; INTERNATIONAL: For Mexico’s president, the future isn’t renewable energy — it’s coal; Qatar could throw a wrench in America’s ambitious LNG plans.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 12, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Verde Bio Holdings announces acquisition of mineral and royalty interests; UGI companies join Natural Gas Supply Collaborative; Antero Resources announces retirement of co-founder Glen Warren; NATIONAL: Lawmakers tell Biden to maintain Army Corps permitting rule; Groups petition EPA to remove ethane and methane from list of compounds exempt from emissions limits.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Apr 9, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DCNR, DEP begin plugging 12 abandoned oil & gas wells in Cornplanter State Forest; NATIONAL: Occidental CEO Hollub opposes a carbon tax despite rivals’ support for idea; Wrecking Biodiversity (video); U.S. energy E&P deals jump to $3.4 billion in first-quarter as shale consolidates; INTERNATIONAL: Canadian pipeline companies sees natgas opportunities in shift to green energy; Nord Stream 2 proves to be geo-political disaster; Climate activists smash Barclays HQ windows to protest capitalism’s role in climate change.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 8, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy looks forward to making a move; NATIONAL: Natural gas workers among top wage earners in energy industry; U.S residential propane prices increased 30% during the winter heating season; EIA predicts $2.73 average HH natgas price for 2Q2021, rises to $3.11 in 2022; Cheers! Raise your beer stein to hops and natural gas; White House climate adviser: Biden won’t close door on carbon tax; Clouds on E&Ps’ horizon dissipate as industry fortunes brighten.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Apr 7, 2021”

NATIONAL: Janet Yellen: Climate change poses ‘existential threat’ to financial markets; INTERNATIONAL: European demand driving U.S. LNG exports – LNG recap; Iraq moves to exploit its massive natural gas reserves.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Apr 6, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Sen. Yaw plans bills to stop state from supporting solar energy projects with any foreign components; National Fuel outlines plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; Thomas F. Farrell II, former CEO of Virginia-based Dominion Energy, dies at 66; Cabot Oil and Gas donates $50,000 to LCTI program; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Hull Street Energy acquires natural gas-fired plant in Connecticut from ENGIE; NATIONAL: Biden infrastructure plan boosts renewables outlook, puts oil and gas on notice; US natural gas storage injection season starts early with 14 Bcf build; Adam Brandt to lead Stanford’s Natural Gas Initiative research program; U.S. LNG feedgas demand surges as export capacity additions continue; INTERNATIONAL: Oil slips to $64 as rising OPEC+, Iranian output weighs.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Apr 5, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Allegheny County Councilor Hallam introduces bill to ban fracking in most county parks; Rep. Conor Lamb talks goals to reduce methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Texas upstream sector added 2,300 jobs in February, one year after industry ‘bloodbath’; NATIONAL: No U.S. LNG export FIDs predicted in 2021, says Wood Mackenzie; The future of U.S. LNG hangs in the balance; Methane-pyrolysis process leverages natural gas for CO2-free H2 generation; The natural gas flame continues to burn bright; Drill, baby, drill hasn’t died in the U.S. shale patch; INTERNATIONAL: US Energy Sec. Granholm calls Saudi energy minister ahead of OPEC meeting; Drilling activity is set for two consecutive years of growth but will lag pre-pandemic levels.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 1, 2021”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: WV Gov. Jim Justice no longer a billionaire; Women are drilling their way into Ohio’s male dominated oil and gas industry; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Mass. climate act advances movement to restrict natural gas use in buildings; NATIONAL: Will 2021 mark the start of a major shale recovery?
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 31, 2021”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: State senator asks attorney general to weigh in on decision to extend natural gas plant’s permit; Regulators decline to use ratepayer funds for Aquidneck Island gas plans; Protests arise as Warren Buffett seeks to profit from recent Texas power blackouts; NATIONAL: The woman transforming one of america’s biggest oil companies; INTERNATIONAL: Suez Canal reopens, LNG vessels waiting for normalised operations; Riders are abandoning buses and trains. That’s a problem for climate change.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 30, 2021”

NATIONAL: Shale oil’s new investors want discipline and a smaller environmental footprint; Why natural gas prices are unlikely to break out in the short term; Vanishing fracklog shows U.S. shale patch getting back to work; Wind & solar subsidies (video); INTERNATIONAL: New Fortress Energy signs contract to supply natural gas to CFE power plants in Mexico; As the shift to green energy speeds up, Shell’s big natural-gas bet is at risk; Clog at the canal: a local look at Suez situation; Despite pledges to cut emissions, China goes on a coal spree.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 29, 2021”

NATIONAL: Kennedy, Cruz introduce bill to promote liquefied natural gas exports; Gasoline prices are high and going higher – here’s why; US gas in storage posts larger-than-expected pull in likely last draw of season; INTERNATIONAL: For most of 2020, China’s refineries processed more crude oil than U.S. refineries; Energy industry grapples with fallout from Suez Canal blockage.
Read More “Other Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 26, 2021”

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”