- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 11, 2019
Has the Delaware River Basin Compact Been Voided by Congress?
Ned SaderPublic Affairs Consultant … … Ned Sader asks whether the Delaware River Basin Compact was voided 22 years ago by the unilateral action of Congress to amend it without state approval.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 11, 2019
Chevron hints at divesting Appalachian assets
Chevron hinted Tuesday its Appalachian shale assets could soon be up for sale, along with other parts of its asset portfolio, as the oil supermajor moves to “invest in the highest return, lowest risk projects … ,” Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 11, 2019
XOM beats New York’s climate-change accounting case
New York state’s Attorney General failed to prove ExxonMobil (XOM) mislead shareholders over the true cost of climate change, a judge ruled Tuesday, ending the supermajor’s four-year battle against the state, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 11, 2019
Oil rises, but US-China trade war impacts outlook
Crude oil prices slightly rose Tuesday as Opec+’s deal last week to raise output cuts in 2020 continued to provide a floor for prices.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
Coverage of Carnegie Mellon Study Omits Clean-Air Facts
Over the weekend, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an article detailing a Carnegie Mellon University study that claims to have calculated cumulative environmental and employment impacts of the shale revolution that has positively transformed Pennsylvania and surrounding states in the Marcellus and Utica Shale basins.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
New York’s Loss Against Exxon Casts a Shadow on Related Cases Filed in Massachusetts, Elsewhere
After four years, three different legal theories, four million documents, hundreds of hours of depositions, 11 embarrassing days of trial for the New York Attorney General (NYAG) and a month long wait, the verdict is in: ExxonMobil did not deceive or mislead investors over climate change impacts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 10, 2019
Ecuador inks service pacts for 6 oilfields
Ecuador’s state-owned oil company, Petroamazonas, has signed service contracts worth $1.62 million for the development of six onshore oilfields in the Orellana, Napo and Sucumbios provinces, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 10, 2019
All Trades Distribution Founder and Local Mom Thankful for Pipeline Work!
Brenda Matias-Falco Founder and Principal of All Trades Distribution … … Brenda Matias-Falco, owner of All Trades Distribution, which with contractors, architects and mechanical engineers, is very thankful for her pipeline work.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 10, 2019
Interfaith Christmas Initiative Gets Boost from Natural Gas Industry
Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … A Christmas program launched by Interfaith of Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties receives a big assist from Cabot Oil and Gas and other gas industry partners.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 10, 2019
O&G down, but certainly not out
It’s not hard to miss the signs: * The onshore Lower 48 U.S. states working-rig count has dropped more than 26% since the first week of 2019.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
Entergy, NextEra begin building Arkansas solar project
A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas last week announced the start of construction of Arkansas’ largest utility-scale solar energy project, the 100-megawatt Chicot Solar Energy Center, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 9, 2019
Canadian Energy Weekly Round-Up: December 9
Here are the top news stories covering Canada’s energy landscape this week: Canada’s Energy Industry Still Has Great Potential—That’s Good News for Emissions The outgoing CEO of Imperial Oil, Rich Kruger, recently discussed how Canadians must decide whether they want to increase the country’s oil and natural gas production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
Before the Verdict is In, We Can Already Say the “Exxon Knew” Campaign Failed
As we await a verdict in the New York attorney general’s (NYAG) “historic” trial against ExxonMobil due this week, we already know one thing for sure: “Exxon Knew” is dead.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 9, 2019
Hawaii’s Heavy Reliance on Fossil Fuels Highlights the Hypocrisy of its Climate Lawsuits
As the most isolated state in the United States, Hawaii relies on energy—especially fossil fuels—to help power its economy, bring food and trade to and from the islands, and even keep its unique culture thriving.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
Weymouth Compressor Station Construction Has Begun!
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Weymouth Compressor Station construction has begun! Appalachian shale gas will soon be feeding New England and the Canadian Maritimes.Shale Gas News – December 7, 2019
Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Nord Stream 2, Weymouth Compressor Station, Chesapeake Energy and much more last week.US working-rig count continues to slip
The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week fell by three for the second straight week, data from Baker Hughes Co.’s weekly rig survey reveals.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
KM expects core earnings to increase in 2020
U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan said it expects its core earnings to increase slightly in 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. The company said it intends to cut its debt and increase its dividend next year.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
US crude posts best week since June, on Opec+ news
Crude oil rose Friday as Opec+ agreed to raise production cuts another 500,000 barrels a day through March 2020, bringing total production cuts to 1.7 million barrels a day, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 8, 2019
US working gas in storage falls for 3rd straight week
The volume of working natural gas pulled from storage in the latest Energy Information Administration weekly survey dropped for the third consecutive week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 7, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – December 7, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 6, 2019
Environmental Activist Group Lies to Reporters in Colorado, Sends Out Fake Press Release
The Colorado chapter of the Sunrise Movement stooped to a new low yesterday when it sent out a fake press release supposedly from the Denver Mayor’s office to sow confusion and try to convince people on Twitter that the mayor really declared a “climate emergency” – a move Colorado’s media was quick to call the group out on.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 6, 2019
Fossil Fuel Divestment Isn’t Morally Righteous; It’s Foolish
American Energy Alliance …. …. Fossil fuel divestment is intended to not only frustrate oil and gas development but, more importantly to its advocates, squander the fruits of capitalism.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 6, 2019
Shady Climate Group ‘Releases’ Industry Documents That Were Already Publicly Available
Kert Davies’ Climate Investigations Center (CIC) is at it again, trying to create a scandal by releasing cherry-picked documents from Imperial Oil’s publicly available archive, even as CIC was slammed by a non-profit group Thursday for “using dishonest and potentially unlawful business practices and wasting tax dollars to engage in its investigations.” Anti-energy activists have spent years trying (unsuccessfully) to prove #ExxonKnew.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog, Facts & Rumors Newsletter
- December 6, 2019
Facts & Rumors Newsletter #361 December 7, 2019
Shale Directories Conferences Appalachian Basin Real Estate Conference December 11 & 12, 2019 Oglebay Resort Wheeling, WV http://appabasinrealestate.com/ Latest facts and a rumor from the Marcellus, Utica, and Permian, Eagle Ford Plays Halliburton to Get Busy in the 1st Quarter 2020 in the Marcellus and Utica.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 6, 2019
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Appeal Defends Against Elitist Land Grabbing
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is fighting back against land grabbing by elitist special interests who have invaded the courts with Lorax quoting tree huggers.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 6, 2019
Deeper output cuts not necessary at this point: Energy Aspects
Many believe oil prices will drop sharply unless Opec delivers a massive production cut this week, but deeper cuts are not necessary at this meeting, according to Energy Aspects.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 6, 2019
Opec, non-Opec committee proposes further 500,000 Bpd cut
The Opec and non-Opec Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee (JMMC) decided on Thursday to recommend a further output reduction of 500,000 barrels per day (Bpd) under the Opec+ alliance, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 6, 2019
Oman to support Russia’s condensate plans
Oman plans to back Russia’s expected call to exclude condensates from their production quota set under the Opec+ agreement, an official said on Thursday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 6, 2019
MVP suspends pipeline construction contract
In late November, the company behind the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline cancelled the construction contract with a Texas firm that had been doing the work, Kallanish Energy has learned.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 6, 2019
State report implicates PG&E in deadly Camp Fire
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. failed to properly maintain its towers and electric service wires and was directly responsible for the deadly Camp Fire that killed 85 people and burned over 150,000 acres in northern California, according to a new report by state investigators.Fracking Ban Would Devastate New Mexico’s Economy, Wipe Out 20 Percent of Workforce
A fracking ban in New Mexico would wipe out $86 billion in GDP and nearly 20 percent of the state’s workforce by 2025, according to a new report by the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 5, 2019
Four Things to Know About the Denver Post’s Latest Article on Emissions in Greeley
Oil and natural gas emissions have been a key topic of discussion in Colorado, especially as the state addresses its unique ozone situation and continues to study the health of residents living near development.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
Green Group Sues BP For Promoting Its Renewables Portfolio
Not content with merely watching the case against ExxonMobil crumble in a New York City courtroom last month, a British activist group has now decided to jump into the climate litigation campaign by suing another major oil company, this time over advertising practices that break exactly zero laws.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 5, 2019
NYAG Forced to Explain Cut and Run “Strategy” on Dropped Charges in Court
Remember when the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) office surprised everyone during their closing arguments last month during trial when they dropped two of the four charges against ExxonMobil?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 5, 2019
Cheniere seeks to resume service on one storage tank at Sabine
Cheniere Energy has reportedly requested U.S. energy and safety regulators to grant a process that would enable the company to resume service at a storage tank leaked at its Sabine Pass plant earlier this year.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 5, 2019
Tom Hogan Teaches Others How to Sell Out to Greens and Buy a DA
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Tom Hogan is a RINO politician who has sold out to green special interests.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
China Talks As U.S. Walks and Chews Gum at the Same Time
Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. . .. China has been talking climate to make folks happy while burning ever more coal, but here in the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
US crude stockpiles fall for 1st time in 6 weeks
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) for the week ended Nov. 29, fell by 4.9 million barrels (Mmbbl) from the previous week, the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
Oil up on eve of Opec meeting
Crude oil gained roughly 4% Wednesday, as a larger-than-expected drop in U.S. inventories and hopes of deeper production cuts from Opec+ lifted prices, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
ExxonMobil Moves Massachusetts AG’s “Political” Lawsuit to Federal Court
Citing the transparent political motives and national focus of Massachusetts Attorney General (MAAG) Maura Healey’s lawsuit, lawyers for ExxonMobil have moved the MAAG’s case to federal court, according to a filing from last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 4, 2019
Bill desRosiers Talks Energy, Shale and Growing Up in the Mining Industry
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Bill desRosiers is one of the most influential young leaders in the natural gas industry and the Institute of Energy Research recently interviewed him.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 4, 2019
Weymouth Win: Marcellus Gas Will Go North to the Canadian Maritimes!
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The battle is all but over. The state has approved and FERC has finally issued the go-ahead to start construction on the Weymouth Compressor Station.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
ET, Shell release EPC tender for Lake Charles project
Energy Transfer LP (ET) said Tuesday a tender has been issued to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors to submit final commercial bids for the proposed Lake Charles LNG liquefaction project, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
Oil up and down prior to Opec meeting
Crude oil moved along a bumpy price track Tuesday ahead of Opec’s bi-annual meeting, which kicks off Thursday in Vienna, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
Amazon announces new solar projects in US, Spain
Amazon Tuesday released details of a trio of renewable energy projects in the U.S. and Spain, as the retail giant works to reach net zero carbon across its organization by 2040, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
Cabot Oil and Gas Expanding Its Already Major Scholarship Programs
Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Cabot Oil and Gas is rapidly growing its scholarship programs for students of all ages with hopes of leading them to rewarding careers in energy fields.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
Renewables Investors and Rent Seekers Fund Pipeline Opposition
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Renewables investors are, too often, simply crony corporatists seeking subsidies for their green eggs and scam projects and they fund pipeline opposition.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 3, 2019
Sabine O&G completes sale to Osaka Gas USA
Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings said Monday it’s closed the sale of its subsidiary, Sabine Oil & Gas Corp. to Osaka Gas USA Corp., parent company Osaka Gas’s first move into U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
Cold weather prompts fuel switching in RTOs
A historic November cold snap sent temperatures below freezing in 75% of the Lower 48 states, with the price of natural gas jumping from less than $2.00 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on average in October, to a mid-November high of $5.11/MMBtu at the Tetco M3 hub, located in northeast Pennsylvania, in the PJM Interconnection.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
McDermott, Chiyoda flow feed gas to Cameron’s Train 2
McDermott International and its joint-venture partner, Chiyoda International, Monday announced Train 2 of the Cameron liquefied natural gas export project, in Hackberry, Louisiana, has reached the final commissioning stage, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 2, 2019
Renewable Mandates Have Forced California to Power Down
... … … California’s rolling power outages are not the result of resource deficiencies but, rather, ridiculous renewable mandates and mismanagement of forests.Shale Gas News – November 30, 2019
Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Senator Yudichak, wind energy, natural gas locomotives and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 2, 2019
Russian tanker heads to Spain with US LNG cargo
A Russian tanker was loaded last week with liquefied natural gas at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass terminal in western Louisiana, and bound for the Spanish terminal of Huelva, Reuters reports, based on data from Refinitiv Eikon.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 2, 2019
Texas plant explosion: Fires continues into 5th day
A fire continued to burn late Saturday night at the Port Neches, Texas, chemical plant that exploded Wednesday night, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- December 2, 2019
Working gas pulled from storage for 2nd week in row
Working natural gas was pulled from storage for the second consecutive week in the latest Energy Information Administration survey, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 30, 2019
Governor Cuomo and His Stormy Weather Hayride
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Governor Cuomo has been taking us all on a stormy weather hayride and some people profess to be enjoying it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- November 30, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – November 30, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- November 29, 2019