- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 19, 2023
Déjà Vu, Again (Again): Climate Litigation Mill Moves to New Target
When NPR’s Rockefeller-funded Climate Desk article “broke” the news on a new report this week, it took absolutely no time at all to connect the dots to the usual anti-fossil fuel crew behind the effort.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 8, 2023
U.S. Power Grids Saved By Natural Gas, Again
Grid reliability – driven by natural gas – is paramount to ensuring equitable, affordable access to energy for Americans across the United States, especially those living in areas prone to extreme weather events.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 6, 2023
FERC Chairman: Natural Gas Is Critical for Future Energy System
Natural gas is a critical component of the future energy system, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Willie L. Phillips.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 23, 2023
Here We Go Again…Anti-Fracking Group Peddles Junk Science, Discounts Massive Benefits Natural Gas Has on Appalachia
Benjamin Franklin once said: “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes” – that, and that the “Keep It In the Ground” Ohio River Valley Group will use junk science to peddle misinformation discounting the massive benefits natural gas has on the Appalachian region.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 4, 2023
Fact Check: U.S. LNG Provides Reliable, Lower-Emissions Energy For the World
Whether you want to call it natural gas, methane gas or something else, the fact remains that U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) is providing needed, reliable energy across the globe, and helping to reduce emissions and improve the health of communities in the process.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 26, 2023
New Polling Shows Americans Concerned with Electricity Reliability And Affordability
Americans have identified reliability and affordability as top energy priorities, and are increasingly concerned about the potential impact on both from renewable-only energy policies, according to a new poll published by Morning Consult and conducted on behalf of the Electric Power Supply Association.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 20, 2023
Five Facts On RMI’s Flawed Natural Gas Leakage Rate Study
Claims that the leakage rate of natural gas wells and infrastructure make the resource worse for the environment than coal are once again circulating – and using the same debunked methodology as previous research by Food and Water Watch board member and Cornell professor Robert Howarth.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 19, 2023
Labour’s Plans for the North Sea Is A Ban On New Oil and Natural Gas
The United Kingdom is gearing up for a general election, predicated to take place in late 2024. With current polling suggesting the Labour Party is favoured to win, one topic is taking center stage: the energy transition and the future of North Sea oil and natural gas development.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 6, 2023
Throwback: Activists Use Long Debunked Claims In Attempt to Stop Oil, Natural Gas Development Under Ohio State Lands
Watching the Ohio Oil & Gas Land Management Commission’s June meeting on leasing the state’s mineral rights and recent coverage of a related protest is like taking a time machine back to 2013.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 28, 2023
Pennsylvania Sees Record-Breaking Impact Fee Disbursements For 2022
Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact fee set a new record this year generating $279 Million across all of the Commonwealth’s 67 counties, according to the Public Utility Commission’s most recent report.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 23, 2023
Natural Gas Reduces Water Consumption In Power Generation
Natural gas-fired power plants are not only more energy efficient than traditional sources, but have significantly reduced water consumption in electricity generation over the last decade, according to a recent analysis from the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 12, 2023
Biden Administration Backtracks: Throws In Support for Berkeley Gas Stove Ban
Following Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr.’s comments in January implying the CPSC is considering a ban on gas stoves, the White House was quick to clarify that “the president does not support banning gas stoves.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 7, 2023
Electrification Disadvantages Energy Insecure Homes
Energy insecure homes spend more on energy costs than the average household, a gap that will likely widen with the increasing electrification of homes.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 16, 2023
Report: American Oil and Natural Gas Industry Responsible for 10+ Million Jobs
A new American Petroleum Institute report, prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, shows that America’s oil and natural gas industry touches the economy and labor force in every state in the country, contributing invaluable revenue and employment income to all 50 states.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- May 11, 2023
Report: Natural Gas Pivotal To the Energy Transition and a Lower Carbon Future
Natural gas is a critical component for maintaining American industrial competitiveness during the energy transition, according to an American Chemistry Council white paper published last month.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 20, 2023
U.S. Flaring Declined To Lowest Levels In A Decade
Gas flaring intensity in 2022 fell worldwide, with the United States playing a significant role in the decline according to the World Bank’s latest Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 29, 2023
What’s New With New Jersey’s electrification push?
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is taking a second look at electrification as part of his new plans to accelerate the state’s climate ambitions and secure his title as “America’s greenest governor.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 21, 2023
EIA: U.S. To Remain Net Energy Exporter Through 2050
The Energy Information Administration’s 2023 Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) projects U.S. energy production to remain high, exports to grow, and natural gas consumption to remain stable as renewable energies integrate onto the grid through 2050.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2023
Administration Regulatory Hurdles Halting Energy Development
While the Biden administration consistently claims it has made emissions reduction a significant priority, its actions behind the scenes with permitting delays, a rapid decline in oil and natural gas leases, and other regulatory roadblocks tell a different story.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 2, 2023
Natural Gas Part of Solution To Policy-Driven Retirements That Are Threatening Firm Capacity In PJM’s Market
Mandated retirements of thermal generation and a backlogged review process for new entries on the grid is hurting PJM Interconnection’s ability to meet growing demand through 2030 and threatening reliability in the nation’s largest interconnected market, according to a recently published PJM report.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 2, 2023
Draft Emissions Inventory Shows U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Methane Emissions Continue to Decline
Methane emissions continue to decrease in the United States, according to data in the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2023 draft Inventory of U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 24, 2023
While CA Legislators Push Back on Gasoline Price Gouging Claims, Gov. Newsom Demands Probe into High Energy Prices
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) continues to blame the oil and natural gas industry for high energy prices. California consumers’ energy costs have increased over the past due to a combination of statewide policies, regional weather fluctuations, pipeline availability and increased wholesale prices.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 23, 2023
Polis Gets It Wrong On Natural Gas
Back in 2019 when the highly contentious SB-181 – a complete overhaul of Colorado’s oil and natural gas regulations – was signed into law, Gov.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 1, 2023
Permian Basin Stands Out In a Record Year for U.S. Energy Companies
Major domestic oil and natural gas companies have published their fourth quarter and full-year earnings results, and the reports show an industry committed to meeting global energy demand while reducing emissions during a tumultuous year.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 27, 2023
December Winter Storm Once Again Shows Importance of Natural Gas for Grid Reliability
Natural gas has proven to be an essential resource to deliver reliable, on-demand energy to consumers during extreme weather events. In the most recent event, Winter Storm Elliot, natural gas power generation supported intermittent renewable energy sources and supplied residents with the space heating needed to weather the extended freeze.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- January 11, 2023
President Biden Says No to Gas Stove Ban. Has His Energy Department Gotten the Memo?
The media frenzy following Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka, Jr.’s comments earlier this week implying the CPSC is considering a ban on gas stoves has forced the White House to distance itself from the controversial proposal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 11, 2023
U.S. House Energy and Commerce GOP Roundtable Emphasizes the Importance of Domestic Oil and Natural Gas Production
This week, the importance of having an abundance of affordable, domestic natural gas was a key topic during the House Energy and Commerce’s GOP roundtable on how to combat rising energy costs, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog
- January 5, 2023
The Pied Piper of Planet Ithaca Has No Clothes
The Pied Piper of Planet Ithaca Has No Clothes Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Bob Howarth, Cornell Professor of Ecology & Environmental Biology, acts as pied piper of Planet Ithaca when it comes to energy matters.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 4, 2023
Green Energy Infatuation Puts Millions at Risk of Death
Green Energy Infatuation Puts Millions at Risk of Death Vijay Jayaraj Research Associate: CO2 Coalition.. .… … … [Editor’s Note: Green energy scams are about money and power for elites as those infatuated with the idea and acting out as corporatist shills put millions at risk of death.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 4, 2023
Erlich and McKibben: The Original Green Grifters!
Erlich and McKibben: The Original Green Grifters Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Paul Erlich has received a burst of new undeserved acclaim for being spectacularly wrong on everything.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 3, 2023
Fuel Oil Saves the Day for New England Virtue Signalers
Fuel Oil Saves the Day for New England Virtue Signalers Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: New England politicians have made the region’s grid vulnerable to blackouts and dependent on fuel oil due to their pig-headed virtue signaling obsession.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 28, 2022
Appalachia First: A Bold, Positive Vision for the Region!
Appalachia First: A Bold, Positive Vision for the Region! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Nick DeIuliis at CNX Resources launches Appalachia First and explains how natural gas is a catalyst, not a bridge, fuel for bringing new life to an old region.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 27, 2022
Year In Review: U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Industry Hits Record Production to Meet Rising Global Demand in 2022
With a war in Europe, economies recovering from COVID-19, and an ongoing global energy crisis, the U.S. oil and natural gas industry met the moment in 2022, increasing production to record highs to meet the demand of American consumers and businesses, as well as our allies abroad.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 27, 2022
ESG Threatens Your Retirement, Your Freedom, Your Life
COP-27, Reparations Notwithstanding, Is Simply Anti-African Paul Driessen Senior Policy Analyst, CFACT …. …. [Editor’s Note: ESG may seem a harmless acronym but, in fact, it is a recipe for destroying our savings, our freedom to speak freely and everything that makes life worth living.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 27, 2022
Climate Action Council Tells Upstate NYers to Just Drop Dead
Climate Action Council Tells Upstate NYers to Just Drop Dead Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: Kathy Hochul’s Climate Action Council, on the eve of the worst cold disaster Upstate has experienced in years, proposes diving into the empty green energy pool, effectively telling Upstaters to just drop dead.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 26, 2022
Travel? You Want to Travel? Show Me Your Papers!
Travel? You Want to Travel? Show Me Your Papers! Bob Tomaine NaturalGasNOW Contributing Writer [Editor’s Note: Our right to travel where we want is under attack by those who would make us serfs and restore feudalism, which is one of the primary goals of our ruling class.]Shale Gas News – December 24, 2022
shale gas news Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Coterra Energy Host, Shale Gas News … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Omnibus package, natural gas output, oil prices and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog, Fracking, Natural Gas Prices
- December 26, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 26, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 26, 2022 Tom Shepstone Shepstone 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 23, 2022
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 23, 1922!
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 23, 1922! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 22, 2022
Analysis: Multnomah County Gas Stove Report Based on Flimsy Arguments, Flawed Research & Lack of Transparency
Today, Energy in Depth is releasing a new analysis of an Oregon county health report released in November that claimed gas stoves are a “health hazard” and recommended residents replace the popular cooking appliances with electric stoves.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 22, 2022
Grinches Are the Face of the Miserable Climate Cult
Grinches Are the Face of the Miserable Climate Cult Vijay Jayaraj Research Associate: CO2 Coalition.. .… … … [Editor’s Note: Grinches abound on the left and especially among climate cultists who aren’t happy unless they’re killing joy and demanding we all share in the misery they love.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 20, 2022
New York Residents: Save Yourselves, Get Out While You Can!
New York Residents: Save Yourselves,Get Out While You Can! Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: City people who control New York don’t want you upstaters using oil, gas or propane and aim to make you dependent on electricity that can be out for days.Shale Gas News – December 17, 2022
shale gas news Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Coterra Energy Host, Shale Gas News … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Geothermal drilling, FERC, fracking ban and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
- Blog, Fracking, Natural Gas Prices
- December 17, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 17, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 17, 2022 Tom Shepstone Shepstone 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.New EIA Report Shows Emissions Falling in the Power Generation Sector Thanks to Natural Gas
A new Energy Information Administration analysis provides great news for the United States’ climate goals: the power generation sector continues to see emissions drop, and the largest decreases can be attributed to the switch to natural gas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 16, 2022
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 16, 1922!
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 16, 1922! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 14, 2022
Natural Gas A Driving Economic Force in Northeast PA
Natural Gas A Driving Economic Force in Northeast Pennsylvania Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Coterra Energy … … Natural gas is a major force in the economy of Northeastern Pennsylvania, especially in the Endless Mountains counties of Bradford, Susquehanna and Wyoming!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2022
Dimock Landowners Denied Royalties for 12 Years Score Victory
Dimock Landowners Denied Royalties for 12 Years Get A Win! Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The Dimock saga comes to a fitting end with some landowners getting public water and these folks and others who were denied royalties for years finally winning.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2022
All-the-Above Is No Energy Policy; It’s Merely Politics
All-the Above Is No Energy Policy; It’s Merely Politics Dr. Indur Goklany Member, CO2 Coalition .. …. [Editor’s Note: This wonderful post addresses a human weakness; that we tend to compromise to save political face when we shouldn’t.Shale Gas News – December 10, 2022
shale gas news Bill desRosiers External Affairs Coordinator, Coterra Energy Host, Shale Gas News … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about IPAA, Ukraine infrastructure, Russian energy and much more last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 10, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 10, 2022 Tom Shepstone Shepstone 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 10, 2022
RGGI Is A Failure, All Hat and No Cattle
RGGI Is A Failure, All Hat and No Cattle Roger Caiazza (on the subject of) Independent Researcher and Publisher, Pragmatic Environmentalist of New York … [Editor’s Note: RGGI achieves little or nothing and can be labelled a gigantic failure.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2022
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 9, 1922!
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 9, 1922! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 7, 2022
Electric Car Pipe Dreams No Substitute for Reality
Electric Car Pipe Dreams No Substitute for Reality Bob Tomaine NaturalGasNOW Contributing Writer [Editor’s Note: The idea electric cars can completely replace vehicles powered by internal combustion engines is – at its most innocent – a pipe dream.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 6, 2022
TVA Continues the Shale Revolution by Converting to Gas
TVA Continues the Shale Revolution by Converting to Gas Jim Willis on NGL Pipelines Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is converting a coal plant to natural gas, thereby continuing the shale revolution, but New England politico Ed Markey hates it.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 3, 2022
Natural Gas Now Best Picks – December 3, 2022 Tom Shepstone Shepstone 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 2, 2022
New Study Shows Ohio’s Plastic Industry Surpassing China’s Thanks to Natural Gas
Ohio’s plastic manufacturing industry is beating out China’s, thanks to its abundant natural resources that provide manufacturing and economic advantages, according to a new Shale Crescent USA study by JobsOhio.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 2, 2022
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 2, 1922!
Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 2, 1922! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 30, 2022