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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pro-energy, pro-manufacturing approach is best for Pennsylvania; Anne Blankenship: Gas industry can drive WV’s future; Oil and gas officials, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce optimistic of pipeline continuation; Pro-fracking group backs Phillips; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Virginia moves to phase out CO2 from power plants by 2045; NATIONAL: EIA’s long-term power plant projections trade off the cost and value of new capacity; Natural gas prices may decline further, likely to hit a 20-yr low level; INTERNATIONAL: Germany proves how essential natural gas is – and the U.S. must supply; The great Saudi shale swindle.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 9, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR awards three drilling permits; NATIONAL: North American midstream energy companies face $123 billion of debt maturities in 2020-24; Exxon CEO dismisses rivals’ climate targets as ‘beauty competition’; INTERNATIONAL: Coronavirus leads OPEC to recommend sharper oil output reduction through June; OPEC+ proposes major cuts, but Russia may not come along; Germany sees no role for natural gas in draft plan for hydrogen.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Mar 6, 2020”

NATIONAL: Less petroleum and other liquids consumed in the U.S. is coming from refineries; Danly’s FERC nomination moves to full Senate over Democrats’ objections; US natural gas infrastructure investment increasingly risky; INTERNATIONAL: With oil prices down 20%, OPEC pushes for stability; PetroChina suspends some gas contracts as coronavirus hits demand.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Mar 5, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Trump says he’s ‘fighting’ New York to force gas pipeline; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New infrastructure driving flow and price changes in Texas Gulf Coast gas markets; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas consumption sets new record in 2019; Democrats threaten energy rollback; Latest gamble by restaurateur turned gas baron hits the skids; The ultimate guide to well logging.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Mar 4, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR announces new chief of Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management; Nonprofit, educational organizations: don’t miss this chance to apply for environmental grants; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Cameron LNG Train 2 starts commercial operations; NATIONAL: U.S. crude oil production grew 11% in 2019, surpassing 12 million barrels per day; Trump wants to lift the ban on transporting liquefied natural gas on trains – opponents say it’s a risk; Natural gas continues to reflect seasonality; Baker Hughes: US rig count down 1 unit to 790; EV Dream (video); INTERNATIONAL: TC Energy, tribal leaders reach agreement to resume Coastal GasLink construction.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Mar 3, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy students head south; NATIONAL: Coronavirus fears combine with warmer weather forecasts to send natgas below $1.70; Oil, gas operators forecast to slash E&P, project spending on coronavirus impacts; COVID-19, declining energy commodity prices and what might lie ahead; Businesses fret over potential Bernie Sanders presidency; One reason Russia might like to see Bernie Sanders elected; Was Tom Steyer’s campaign the worst in presidential history?; ‘Anointed with Oil’ review: The crude versus the refined.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Mar 2, 2020”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Williams seeks to raise $5 billion by selling stake in pipelines – sources; NATIONAL: Top Republican rejects climate denialism, urges expansion of nuclear power and natural gas; ‘Stop the money’ anti-energy project will strap the poor for cash; Michael Bloomberg’s climate money may have gotten his presidential campaign into IRS hot water; Plastic bags help the environment; INTERNATIONAL: RIL’s shale gas dream hangs in balance as gas price falls; Heathrow third runway rejected over incompatibility with Paris climate agreement.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Feb 28, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR issues 8 Utica drilling permits; PA Chamber expresses dismay over canceled Constitution Pipeline Project; NATIONAL: Analysts slash 2020 natural gas price forecast; The oil and gas situation: time for alarm has arrived; BP withdraws from industry groups, citing climate disagreements; Activist group rewards its favorite reporters; Feed supplement for dairy cows cuts their methane emissions from belching by about a quarter; Wind has surpassed hydro as most-used renewable electricity generation source in U.S.; Sagging supply and rising demand for Jones Act ships to send rates higher; INTERNATIONAL: New Fortress Energy progresses Mexican LNG terminal construction; U.S. and India to promote energy ties, say Trump and Modi; Japan will remain a key market for U.S. LNG.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Feb 27, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Pa. House Speaker Mike Turzai: Banning fracking would destroy Pennsylvania’s economy; NATIONAL: U.S. crude oil production increases; imports remain strong to support refinery operations; Michael Bloomberg’s climate change plan would wreak economic mayhem; INTERNATIONAL: Russia’s Novatek celebrates another Yamal LNG milestone.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Feb 26, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Construction workers on the Mariner East paid dearly for DEP delays; Slate takes shape for Utica Midstream Conference; Following attacks from challenger, Lamb weighs in on fracking ban; CNX names chief accounting officer; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Activists continue to fight flaring-reducing infrastructure; Tellurian builds Driftwood LNG momentum; Ducey signs bill banning local bans on natural gas; NATIONAL: Natural gas is crushing wind and solar power – Why isn’t anyone talking about it?; CenterPoint Energy to sell natural gas retail business for $400m; Natural gas recovery – dead cat bounce; Tech’s green pose gets less and less convincing; Banning gas stoves is not a serious way to fight climate change; INTERNATIONAL: Kosmos says won’t expand in new oil basins, unveils climate change-focused strategy; The EIB’s attack on gas is counter-productive.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Feb 25, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DEP invites comments on Adelphia Gateway pipeline erosion & sedimentation permit; Pitt fossil fuel disinvestment activists begin occupation of cathedral; Encino Energy and Habitat for Humanity partner to build homes and community; Let’s drive West Virginia’s future; Gas pipeline upgrades underway in Covington; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Rehearing of Atlantic Bridge flash decision denied by FERC; Protest at natural gas site in Weymouth draws 13 arrests; What REX pipeline’s contract changes mean for gas flows, prices; NATIONAL: Working natgas stocks will end 2019–20 heating season at highest level since 2017; Natural-gas exporters struggle to lock up buyers despite ‘freedom gas’ pitch; Want to help the environment? Don’t ban fracking.; Shale production is on DUC life support and will need it going forward; Researchers awarded DOE/NETL grant to develop one-step process for converting natural gas into liquids; The obvious reality of more U.S. oil and natural gas; INTERNATIONAL: Aramco to spend $110 bil on Saudi Arabia’s largest unconventional gas field.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Feb 24, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: DEP invites comments on Adelphia Gateway pipeline permit; NATIONAL: U.S. shale oil outlook darkens as by-product prices slide; US oil, gas rig count down 5 to 825, gas total lowest since late 2016; The changing composition of a U.S. NGL barrel.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Feb 21, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Toomey ‘pushes back’ on Dems’ efforts to ban fracking; NATIONAL: Moody’s – North American E&P firms face high debt maturities, tighter access to capital; DOE proposes to extend natural gas export authorizations to non-FTA countries through 2050; PHMSA issues final rule on underground natural gas storage facilities safety; Trump announces nominations of deputy chiefs for EPA, Energy Department; INTERNATIONAL: Transport minister confirms anti-pipeline protestors tampered with railroad crossings; Donald Trump’s India visit: Deal likely for more US oil, gas to trim trade gap.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Feb 20, 2020”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Texas regulator calls out state’s worst, best companies for natural gas flaring; NATIONAL: Ted Cruz torches Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez’s bill to ban fracking; Colder weather outlook lifts nat gas to highest finish in four weeks; The rise of distributed natural gas generation; INTERNATIONAL: These kids need oil and natural gas: 325 million children live on less than $2 a day.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Feb 19, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Lamb: Western Pennsylvanians feel ‘betrayed’ by fracking ban legislation; Due process delayed: Tolling orders put pipeline opponents in ‘legal limbo’; Everyone will benefit if Mariner East developers are allowed to make changes to the project; NextEra Energy appoints ex-EQT CEO to board; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Bernie Sanders comes to Colorado to tell state’s oil and gas workers that he wants to eliminate their jobs; PG&E launching big pipeline project in Napa Valley; NATIONAL: BEBs or bust? Battery electric buses make no sense at all; If they are so alarmed by climate change, why are they so opposed to solving it?; Outgoing INGAA chief urges focus on steps along path to clean energy; States need to answer for stubbornly high electricity bills; INTERNATIONAL: EIA revises global liquid fuels demand growth down because of the coronavirus.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Feb 18, 2020”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR issues two shale drilling permits; School finances study by Penn State doesn’t pass smell test; Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Soto bill to ban hydraulic fracturing to devastate working families, jeopardize Pa. union jobs; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New Shintech ethane cracker in Louisiana starts up; NATIONAL: Why natural-gas prices may sink further after hitting 2016 lows; U.S. natural gas consumption has both winter and summer peaks; Oil boom feels more like a bust in Texas shale patch; Stages per frac crew increases by 26% across shale plays; Drill, baby, drill: oil and natural gas production on federal land passes 1 billion barrels; Landi Renzo launching natural gas option for Ford 7.3-liter; US energy dominance: the case for unbridled optimism; INTERNATIONAL: IEA calls for ‘grand coalition’ to bridge energy, climate gap.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Feb 14, 2020”