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MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: How to tell Cuomo frets the natural gas shortage: He’s passing the buck; Toomey praises Trump for shale gas exploration policies in Pennsylvania, U.S.; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Optimizing shale well designs could boost Eagle Ford and Permian economics by 19-23%; Cameron LNG natural gas facility officially opens today; Planned natural gas release angers compressor station opponents; NATIONAL: The United States now exports crude oil to more destinations than it imports from; Natural gas and renewables will rule America’s electricity future; Natural gas exports to Mexico swell, but is a tidal wave coming?; INTERNATIONAL: Novatek – TC LNG Shipping JV off “Blocked Person” list.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 25, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: New York’s man-made natural-gas crisis; Groups vent concerns about RestorePa plan; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Alliant plant near completion in town of Beloit; NATIONAL: New name, same story from Baker Hughes: U.S. rig count down again; Trump nominates Dan Brouillette to replace Energy Secretary Rick Perry; Big U.S. liquefied natgas players move fast; smaller ones try to keep up; INTERNATIONAL: China is the world’s largest oil & gas importer.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 21, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Maryland issues draft greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: DTE Energy pays $2.5 billion for M5 Midstream; NATIONAL: All Electric? (video); Republic Services expands natural gas-powered fleet; INTERNATIONAL: Pieridae Energy closes acquisition of Shell’s Alberta assets.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 18, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Kinder Morgan to bring 9 Elba Island LNG units into service by first half of 2020; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Gulf Coast supply, demand growth puts natural gas pipeline grid at risk; Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bill limiting oil and gas development; NATIONAL: Natural gas industry urged to advance ‘positive message’ to ensure pipelines; A draconian crackdown looms over natural gas; E&Ps’ performance belies negative investor sentiment.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 17, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Eastern Ohio’s low oil & gas production counties; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New study blames some Permian Basin earthquakes on fracking; NATIONAL: U.S. oil and gas jobs fall as drilling declines; Warren and Sanders, policy mates; The crackdown on illegal immigration is hurting oil drillers; California and New York show the ugly face of ‘progress’; Technology takes over tight oil; Political challenges send chill through US gathering of LNG interests; INTERNATIONAL: Sales of electric vehicles in China are slowing; Climate worship is nothing more than rebranded paganism.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 16, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Firefighters battle blazing conventional gas well in West Salem Township; Groups bidding for PES refinery due to tour fire-damaged site; Meeting to discuss plans for new power plant in Robinson Township canceled; WV’s oil and gas industry prepares for petrochemical manufacturing; GAIL selling two, seeking one LNG cargo; NATIONAL: Pipeline vandals have a friend in these phony enablers; Five U.S. LNG export projects eyed for sanctioning in 2020; Oilfield services firm ProPetro cuts almost 150 workers.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 15, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Southwestern Energy pads finances ahead of earnings season; Utica Summit hears Shell cracker update; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California’s high gasoline prices are no accident; NATIONAL: A shale-gas revolution, if we can keep it.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 11, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Marriage of plastics industry and Penn College flourishing; Natural gas pipelines are the topic of Oct. 17 webinar; 2nd Circ. won’t send NY pipeline appeal to DC Circ.; EPA settles Clean Air Act violations at ARG refinery in Bradford, Pa.; NATIONAL: US upstream companies continue on conservative path in Q3; UPS makes major investment into natural gas fleet; Halliburton cutting 650 jobs in U.S. as oilfield business slows; The next secretary? DOE’s No. 2 behind the scenes; EPA Administrator says new WOTUS to be finalized by winter; INTERNATIONAL: Natural gas increasingly ‘vilified’ and ‘demonized,’ says BP’s Dudley; Petrobras, Equinor tie up for natural gas projects; Most Germans who switch energy source in heating opt for natural gas – study; Canada to add nearly 25% of new global crude oil supply.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 10, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: ODNR issues 10 permits in Utica-Point Pleasant shale; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: It costs $532,000 to decommission a single wind turbine; NATIONAL: Natgas permitting down in Appalachia, while oil permits fall in Texas, Wyoming; Trump hasn’t solved the pipeline crisis; Democrats slam Wheeler for ‘weaponizing’ agency; WellBoss, Downhole Tech merger becomes official; Supply growth levels natural gas futures to near 20-year lows; Chesapeake Energy’s stock falls toward 20-year low, as crude oil futures drop; The oil and gas situation: Is the industry dying? Not hardly.; Natural-gas producers hard hit by tanking prices.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 9, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Delaware River Basin Commission names Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. deputy executive director; Good water quality reports in one Pennsylvania river basin raise questions about possible fracking ban in another; Long Island liberals wake up to how green extremism hurts constituents; #TobyTalks: EQT CEO updating employees on the 100-day plan; NATIONAL: Opinion: Want to Ban Fracking? Think Again.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 8, 2019”

NATIONAL: Rigs keep dropping out of U.S. patch as oil, gas both down; Trump sides with farmers in ethanol proposal, angering oil industry; Working natural gas storage capacity utilization reaches 80% or more in EIA’s three largest regions; Slower production growth putting less pressure on prices in 2019/20 winter, says NGSA; U.S. shale oil and natural gas, underestimated its whole life; Rising ethane demand means less rejection, more recovery and higher prices; INTERNATIONAL: Energy transition? Not so fast, one expert says; Pipelines from Russia cross political lines; OPEC chief invites all 97 oil producers to join OPEC+ coalition; Iran says Chinese state oil firm withdraws from $5b natural gas deal.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Oct 7, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: The energy of Washington County; Pennsylvania Senator Daylin Leach proposes constitutional amendment to ban fracking; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Dominion Energy to study development of first large-scale solar project at Dulles International Airport; Chevron’s shale allies are its secret weapon in Exxon race; Ashland residents rally against Eversource natural gas pipeline project; NATIONAL: Energy Secretary Rick Perry to step down next month: report; U.S. crude oil exports continued to grow in the first half of 2019; U.S. shale oil boom ends as lower prices take toll: Kemp; U.S. crude production returns to record levels; Natural gas and the electric power sector: the latest trends; U.S. exports are revolutionizing the LNG market; INTERNATIONAL: Climate activists in London lose control of hose spraying fake blood.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, Oct 4, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Dominion Energy announces organizational changes; Welding together careers for the future in Susquehanna County; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Rhode Island falls behind emissions goals, study shows; NATIONAL: Kimmeridge closes fifth E&P-focused fund at $800 million hard cap; Long-term SPAs keep U.S. LNG exports stable amid global price volatility; INTERNATIONAL: EIA projects that renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050; TDs, senators and Hollywood actors round on the government over US fracked gas being used in Ireland; Norway sovereign wealth fund to divest oil explorers, keep refiners.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Oct 3, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Schlumberger introduces at-bit steerable system for drilling horizontal wells in a single run; David Benson, P.E. joins Steel Nation engineering; The big change that’s about to happen at the Shell cracker site; Pittsburgh Technical College launches initiative for region’s changing workforce; NATIONAL: The energy sector lagged in the third quarter; Renewable Portfolio Standard Scam (Part 2) – video; INTERNATIONAL: Capitalism is what really worries global warmists and fractivists.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Wed, Oct 2, 2019”

OTHER U.S. REGIONS: $8.5 billion natural gas liquefaction facility coming to Plaquemines Parish; NATIONAL: What to do about Chesapeake Energy’s wild two weeks; Ethane prices may rise with steam-cracker demand, but not much; INTERNATIONAL: Trump seeks partners not “permanent enemies” ahead of U.S.-China talks; Qatar Petroleum eyes new long-term LNG deals as expansion progresses.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Tue, Oct 1, 2019”

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Letter: Time to get Atlantic Coast Pipeline project moving again; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: New identity for BP in the shale fields; Port trucking company replaces diesel with natural gas trucks; Is the Permian natural gas price rally real?; NATIONAL: Lower 48 E&P bankruptcies not ‘epidemic,’ says Rystad; Shale boom is slowing just when the world needs oil most; Trump’s four biggest secrets are the economy; INTERNATIONAL: Extinction Rebellion funded by rich trust-funders and special interests; First export cargo from Freeport LNG nears UAE port; New IPCC report on ocean warming cites a flawed and retracted paper.
Read More “Shale Energy Stories of Interest: Mon, Sep 30, 2019”