- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 15, 2019
EQT’s production rises, losses add up
EQT Corp., locked in what could be a very nasty proxy fight with leaders of the company it bought that made it No.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2019
Williams, Targa ink NGL pacts to link Conway, Mont Belvieu
Infrastructure giant Williams and midstreamer Targa Resources Wednesday announced roughly $550 million to $600 million in natural gas liquids pacts and pipeline projects to link Conway, Kansas, and Mont Belvieu, Texas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2019
Revelations It Paid Dimock Shill Cause Food & Water Watch Meltdown
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … You know you hit the target when the opposition squeals like a stuck pig. Food & Water Watch has taken a huge hit as its paid Dimock shill has been revealed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2019
Rice Brothers ask EQT to return annual meeting to April
The Rice Brothers won’t let EQT Corp’s management or board forget they’re sitting on the independent producer’s doorstep, ready to take over the company that took over their company in late 2017.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 13, 2019
EQT, royalty owners reach tentative deal on class action royalty claims
EQT Corp., the U.S.’s largest natural gas producer, today announced it’s reached a tentative settlement agreement with West Virginia landowners who are part of a statewide class action lawsuit concerning royalties.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 13, 2019
Natgas, renewables for power generation growing
The share of U.S. total utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas-fired power plants is projected to rise from 35% in 2018, to 36% in 2019, and to 37% in 2020, Steo, the latest Short-Term Energy Outlook produced by the Energy Information Administration, reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
Draft EPA Report Shows Decreasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Amid Skyrocketing Oil, Natural Gas Production
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell significantly from 2005 to 2017, even while oil and natural gas production skyrocketed, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s draft 2019 greenhouse gas inventory (GHGI).Report: Oil and Natural Gas Puts Wealth Back in the Community
Texas played an crucial role in the United States becoming the world’s largest oil and natural gas producer last year, according to a new report that also details how industry growth is leading to more reinvestment back home.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
Oxford Economics: Oil and Natural Gas Is Driving U.S. Economic Growth Across Sectors
Fueled by record-setting oil and natural gas production, the U.S. extraction sector is poised to grow faster than any other industry this year, according to a new analysis by Oxford Economics.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
EQT Acquires Kodiak Gas Services
Sweden’s EQT Infrastructure III fund announced Monday it’s acquired U.S. contract compression company Kodiak Gas Services from private investment firm The Stephens Group for an undisclosed price.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
New Fortress Energy LNG Plant Demonstrates New York Insanity
Johnny WilliamsBradford County Writer The New Fortress Energy LNG Plant in Bradford County demonstrates just how much New York State fracking obstinance is costing the Southern Tier citizenry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
Are Environmentalists the Solution to Low Marcellus Shale Prices?
Daniel B. Markind, Esq.Flaster Greenberg PC Dan Markind suggests environmentalists who’ve gone too far could end up helping remedy the problem of low Marcellus Shale prices due to industry successes.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2019
Natural gas production, use only goes up
Production and use of natural gas only moves one way on a worldwide basis: up. Hand-in-hand with upward movement is price volatility – and liquefied natural gas exports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 11, 2019
Blue Ridge shareholders approve merger with Eclipse
Eclipse Resources and Blue Ridge Mountain Resources said today Blue Mountain’s shareholders have approved Eclipse’s all-stock deal for its fellow Utica Shale independent producer.Shale Gas News – February 9, 2019
Bill desRosiersExternal 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 energy dominance, Nord Stream 2, PA’s shale drillers and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 11, 2019
Polar vortex breaks records in natural gas consumption
Cold weather and a polar vortex covered much of the Lower 48 U.S. states from Jan. 29–31, resulting in record natural gas consumption in the country, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2019
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative on the Fast Track to Nowhere
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Politicians love schemes showing them to be doing something, especially when no one can decipher it.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2019
Et Tu Bud? Virtue Signaling Budweiser Greenwashes Its Beer
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Budweiser goes windy with virtue signaling Super Bowl ad intended to make you think the beer is beer is green, but it actually uses gas to make that beer.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 9, 2019
Obama Energy Secretary Moniz Dismisses Green New Deal as Infeasible
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Obama Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz is no fool. He knows the Green New Deal is completely infeasible economically and politically.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 9, 2019
Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – February 9, 2019
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- February 8, 2019
If You Think the U.S. Can Go 100% Renewables, You’re Fantasizing
... … … Ideas that the U.S. can or should go 100% renewables are beyond crazy and those who irresponsibly suggest such fantasies are endangering the country.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
Shale Revolution: Substantial Climate Benefits, Even Larger Climate Opportunity
The predictions in Daniel Raimi’s new analysis of potential emissions trends from the oil and natural gas industry are already generating some doomsday headlines about climate impacts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
Dimock Fractivists and Funders Throw Friends Under the Bus
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The saddest part of the story regarding Dimock fractivists and their funders is how everyone involved used each other and threw their friends under the bus.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
CNX announces 7.9 Tcfe increase in proved reserves
Independent producer CNX Resources said Thursday its total proved reserves reached 7.9 trillion cubic feet-equivalent (Tcfe) as of Dec. 31, 2018, up 4% from 2017’s total.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
U.S. shale players to drill, complete 20,000 wells in 2019
Operators in U.S. shale plays are on track to drill and complete more than 20,000 wells this year, an 8% increase over 2018, according to a new report from Energent, Westwood Global Energy Group’s unconventional-focused research unit.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 8, 2019
Vistra acquiring Crius, creates large residential power provider
Vistra Energy and Crius Energy Trust said Thursday Vistra will acquire Crius Energy for roughly $436 million, including the assumption of $108 million of debt.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 7, 2019
The Cuomo Pipeline Blockade Is Collapsing Under the Weight of the Law
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The fog is clearing and the Cuomo pipeline blockade is fast becoming irrelevant. Indeed, the blockade is collapsing before our very eyes and justly so.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 7, 2019
The Dimock Water Quality Hustle Fully Revealed in Deposition
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Craig Steven’s deposition revealed not only that he was a paid fractivist, not a victim, but also the nature of the Dimock water quality hustle.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 7, 2019
Trump touts U.S. as net energy exporter in SOTU, but he’s early
President Trump during Tuesday night’s State of the Union (SOTU) address, touted “a revolution in American energy” that has made the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 6, 2019
Natgas prices will determine future U.S. powergen mix
Projected U.S. power generation and capacity currently is significantly influenced by natural gas prices, the Energy Information Administration states. In EIA’s recent Annual Energy Outlook 2019’s (AEO2019)high oil and gas resource and technology scenario, which includes projected low natural gas prices, natural gas provides 54% of all U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 6, 2019
Goodnight Midstream places 2 line systems into service
Water infrastructure company Goodnight Midstream said Tuesday it placed two produced water pipelines into commercial service with a combined pipeline throughput capacity of 600,000 barrels per day.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2019
Food & Water Watch Scrambles As Stevens Blows Its Cover
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Food & Water Watch, now apparently representing Craig Stevens to protect themselves, is exposed along with the total lie that has been the Dimock narrative.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2019
Blackstone forms Waterfield Midstream in the Permian
Funds managed by Blackstone’s Blackstone Energy Partners have formed and funded Waterfield Midstream, a water management service provider in the Permian Basin, armed with a $500 million equity commitment.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2019
Noble, Apache, Diamondback affiliates exercise options
EPIC Midstream Holdings on Monday said Noble Midstream Partners exercised its option for a 30% equity stake in the EPIC Crude Pipeline Project, and a 15% equity stake in the EPIC NGL Pipeline.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2019
Nat Fuel gets 3-year deadline extension for Northern Access
National Fuel was granted a three-year deadline extension from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to complete a pipeline that would flow natural gas from the Marcellus Shale of northern Pennsylvania into Canada.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2019
Four Fast Facts on NBC’s Misleading Report on Flaring
A new report on flaring in West Texas’ Permian Basin by NBC News’ experimental video outfit relies on misleading data and activist talking points, according to a review from Energy In Depth.Protesters Yell, Heckle and Shut Down Town Hall Meeting with Two Colorado Democratic State Senators
A town hall meeting on climate change held by two Colorado Democratic state senators descended into chaos this weekend before ending with anti-fossil fuel activists unrelentingly shouting down an attendee who attempted to speak on behalf of industry.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2019
Now We Know, Dimock Activists May Have Been Shills for Hire, Not Victims
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Dimock activists who have been parading around the country telling tales of horror about fracking were being apparently being paid all along to shill.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2019
First Infrastructure buys WhiteWater Midstream
WhiteWater Midstream and its financial sponsors, Denham Capital Management, and Ridgemont Equity Partners, said today they’re selling WhiteWater to funds managed by First Infrastructure Capital Advisors.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2019
Food & Water Watch: Fractivist Money Laundering and Lobbying 101
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Food & Water Watch is one of the most vile special interests out there. It also offers a teaching moment as to how the gentry class launders money to lobby.Shale Gas News – February 2, 2019
Bill desRosiersExternal 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 Trans Mountain Pipeline, Mariner East shut down, PA Marcellus drilling map and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 4, 2019
Triple-digit pull of natural gas, Eia reports
The volume of working natural gas pulled from storage during the week ended Jan. 25, was exactly 10 billion cubic feet (Bcf) higher than the previous week’s pull, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 3, 2019
Governor Cuomo: Your Green New Deal Just Isn’t Adding Up
Roger CaiazzaIndependent Researcher and Publisher,Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … Governor Andrew Cuomo has been quick to sign onto a Green New Deal but his numbers don’t add up at all without natural gas and/or more nuclear energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 3, 2019
Green New Deal Would Be a Giant Leap on the Road to Serfdom
Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy Research … . .. There is nothing new about the Green New Deal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 2, 2019
ExxonMobil ramping up Permian production
ExxonMobil is ramping up its Permian Basin production in West Texas and New Mexico, Kallanish Energy reports. It also reported last week its Q4 2018 liquids production was up 4% from one year earlier, driven by Permian production.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 2, 2019
Xom, Qatar Petro expected to move $10B project ahead
ExxonMobil (Xom) and Qatar Petroleum are expected to announce, perhaps as early as this week, they will proceed with a $10 billion liquefied natural gas export facility in Texas.Working-rig count slips in latest survey
The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states during the week ended Feb. 1, dropped by nine, the latest survey by oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, a GE company, reveals.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 2, 2019
A Huge New Opening for the Constitution Pipeline?
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Return to sanity? A DC Circuit Court of Appeals last week in a hydroelectric case from out West may have opened a new door for the Constitution Pipeline.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 2, 2019
The Rise of the Utica Shale in Pennsylvania! Is It the Future?
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Great news! More gas companies are drilling for Utica shale gas in Pennsylvania and the Utica is even bigger than the Marcellus with huge future potential.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 2, 2019
Natural Gas NOW Picks of the Week – February 2, 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
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- February 1, 2019
Dimock Defendant Forcing Own Lawyer Out as Fake News Blames Cabot
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Dimock defendant Ray Kemble and friends have so exasperated their lawyer that he’s screaming “let me out” as AP puts out fake news calling Cabot the bully.The Unconventional Use of Unconventional Gas Terms in Briggs
Thomas D. GillespieProfessional Geologist, Bethlehem, PA …. Geologist Tom Gillespie has filed an amicus brief in the crucial Briggs v. SWN case and here is a condensed version in the form of a guest post from Tom.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 1, 2019
Pennsylvania governor seeks severance tax – again
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf Thursday proposed a natural gas severance tax – the fifth time in five years the Democrat has proposed such a levy.The New York Times Got it Wrong in “Drilling Down” and Shale Wins Again
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The New York Times ran an extensive series of articles trashing shale development in 2011.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 31, 2019
The Green New Deal Gets Generally Cool Reception
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The fancy Green New Deal has gotten more hype than the Super Bowl in politically correct media, but it’s getting a pretty cool reaction where it counts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 31, 2019
GE combining renewable and power grid assets
Beleaguered multinational conglomerate General Electric said Wednesday it will consolidate all of the company’s renewable and power grid assets into a single Renewable Energy business.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 30, 2019
Why the Riverkeeper Has No Credibility: Maya’s Painful Lorax Stunt
Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Delaware Povertykeeper a/k/a Riverkeeper Maya van Rossum exploited kids and and embarrassed everyone with a stupid, credibility destroying Lorax stunt.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 30, 2019
Continental offers update on Project Springboard
The initial crude oil production from Project Springboard in Oklahoma are within company expectations, Continental Resources’ president Jack Stark reported Tuesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 30, 2019