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U.S. Senate Candidate McCormick Addressed Shale Insight In Person

Voters in Pennsylvania have the opportunity to elect a U.S. Senator in November who is a 100% supporter of the state’s Marcellus shale industry: Dave McCormick. Will they? Or will PA voters re-elect Bob Casey for a third term—someone who voted with Joe Biden and his Big Green (anti-shale) agenda 98.5% of the time? A quote often attributed to Woody Allen is this: “Ninety percent of success in life is just showing up.” Dave McCormick showed up, IN PERSON, to deliver a talk at this week’s Shale Insight event in Erie, PA, showing his unreserved support for PA shale. Bob Casey was a no-show. Instead, Casey “mailed it in” by sending a prerecorded message to attendees, mouthing insincere words of support for the industry. Which one do you believe REALLY supports shale? It’s a no-brainer. Read More “U.S. Senate Candidate McCormick Addressed Shale Insight In Person”

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O&G Execs Talk Harris Fracking Flip-Flop, LNG “Pause” at Gastech

The Gastech Exhibition & Conference 2024 is happening this week in Houston, TX. It is a massive event with an estimated 50,000 attendees. Gastech bills itself as the world’s largest exhibition and conference for natural gas, LNG, hydrogen, climate technologies, AI, energy manufacturing, and low-carbon solutions. We’ve seen reports from the event that say big names in the oil and gas space are talking about important issues of the day, including Kamala Harris’ fracking flip-flop, Biden’s “pause” on new LNG approvals, and more. At first, it appeared Big Oil CEOs were giving Harris a pass, saying her flip-flop is legit—she won’t ban fracking, and we should all sing kumbaya as we coronate Kamala Queen. But then we read further… Read More “O&G Execs Talk Harris Fracking Flip-Flop, LNG “Pause” at Gastech”

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Shale Insight 2024 – All-Star Lineup of Speakers, Important Topics

“We believe in using the resources we have in this basin to build a stronger tomorrow, without ignoring the critical realities of today,” said Marcellus Shale Coalition President Dave Callahan during his opening remarks at SHALE INSIGHT® last year. The MSC convenes its 14th industry-leading conference on September 24-26 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, PA. Be sure to register now, so you don’t miss hearing from the “who’s who” lineup of national energy leaders and important stakeholders! Read More “Shale Insight 2024 – All-Star Lineup of Speakers, Important Topics”

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Appalachian Hydrogen & CCS Conf – Projects Coming in 2025

As you know, last year at about this time, the Bidenistas announced seven winners of the Hydrogen Hub Hunger Games contest (see Hydrogen Hub Winners Announced – WV Takes Prize in M-U Region). The West Virginia-led Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2), a project that will use Marcellus/Utica natural gas as the feedstock to produce “blue” hydrogen, was one of the seven winners (scoring $925 million). The first $30 million was recently distributed (see EQT & Others Enter “Phase 1” of Hydrogen Hub; DOE Cuts $30M Check). If you want to know more about what’s coming with ARCH2 and in the hydrogen (and carbon capture) space in general, there’s one place to be on November 7: The Appalachian Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Conference VI, being held at the Hilton Garden Inn Southpointe/Pittsburgh. Read More “Appalachian Hydrogen & CCS Conf – Projects Coming in 2025”

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DUG Appalachia: “Forgotten” Ohio has “Holy Trinity” – Oil, Gas, NGLs

Yesterday and today, Hart Energy is hosting the DUG Appalachia Conference & Exhibition in Pittsburgh. DUG stands for Developing Unconventional Gas. Great conference and a great company hosting it. The opening session yesterday was titled, “The State of the Utica: The Code’s Cracked,” and featured Rob Brundrett, President of the Ohio Oil & Gas Association (OOGA). Brundrett had some interesting comments about the often-overlooked Ohio Utica Shale. He said Ohio is sometimes “the forgotten child” in the Marcellus/Utica region and that the Ohio Utica offers the “holy trinity of hydrocarbons” — crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs). His turn-of-phrase gave us a chuckle.
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Get Up to Speed on ARCH2 at Appalachian Hydrogen & CCS Conference

As you know, the Bidenistas recently announced seven winners of the Hydrogen Hub Hunger Games contest (see Hydrogen Hub Winners Announced – WV Takes Prize in M-U Region). The West Virginia-led Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (ARCH2), a project that will use Marcellus/Utica natural gas as the feedstock to produce “blue” hydrogen, was one of the seven winners (scoring $925 million). Cool! If you want to know more about what’s coming with ARCH2 and in the hydrogen (and carbon capture) space in general, there’s one place to be on November 30: The Appalachian Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Conference V, being held at the Hilton Garden Inn Southpointe/Pittsburgh.
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Other Shale Plays Grow Gas Production to Make Up for Stalled M-U

We’ve called attention to this for years now: The Marcellus/Utica, THE largest producing play in the U.S., is now stalled with respect to increasing production of natural gas. Why? Because we can’t build and complete any major new pipelines. Without more pipelines, the M-U is limited in how much it can produce. The situation is widely known. Yet another fact is evident: The U.S. continues to increase natural gas production. How? Other “non-core” plays (plays that don’t focus on gas) are seeing an increase in gas production from “private players,” according to a speaker at this week’s LDC Forum Northeast in Boston.
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SUPER DUG Event – Biden Intent on Destroying O&G; NatGas on Hold

First, there was DUG, the Developing Unconventional Gas industry conference founded and hosted by Hart Energy. Then there were regional editions of DUG, like DUG Permian, DUG Eagle Ford, DUG Bakken, and DUG East (which covered both the Marcellus and Utica). Now, there’s SUPER DUG! Which is the combination of events covering the Permian, Eagle Ford, Midcontinent (SCOOP/STACK), Bakken, and the Rockies (DJ Basin, etc.). SUPER DUG was held yesterday and today in Fort Worth, Texas. There was some interesting news coming from the first day–news about natural gas and about Joe Biden.
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POGLA Event May 6: Landowners, Industry & The Legislature

One of MDN’s favorite organizations is the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Landowner Alliance (POGLA), an organization representing oil, gas, mineral, and royalty owners throughout the Commonwealth of PA. POGLA will host a conference titled Landowners, Industry & The Legislature, on May 6, 2023, from 8 am to 5 pm in Washington, PA. This event has the MDN stamp of approval. If you are a landowner or rights owner in PA, and if there’s any way you can attend this low-cost event near Pittsburgh, we heartily encourage you to do so.
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CERAWeek: Bidenistas’ Secret Meeting on Taking Over Gas Certs

As we have been reporting, CERAWeek, the world’s premier energy conference, is happening all this week in Houston, Texas. On Thursday, Bloomberg reporters filed a roundup/overview of happenings at the event. Below is the roundup from Day Four of CERAWeek, which includes reporting on a secretive meeting hosted by Biden administration officials who are working on a plan to take over standards for what constitutes and what does not constitute “responsible” gas. Also in the list is a summary of comments (very disappointing comments) made by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Acting Chairman Willie Phillips about racist (i.e., “environmental justice”) oil and gas projects.
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CERAWeek: Why RNG is a Bit Player in Natural Gas Space

RNG (renewable natural gas) was a hot topic at yesterday’s CERAWeek event in Houston, Texas. We don’t write much about RNG because, quite frankly, it doesn’t interest us. We’d rather punch holes in the ground to get natural gas than cap a manure pile to collect it. The reason we’re writing about it today is that a Reuters reporter covering CERAWeek has written an article about comments made at the event. The comments are illuminating and you need to read what is being said about RNG by those in the know.
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BKV IPO On Hold, M&A Deals Falling Apart Due to Low Gas Prices

CERAWeek, happening this week in Houston, Texas, is one of (perhaps THE) premier oil and gas conferences held each year. Everybody who’s anybody attends, except for yours truly. Sometimes it’s the things you (over)hear around the proverbial water cooler at such events that are more interesting than what is said from the stage or in media interviews. For example, Banpu’s BKV, with major assets in the northeast Pennsylvania Marcellus, filed plans with the Securities and Exchange Commission late last year to launch an initial public offering (see Northeast PA Marcellus Driller BKV/Banpu Files with SEC for IPO). According to whispers Reuters heard at CERAWeek, the current low commodity price of natgas has put BKV’s IPO plans on hold.
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CERAWeek: Granholm Woos O&G; Europe Won’t Sign LNG Deals

As we have been reporting, CERAWeek, the world’s premier energy conference, is happening all this week in Houston, Texas. On Wednesday, Bloomberg reporters filed a roundup/overview of happenings at the event. Below is the roundup from Day Three of CERAWeek, which includes comments made by the U.S. Secretary of Energy, Jennifer Granholm, attempting to suck up to the same oil and gas companies she has been bashing for the past two years. Also of interest, Europeans said during a panel discussion that European countries are reluctant to sign long-term LNG contracts because they believe (wrongly) that natgas will soon become “obsolete.” What dunderheads. No wonder Europe is crumbling and falling before our eyes.
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CERAWeek: Repsol Investing $1.5B; Souki Won’t Sell LNG to China

As we have been reporting, CERAWeek, the world’s premier energy conference, is happening all this week in Houston, Texas. MDN is not there, but there are a number of news organizations on site. One of them is Bloomberg. Yes, we know, Bloomberg tilts left. But sometimes they send reporters out who actually do real reporting, as is happening from CERAWeek. On Monday, Bloomberg filed a roundup/overview of things said at the event–both in sessions and in interviews with Bloomberg reporters. Below is the roundup from Day One of CERAWeek, which includes an interesting summary of Repsol comments that the company is investing close to $1.5 billion in 2023 in exploration and production in North America. Repsol has major operations in the Marcellus–so we can expect an expanded drilling program in Repsol’s northeastern PA assets.
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CERAWeek: EQT Says NatGas Balanced 2023; Cheniere Wants More M-U Gas

As we have been reporting, CERAWeek, the world’s premier energy conference, is happening all this week in Houston, Texas. On Tuesday, Bloomberg reporters filed a roundup/overview of happenings at the event. Below is the roundup from Day Two of CERAWeek, which includes a comment by EQT CEO Toby Rice, who said he believes the natural gas market will come back into balance in the “middle half” of this year as production adjusts (i.e., less drilling) following the recent precipitous collapse in prices.
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Shale Insight Conference Coming to Erie, PA Sept. 27-29

It’s already that time of year again! SHALE INSIGHT, one of the top conferences and expos in the Marcellus/Utica, will be held September 27-29 at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, PA. EQT, CNX Resources, and Chesapeake Energy CEOs, along with top natural gas sector executives, will share their vision and remarks. Hosted by the Marcellus Shale Coalition, the conference will also feature perspectives from the European Commission’s Director General for Energy, the Pennsylvania candidates for U.S. Senate and Governor, as well as many technical breakout sessions focused on hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, methane mitigation, energy infrastructure, and industry innovations.
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