- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- October 16, 2019
Occidental Ups its Q3 Output Estimates
Occidental Petroleum Corp. expects its third-quarter hydrocarbons production to be slightly higher than previously estimated, thanks to fewer shutdowns in Colorado’s DJ basin and strong performance in the Permian, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Invests $2.5 Billion for Token CO2 Dip
Roger Caiazza Independent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Roger Caiazza says the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has invested over $2.5 billion of our money, paid in electric rates, for miniscule CO2 reductions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
EnLink Midstream Declares Quarterly Distribution for Third Quarter 2019
DALLAS, October 15 — EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (EnLink) today announced a quarterly declared distribution for the third quarter of 2019.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
Parsley Acquiring Jagged Peak in $2.27B All-Stock Deal
A pair of independent producers announced their merger Monday, with Parsley Energy acquiring Jagged Peak Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at roughly $2.27 billion, including Jagged Peak’s $625 million of debt.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
If Windmills Are Clean and Green, Why Are They Blowing Up A Storm?
Victor Furman Upstate New York Landowner, Shale Gas Activist …. …. Andrew Cuomo’s push for more windmills Upstate is blowing up a storm of controversy as locals say they don’t want them and are fighting back, town by town.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
Iran says it discovered a gas reserve worth $40B
Iran announced Sunday it’s discovered a new natural gas reserve with the capacity to produce nearly 400 million barrels (Mmbbl) of gas condensate, which could generate $40 billion of revenue, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 15, 2019
Oil replacement rate hits 20-year low
Oil and natural gas companies have discovered 7.7 billion barrels of oil-equivalent (Bboe) year-to-date, according to Rystad Energy’s latest global discoveries report, Kallanish Energy learns.Sand deposit could be ‘game-changer’ for ND oil industry
A deposit of fracking sand in north-central North Dakota could be a boon to the state’s oil industry, the Grand Forks Herald reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 14, 2019
Pipeline Vandals Have A Friend in These Phony Enablers
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … The Climate Defense Project is defending pipeline vandals across the country, thereby encouraging still more of this crime, and here’s who is funding it.Shale Gas News – October 12, 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 carbon price, the Shale Oil Revolution, Cabot Oil & Gas and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 14, 2019
Oil prices jump after Iran says missiles strike its tanker
Crude oil prices rose Friday after Iranian state media said two rockets had struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea. Brent crude futures were up 2.4%, to $60.51 a barrel, with West Texas Intgermediate futures settling 2.2% higher, at $54.70/Bbl, Kallanish Energy reports. The National Iranian Oil Co.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 14, 2019
India investing over $60B in gas supply, infrastructure
India is investing over $60 billion in natural gas supply and distribution infrastructure as it seeks to more than double the share of natural gas in its energy base, to 15% by 2030, oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said Sunday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 14, 2019
Cuomo orders National Grid to provide hookups
The Cuomo administration in New York State has ordered National Grid to provide natural gas hookups to over 1,100 previously denied Brooklyn-based customers, numerous media reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- October 12, 2019
PennEast Fires Back at Disingenuous New Jersey DEP; Demands Action
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … New Jersey DEP jumped when the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals said PennEast couldn’t condemn easements owned by the state and made some very foolish moves.Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – October 12, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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
- Blog
- October 11, 2019
Shale Insight Closing Speaker Announced
Scott Tinker, Director, Bureau of Economic Geology at The University of Texas at Austin will present as the closing keynote for SHALE INSIGHT™ 2019.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 11, 2019
Economist Says “You’ll Be Better Off Without What We Have, Trust Us”
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW The Economist, a trendy journal read by those who consider themselves more worldly than the rest of us, says electricity doesn’t help the poor all that much.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog, Facts & Rumors Newsletter
- October 11, 2019
Facts & Rumors Newsletter #354 October 12, 2019
Shale Directories Conferences Shale Insight Conference October 22-24, 2019 David Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, PA https://shaleinsight.com/ 7th Annual Midstream PA 2019 November 12, 2019 Penn Stater Conference Center State College, PA http://midstreampa.com/ 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, Permian, Eagle Ford, and Bakken Shale Plays RUMOR Follow Up Shell Takes Over Parkersburg WV Site.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 11, 2019
Shell Cracker Benefits Spreading to Penn College and Throughout State
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW Shell Polymers, the plastics division of Shell has invested in Penn College, a decision showing just massive the benefits of the company’s new cracker.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- October 11, 2019
La voters to consider adding O&G tax exemption
Louisiana voters tomorrow will consider adding a tax break to the state’s constitution to exempt some of the equipment used by the offshore oil and gas industry, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 11, 2019
Chevron CEO touts Texas growth
Chevron’s chief executive on Wednesday touted the company’s Texas growth, from the Permian Basin to Houston refining and chemicals. Speaking at the Greater Houston Partnership’s annual “State of Energy” luncheon, Mike Wirth also urged the energy industry to take the lead on emissions reductions to help combat climate change, the Houston Chronicle reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 11, 2019
UPS adding 6,000 NGVs
Package delivery giant UPS will purchase more than 6,000 natural gas-powered vehicles (NGVs) beginning in 2020, through 2022, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 10, 2019
Our Energy Security Is Threatened by Unprincipled Politicians
Stephen HeinsEnergy Consultant“The Word Merchant” … California and Massachusetts offer proof positive our very energy security faces a clear and present danger danger from unprincipled politicians.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 10, 2019
GasSearch Helps Us Walk Students Across the Stage to Future Careers
Shealynn Shave Executive Director, Northern Tier Industry & Education Consortium (NTIEC) … … Shealynn Shave, Executive Director of NTIEC, offered this at the recent grand opening of the new GasSearch Drilling Services facility in Lenox, Pennsylvania.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 10, 2019
Halliburton cutting 650 jobs in US
Oilfield services giant Halliburton said Wednesday it’s cutting another 650 U.S. jobs as oil and gas producers have slashed spending amid weak prices and investor demands for stronger financials, Reuters reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 10, 2019
Oil mixed amid military action in Syria, rising inventories
Crude oil prices were mixed Wednesday as Turkey launched an offensive in Syria that could disrupt the region’s crude production, and on hopes of progress in the U.S.-China trade war, but a build in U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 10, 2019
Bloomberg’s plan ‘irresponsible,’ BP CEO
Retiring BP chief executive Bob Dudley believes former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $500 million plan to halt construction of natural gas-fired power plants in the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- October 9, 2019
NAI Ohio River Corridor to Sponsor Shale Directories Inaugural Appalachian Basin Real Estate Conference
Penn Valley, PA (October 8, 2019) – Shale Directories, the leading conference producer within the Appalachian Basin, and NAI Ohio River Corridor announce The Inaugural Appalachian Basin Real Estate Conference which will be held on December 11th and 12th at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2019
Gas rises, coal falls in US powergen
The share of U.S. total utility-scale power generation from natural gas-fired power plants will rise from 34% in 2018, to 37% in 2019 and 2020, the Energy Information Administration forecasts in its October Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). EIA/STEO forecasts the share of U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2019
US natgas production to rise in 2019, 2020: STEO
The Henry Hub natural gas spot price averaged $2.56 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) in September, up 34 cents/MMBtu from August, the first monthly price increase since March, the Energy Information Administration reports in the just-released Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2019
Brent to average $60/Bbl in 2020: STEO
Brent crude oil spot prices will average $59 per barrel in the fourth quarter of 2019, then fall to $57/Bbl by the second quarter of 2020, $5/Bbl lower than forecast one month ago, the Energy Information Administration reported Tuesday in its October Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 9, 2019
Students at Think About Energy Event Cued for Next Generation of Jobs
Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Northeastern Pennsylvania students who attended the recent Think About Energy in Hazleton received an eye-opening description of gas industry opportunities.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- October 9, 2019
New York DEC Denies Reality with Constitution Pipeline Filing
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW New York DEC has filed a challenge to FERC’s approval of the Constitution Pipeline.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- October 8, 2019
Ocean City Demonstrates Off-Shore Wind Is No Easy Sell
... … … Green new dealers always make it sound as if their projects face no obstacles, have no impacts and are widely desired but Ocean City shows that’s not true.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2019
Courts Treat PennEast Fairly: PovertyKeeper Freaks Out
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) PennEast Pipeline is working its way through the usual morass of enviro lawsuits and the courts are treating it fairly, which is annoying the PovertyKeeper.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2019
Third-quarter energy sector activity drops: Dallas Fed
Third-quarter energy sector activity declined, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas quarterly energy survey, Kallanish Energy reports. The business activity index — the survey’s broadest measure of conditions facing 11th District energy companies — fell to -7.4 in the third quarter, from -0.6 in the second quarter.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2019
US solar industry gets possible boost from Trump
Some U.S. solar companies could get a lift after the Trump administration announced it will impose tariffs on bifacial solar panels, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2019
Tallgrass announces open season for Pony Express expansion
Midstreamer Tallgrass Energy, through its affiliate Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline LLC, Monday announced a binding open season soliciting shipper commitments for crude oil transportation on the Pony Express system from origin points in Wyoming to the McPherson refinery in McPherson, Kansas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 7, 2019
Bankrupt refinery requests paying exec bonuses in secret
Philadelphia Energy Solutions, which paid $4.6 million in bonuses to executives following a June fire that led to the refinery’s closure and bankruptcy, wants to pay out a new round of retention awards, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 7, 2019
Crude prices flat as US-China trade talks near
Crude oil prices ended Monday’s trading session little changed as U.S.-China trade talks are slated to resume later this week, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 7, 2019
Energize PA Seeks to Build on Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Abundance
Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … Energize PA is a proposal to move the Commonwealth to still higher ground in the competition for life-fulfilling jobs and truly sustainable communities.Shale Gas News – October 5, 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 property taxes, National Grid, Wolf’s climate plan and much more last week.Working-rig count keeps falling
The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week maintained its downward stride, falling for the 14th straight week, and the 24th of the last 26 weeks, Kallanish Energy calculates.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 5, 2019
Penn Future and Friends Launch Political Attack on Southeast PA Reps
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW A “strategic ally” of Penn Future, supported by two private foundations, has launched a dirty political attack on six Southeast Pennsylvania lawmakers.Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – October 5, 2019
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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
- Blog
- October 4, 2019
API and AFPM Joint Statement on the Administration’s Changes to U.S. Biofuel Mandate
WASHINGTON, October 4, 2019 — American Petroleum Institute (API) President and CEO Mike Sommers and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson today released the following statement on the Trump Administration’s intent to significantly increase the 2020 U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 4, 2019
Billions of Dollars Coming to the Appalachian Basin
How Does Your Company Take Advantage of This? You Have Five Compelling Reasons to Register The Shell cracker plant and the PTTGC cracker plant are committing $16 billion dollars and that’s just a start.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 4, 2019
The Millennial War: Green and Red vs. Civil Society
Aaron PriceDirector of Gas Odyssey and Silent No More … … Aaron Price reflects on Russian history applied to the Green New Deal, with a poem about a future Millennial War where Green ideology destroys civil society.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog, Facts & Rumors Newsletter
- October 4, 2019
Facts & Rumors Newsletter #353 October 5, 2019
Shale Directories Conferences 7th Annual Utica Summit October 10, 2019 Walsh University North Canton, OH www.uticasummit.com Shale Insight Conference October 22-24, 2019 David Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh, PA https://shaleinsight.com/ 7th Annual Midstream PA 2019 November 12, 2019 Penn Stater Conference Center State College, PA http://midstreampa.com/ 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, Permian, Eagle Ford, and Bakken Shale Plays PTTGC Is Spending, But Is Delaying Its Final Investment Decision (FID)?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 4, 2019
BP names Bernard Looney as Dudley’s successor
BP’s board of directors announced today CEO Bob Dudley will retire on March 31, 2020 and will be succeeded by Bernard Looney – who currently heads BP’s Upstream, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- October 4, 2019
Pa moving ahead with power plant emission caps
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is working to bring the state into a regional consortium of states that sets a price and caps on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, part of the Democrat’s agenda to fight climate change, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 4, 2019
US crude oil exports continue growing in first half of 2019
U.S. exports of crude oil rose to average 2.9 million barrels per day (Mmbpd) in the first half of 2019, an increase of 966,000 b/d from the first half of 2018, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 4, 2019
Natural Gas Supply in the United States Grows by 20%
... … … The U.S. natural gas supply has grown by about 20% in just two years, according to the latest analysis of reserves, enough to supply us for 100+ years.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 3, 2019
EnLink Midstream Announces Date and Time Change for Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Earnings
DALLAS, October 2 — EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (EnLink) announced today that a conference call to discuss third quarter financial and operational results will now be held on Friday, November 8, at 9 a.m.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 3, 2019
Consumer Group Finds West Virginia’s Emissions Have Declined Despite Oil and Gas Boom
West Virginia’s statewide emissions have fallen as much as 94 percent at the same time the state became one of the country’s largest producers of natural gas CHARLESTON, WV — Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) today released its West Virginia Emissions Brief which showcases the significant emissions reductions and environmental improvements made across the state.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 3, 2019
Lackawanna College Shoots for the Skies in More Ways Than One
Rick Hiduk Managing Editor of EndlessMtnLifestyles.com … … Lackawanna College is creating sky-high opportunity in the shale region by training professionals for the industry and it has responded through a clay shoot.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 3, 2019
Dakota Access Pipeline Vandals Indicted by Federal Grand Jury!
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW Ruby Montoya and Jessica Reznicek have been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for Dakota Access Pipeline vandalism.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 3, 2019
US O&G M&A maintains momentum in Q3: Enverus
Despite what’s called a “difficult” market, merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. oil and gas industry maintained the momentum established in Q2, surpassing $17 billion in Q3, according to data released by data analytics company Enverus.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 3, 2019