• Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 21, 2019

3.7 magnitude earthquake shakes parts of Oklahoma

No injuries were reported after a 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded in eastern Oklahoma Sunday, Kallanish Energy learns. The U.S. Geological Society (Usgs) said the earthquake was reported at 4:07 a.m.
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  • August 21, 2019

Heelstone Energy garners Ares investment

Heelstone Energy, a utility-scale solar developer, has received an investment of an undisclosed size by Ares Management Corp.’s Infrastructure and Power (Aip) operation, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • August 20, 2019

U.S. Breaks Records to Become Global Leader in Oil and Natural Gas Production

The U.S. energy revolution that’s taken place since 2000 catapulted the country to become the global leader in petroleum, including oil, and natural gas production in 2018, according to a recent report from the Energy Information Administration: “Last year’s increase in the United States was one of the largest absolute petroleum and natural gas production increases from a single country in history.” 📊 BREAKING RECORDS: The United States leads the world in petroleum and natural gas production, smashing records last year.
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  • August 20, 2019

Elevate inks gas gathering/treating pact with Sabine

Elevate Midstream Partners said Monday it’s entered into an eight-year natural gas gathering and treating agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas, a Haynesville Shale producer in East Texas’ Harrison and Panola counties, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • August 20, 2019

Shell cracker workers paid to listen to Trump speech: report

Union workers at Shell’s ethane cracker complex under construction in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, were required to attend President Trump’s speech at the facility a week ago, or stay home and not be paid, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper.
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  • Blog, Fracking
  • August 19, 2019

Shale Gas News – August 17, 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 the Shell Cracker Plant, Northeast Supply Enhancement Project, Southwestern Energy and much more last week.
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  • August 19, 2019

ExxonMobil charters Singapore’s 1st LNG-fueled bunker barge

ExxonMobil Asia Pacific has signed a two-year time charter agreement with Singapore-based Sinanju Tankers Holdings Pte. Ltd. to lease Singapore’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered bunker tanker, Sinanju said, in a statement Friday, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • August 19, 2019

EQM stops work on portion of Mountain Valley line

EQM Midstream Partners told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission via letter last week the company would stop some work on the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia, as the U.S.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 18, 2019

Stored working gas total still climbing

The volume of working gas injected into storage in the latest Energy Information Administration’s weekly survey rose less than 2% from the previous week, Kallanish Energy calculates.
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Facts and Rumors Newsletter #346 August 17, 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/ Latest facts and a rumor from the Marcellus, Utica, Permian, Eagle Ford, and Bakken Shale Plays Trump Promises More Big Projects at Shell Cracker.
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  • August 16, 2019

Citgo selects Carlos E. Jorda as CEO

Citgo Petroleum’s board has selected Carlos E. Jorda as its chief executive, selecting a veteran refinery expert and native Venezuelan to run a company facing legal attacks and working under U.S.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 16, 2019

E.ON announces 440 MW South Texas wind farm

Renewable energy giant E.ON said Thursday its largest, single-phase project, the $500 million, 440-megawatt onshore wind farm, Big Raymond, will be built in Texas’ Willacy, Cameron and Hidalgo counties, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 15, 2019

API: Total U.S. Petroleum Demand Topped 20.8 MB/D In July, Highest Since 2005

WASHINGTON, August 15, 2019 – Total U.S. petroleum demand averaged 20.8 million barrels per day (mb/d) in July 2019, which represented a 0.9% year-over-year increase and the highest demand for the month since 2005, according to the latest Monthly Statistical Report released today by the American Petroleum Institute (API).
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  • August 15, 2019

New Natural Gas Record for Power Generation Set

Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … …  A new natural gas record was recently set for use of this energy source in producing electric power that sustains our way of living in this nation, says EIA.
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  • August 15, 2019

U.S. looks to seize tanker held in Gibraltar

The U.S. Department of Justice applied today to seize the Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar after it was accused of carrying Iranian crude bound for Syria, violating EU sanctions.
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  • August 15, 2019

Michael Moore and His Turn Against Renewable Energy

Robert Bradley, Jr. Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. . .. Michael Moore, the radical movie guy who has made millions attacking capitalism, has turned against renewables, realizing they’re mostly a hedge-fund scam.
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  • August 15, 2019

Inter Pipeline announces new oil line project

Canada-based Inter Pipeline Ltd. announced it’s received sufficient shipper support for construction of a $100 million pipeline connection between its Bow River and Central Alberta pipeline systems in western Canada, Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • August 15, 2019

Pef Black Bay Energy partnering with Tops

Texas-based private equity firm (Pef) Black Bay Energy Capital said Wednesday’s it’s partnering with, and has invested in, Total Operations and Production Services (Tops), Kallanish Energy reports.
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  • August 14, 2019

President Trump Sees First Hand the Results of the Appalachian Basin’s Record Shale Production

The Appalachian Basin’s energy future has never looked better. As President Trump explained in a speech during his visit to Shell Chemical’s ethane cracker facility that is currently under construction in Beaver County, Pa.: “With your help, we’re not only unleashing American energy, we’re restoring the glory of American manufacturing and reclaiming our noble heritage as a nation of builders again.” The region’s record-breaking production in recent years is driving the growth of U.S.
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  • August 14, 2019

Trump claims credit for cracker plant during PA visit

President Trump boasted Tuesday afternoon about his administration’s efforts to “revive” the nation’s energy and manufacturing sectors during a visit to Royal Dutch Shell’s ethane cracker plant construction site in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
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  • August 14, 2019

Trump administration upsets offshore wind plans

The Trump administration has ordered a major environmental review of the growing offshore wind industry – a review that some experts see as derailing the nation’s first major project and raises questions concerning future developments, Kallanish Energy learns.
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  • August 13, 2019

This Column Is Brought to You by The Rockefellers

The powerful donors fueling the climate litigation campaign got their money’s worth out of yesterday’s Los Angeles Times column. The piece featured the primary actors of the coordinated campaign, highlighting ‘media outlets,’ law clinics, and a public relations initiative – all with direct ties to the Rockefellers and their network of powerful allies.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 13, 2019

LNG Canada project to ship gas to Asia as early as 2024

A C$40 billion ($30 billion) liquefied natural gas export project in British Columbia led by Royal Dutch Shell (40% share) is on track to start exporting LNG to Asia as early as 2024, having received a significant financial boost from Canada’s federal government.
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  • August 13, 2019

On-off Saudi Aramco IPO ‘back on’

Saudi Aramco’s on-off-on-again initial public offering is being accelerated, according to the Wall Street Journal, though it remains unclear when the listing may happen.
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  • August 12, 2019

Shale Gas News – August 10, 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 natural gas demand, Gulfport Energy, NY’s horrific energy bill and much more last week.
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  • August 12, 2019

Pg&e evaluating proposal from hedge funds

Holding company Pg&e Corp. said Friday it’s evaluating a proposal from hedge funds Knighthead Capital Management and Abrams Capital Management to provide $15 billion in equity capital commitments supporting a plan to reorganize the company.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 12, 2019

Fes moves up shutdown of Bruce Mansfield Unit 3

FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. (Fes) announced Friday it is moving up its timetable to shutdown its remaining coal-fired unit in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, due to a “lack of economic viability in current market conditions.” The company has notified grid overseer PJM Interconnection Bruce Mansfield Plant Unit 3 will be deactivated on Nov.
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  • August 12, 2019

EnLink executive chair Davis reassumes CEO role

EnLink Midstream announced last week Barry E. Davis, the company’s executive chairman, who led EnLink as its CEO from its founding in 2014 to 2018, has reassumed the role of chief executive while continuing to serve as chairman.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 9, 2019

NY AG Attempts to Block ExxonMobil Document Discovery Ahead of Trial

As the October 23rd trial date approaches in the New York Attorney General’s (NY AG) lawsuit accusing ExxonMobil of misleading its investors on the risks that climate change poses to its business, the AG’s office is hard at work trying to prevent the company from obtaining discovery documents that could be crucial to its defense.
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  • Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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  • August 9, 2019

New Motion Seeks Details on Maryland AGs Use of Bloomberg Funded Attorneys

A new court filing in the lawsuit against Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh seeks to further pull back the curtain on the Michael Bloomberg-backed State Energy and Environmental Impact Center (SEEIC) at the NYU School of Law, and the program’s continued efforts to place privately-funded attorneys focused on climate change and prosecuting energy producers in state Attorneys General offices around the country.
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Facts & Rumors Newsletter #345 August 10, 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/ Latest facts and a rumor from the Marcellus, Utica, Permian, Eagle Ford, and Bakken Shale Plays Trump to Visit Shell Cracker.
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  • August 9, 2019

NGL Energy Partners sells refined products assets

NGL Energy Partners announced it’s selling TransMontaigne Product Services (Tpsl) and associated assets to an unnamed buyer for roughly $300 million, including equity consideration, inventory and net working capital, Kallanish Energy reports.
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