- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 19, 2021
“Frackalachia” Report Was Heinz Family Politics, Not Science
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. “Frackalachia,” a report enabled by the Heinz family, paints a false picture of fracking to advance the family’s elite special interests.Gas Industry Has A Great Story to Retell and It Must Be Retold Often!
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The natural gas industry has accomplished so very much, delivering economic and environmental benefits everywhere, but it must be retold.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 20, 2021
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – February 20, 2021
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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- February 15, 2021
Heinz Endowments Fools Them All With Another Piece of Junk Science
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: The Heinz Endowments is an elitist enterprise dedicated to fractivism as a report from the Ohio River Valley Institutes demonstrates.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2021
Big Green Jobs Killer Mows Down Blue Collar Workers
Clean Energy Doesn’t Happen Without Natural Gas! Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Biden Administration is a big green jobs killer intent upon on courting the special interests of blue blood elites.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 22, 2021
Clean Energy Doesn’t Happen Without Natural Gas!
Clean Energy Doesn’t Happen Without Natural Gas! Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Clean energy is, to a large extent, in the eye of the beholder, but one thing is surely clear; natural gas is critical to any of it.Hydraulic Fracturing Equals Energy Security: A Ban Would Be Insane
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … The Department of Energy just issued a comprehensive report about the dangers of banning hydraulic fracturing in this country.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 16, 2020
ONE Future Group Gains A New Member: UGI Corporation
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: UGI Corporation has joined “Our Nation’s Energy Future.” otherwise known as ONE Future, which is dedicated to reducing methane emissions.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 2, 2020
Report: Estimated $87 Billion Investment in Ohio’s Shale To Date
Prolific natural gas and oil development continues to drive investments in the Buckeye State. The total investment in shale-related activities in Ohio reached $86.4 billion as of Q4 2019, an increase of $9 billion since 2018, according to Cleveland State University’s latest shale investment report.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 18, 2020
Laterals Just Keep Getting Longer, As Gas Footprints Shrink
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Laterals just keep getting longer as drilling moves out underground and stays confined to a small well pad on the surface.]- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 16, 2020
Shale POWER Will Help Businesses Grow by Supplying the Industry
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Shale POWER is a new initiative designed to help businesses find a place in the shale gas industry supply chain and to grow.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 21, 2020
RMI New Electrify-All City-Focused Report Omits Natural Gas Reality
As part of ongoing efforts to force U.S. consumers to get rid of their natural gas appliances, a new Rocky Mountain Institute report compares costs and emissions between mixed-fuel and all-electric households in selected cities across the United States.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2020
Ohio sets Dec. 3 hearing on Madison Fields solar project
The Ohio Power Siting Board has scheduled a Dec. 3 virtual public meeting on a proposed solar project in Madison County, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2020
Ohio AG files suit to block nuclear bailout payments
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is seeking to keep the owner of two nuclear power plants in Ohio from getting $1.3 billion in bailout money in what has become the largest bribery scandal in state history, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 18, 2020
Ohio board rescinds night ban on Lake Erie wind project
An Ohio regulatory agency has dropped a requirement that would have banned a 20.7-megawatt offshore wind farm in Lake Erie from operating at night, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 12, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – September 12, 2020
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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- September 1, 2020
Joe Biden Lies About His Stance on Fracking, Or Did He Just Forget?
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Joe Biden got carried away arguing with Bernie. He said he’d ban new fracking. Now, his words have come back to hurt him.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 24, 2020
Nuclear Bailout Turns Into Ohio Nuclear Fireball for Corrupt Politicians
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The Ohio nuclear bailout (also being planned for Pennsylvania and New Jersey) has turned into a real disaster for corrupt politicians.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 6, 2020
Gulfport to add seven Utica wells in 2020
Gulfport Energy reported a net loss of $561.1 million or $3.51 per share in second quarter 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. That compares to net gain of $55.6 million or $1.47 per share in 2Q 2019.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 3, 2020
Cabot Still Drilling, Making Money and Getting It Done In Down Economy
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Cabot Oil and Gas is simply amazing, as Jim Willis, tells in this post as he relates the company’s ability to innovate, reduce costs and move ahead.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 27, 2020
New Fortress LNG Project Recommended by DRBC Hearing Officer
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) There may be no crying in baseball but there certainly is in game played by the Delaware PovertyKeeper with the New Fortress LNG project, which has failed.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 22, 2020
Five arrested in Ohio energy racketeering case
Federal officials on Tuesday arrested the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives in connection with a $60 million bribery and racketeering case tied to the $1 billion bailouts of two FirstEnergy Solutions (now Energy Harbor) nuclear power plants in Ohio, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 21, 2020
Leidy South and Another Critical Pipeline Project Approved by FERC
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) There are critical pipeline projects being approved by FERC and two important to the Northeast just got the nod; the Leidy South project and the FM100.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 14, 2020
Gentry Class Shills at PennFuture Frustrated with Wolf Who Can Count
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) PennFuture is strictly gentry class, funded by wealthy scions of the Heinz and Haas families, and they’re mad as hell at Tom Wolf who may now sign HB 1100.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 7, 2020
Methane Leaks A Phony Issue When It Comes to These Pipelines
Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory just did a study of some Appalachian shale gathering pipelines and found no significant methane leaks.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 25, 2020
Ohio Cracker Project A Target of the Usual Anti-Gas Suspects
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … A absolutely phony group called the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has done a hit job on an important proposed Ohio cracker project.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 2, 2020
Shale Revolution Has Paid Huge Benefits to Buckeye and Keystone States
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The shale revolution irrevocably changed the economies of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but many don’t realize the environmental benefits also paid forward.Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Banned by New York As Gas Need Grows
... … … Andrew Cuomo’s commitment to insanity grows directly proportional with the degree to which others point it out. Take hydraulic fracturing, for instance.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- April 17, 2020
Ohio regulator approves 80-megawatt solar facility
The Ohio Power Siting Board on Thursday approved an 80-megawatt solar facility in southern Ohio, Kallanish Energy reports. The project is being developed by Nestlewood Solar 1 LLC on about 610 acres west of Hamersville, Ohio.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 13, 2020
Ohio eco-groups recall XTO Energy gas well blowout
One of the biggest-ever methane leaks in the United States occurred two years ago at a natural gas well in eastern Ohio, and Ohio environmentalists remembered that event on Thursday, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2020
More than $15 Billion Being Invested on Natural Gas Power Plants in Ohio
It’s no secret that Ohio is quickly becoming one of America’s top energy hubs. It’s a major reason why the state has seen proposals for nearly a dozen new natural gas-fired power plants representing more than 9,200 megawatts and more than $15 billion in investments in recent years.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 3, 2020
Crude Oil Production; The Shale Revolution Takes A Hill and Dominates
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … A single graph of U.S. crude oil production suffices to show the sheer magnitude and beauty of the shale revolution, which has given us energy dominance.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 20, 2020
Natural Gas Exports Set to Soar Thanks to Appalachian Shale
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Appalachian shale production has been nothing short of phenomenal and has set the stage for natural gas exports to soar via both LNG ships and pipelines.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 12, 2020
Refinery Sale Suggests Philadelphia May Be More Rotten Than Denmark
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … The Philadelphia refinery sale proposed by the debtor makes no sense and unsecured creditors are calling out what may be some serious corruption.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 30, 2020
Philadelphia Refinery Not Dead Yet? And, Something’s Fishy.
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. . … It turns out the Philadelphia refinery sale we covered the other day wasn’t the high bid!- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2020
Mariner East Boosts Keystone State Economy from One End to the Other
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) The Mariner East pipeline is a huge economic winner for the Keystone State, delivering big benefits from West to East across the entire Commonwealth.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 16, 2020
GM bids to buy land for new Ohio battery factory
General Motors wants to build a new $2.3 billion battery factory in Lordstown, Ohio, adjacent to its former car assembly plant that it shuttered and sold in 2019, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 27, 2019
Tax dollars for Ohio from 2 gas lines may be less than expected
Developers of two new natural gas pipelines in Ohio want to reduce their valuation, which would decrease by millions anticipated tax dollars slated for schools and municipalities, Kallanish Energy reports.Fracking ban would gut US economy: study
By 2025, the price of gasoline would double and government revenue would plummet by almost $1.9 trillion, according to What If … Hydraulic Fracturing Was Banned?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2019
DPL selling 2 Ohio coal-fired plants
DPL Inc., parent of utility Dayton Power & Light has sold two Adams County, Ohio coal-fired power plants it retired last year, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 17, 2019
Survey: 78% of Ohioans Support State’s Growing Oil, Natural Gas Industry
Ohioans support continued oil and natural gas development in the Buckeye State, according to new surveys commissioned by the Ohio Oil & Gas Energy Education Program.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- 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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- 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
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- November 27, 2019
Report: Ohio’s Shale-Related Investment Reached $78 Billion in 2018
Total shale-related investment in Ohio has reached nearly $78 billion since Cleveland State University first began tracking in 2011 – the year the state’s first Utica Shale wells went into production – according to the university’s latest report.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 22, 2019
Natural Gas Production, Consumption and Exports Soar, Fractivists Weep
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural gas exports and production are way up, but so is consumption. The shale revolution has truly delivered the promised “Golden Age of Gas.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 20, 2019
Cove Point Celebrates Sending Our Marcellus Shale Gas Across the Globe
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Cove Point celebrated loading its 100th container ship of Appalachian shale gas the other day.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 16, 2019
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – November 16, 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.Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – November 2, 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
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- October 24, 2019
President Trump’s Speech to the Marcellus Shale Coalition
Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. …. President Trump spoke to the Marcellus Shale Coalition members yesterday and extolled “their labor and their sweat that fueled America’s rise.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 23, 2019
Judge to rule today on Ohio referendum petitions
A federal judge said he intends to rule no later than today on whether a referendum petition drive in Ohio against a nuclear bailout will get additional time to collect signatures, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 22, 2019
Federal judge to rule on Ohio referendum petitions
The effort to overturn nuclear bailout legislation in Ohio is now in the hands of a federal judge, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 16, 2019
ExxonMobil Planning to Build A Second Cracker Plant in Pennsylvania?
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) ExxonMobil is looking to do a cracker in Western Pennsylvania or environs and it could be in the same vicinity as Shell’s.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.Ohio Air Being Cleaned by Fracking: The Fruit of the Shale Revolution
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Ohio air is getting cleaner by the day thanks to the shale revolution; that is to say fracking.Taxpayers Spared on Footing the Bill As CELDF Defeated Yet Again In Youngstown
Voters, taxpayers and lawyers in the city of Youngstown, OH will be spared from a ninth iteration of an anti-fracking charter amendment this year, as backers of the “Community Bill of Rights” failed to submit required documents to the local board of elections to have the measure placed on the ballot.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 5, 2019
Correction: Ohio 2Q 2019 shale production
Ohio’s crude oil production increased by 29.54% in second quarter 2019, and natural gas production increased by 10.81% from 2Q 2018.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 23, 2019
American LNG Is Changing Everything Energy in Europe
Tom Shepstone Natural Gas NOW … … American LNG is disrupting the Europe energy market, confronting Russian gas with competition, lowering prices there and bolstering economies here in the US.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 21, 2019
Leadership: Toby Rice and EQT Plan to Make Money on $2.00 Gas
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Toby Rice is not your typical corporate honcho. He tackles challenges in new and different ways.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 23, 2019