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MVP Cuts Gas Flows for Maintenance 2 Mos. After Launching

A section of the recently completed 303-mile Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) was shut down on Tuesday for “pigging” operations and maintenance. Certain sections of MVP have dropped to zero flows, while other sections have dropped to drastically lower flows. We’ll ask the questions no one else will: Why the heck is MVP shutting down a…

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NFG Qtly Update: Filing Tioga Pathway Pipe with FERC This Month

National Fuel Gas Company (NFG), headquartered in Buffalo, NY, is the parent company for Marcellus/Utica driller Seneca Resources and the parent of midstream company NFG Midstream (and subsidiary Empire Pipeline). Last week, NFG issued its latest quarterly update. During the quarter (considered the company’s third quarter), Seneca produced 96.5 Bcf (billion cubic feet) of natural…

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Gulfport Energy 2Q: Completely in Love with Ohio Marcellus

Gulfport Energy, the third-largest driller in the Ohio Utica Shale (by the number of wells drilled), reported its second quarter 2024 numbers earlier this week. The company drills Utica and Marcellus wells in Ohio. It also has an active drilling program in the Oklahoma SCOOP shale play. Gulfport’s net daily production for 2Q24 averaged 1,050.1…

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The Story of Utica Oil Part 5: Utica is “the Last Oil Frontier”

Writing for Hart Energy’s Oil and Gas Investor magazine, author Nissa Darbonne penned a fabulous overview of the Utica, bringing us the history of oil drilling in Ohio (in the 1800s) all the way up to the present day and Encino Energy’s dominance in oil drilling in the Utica. The article includes details about Encino…

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PA May Not Be Able to Keep All the Lights On in Four Years

The CEO of the Energy Association of PA who is also a former chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) asks this question: What can Pennsylvania lawmakers do about a looming regional power shortage that they didn’t cause and can’t easily fix? He says this dilemma poses the most important energy issue facing the…

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Bidenistas Claim IRA Crap Sandwich is Filet Mignon for PA & OH

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released new data from the IRS along with analysis by the Office of Economic Policy that claims more than 158,000 Pennsylvanian families benefited from more than $267 million in tax credits to lower the costs of clean energy and energy efficiency upgrades to their homes during 2023, money…

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Other Stories of Interest: Thu, Aug 8, 2024

MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Steel Nation names Sandra Spencer business development manager; NATIONAL: Appeals Court sends pair of LNG permits back to FERC; INTERNATIONAL: Oil rallies on mounting risks and falling stockpiles; Maersk ship order shows change in view on LNG as marine fuel. Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!) The post

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LNG Pause: Does Kamala Harris Stand With Her Administration or Energy Voters? 

The Biden administration this week appealed a Louisiana federal court decision that halted its pause on LNG exports – a pause that has garnered bipartisan backlash, especially with key swing state Democrats in places like Pennsylvania.   Now, as Vice President Kamala Harris debuted her Presidential ticket in Pennsylvania – the second largest natural gas producing

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