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New Fortress ships Mexico’s first LNG cargo for export

U.S. energy infrastructure company New Fortress Energy on Sept. 30 shipped the first export of LNG from Mexico, following the inauguration of output at its floating facility off the country’s coast, the company said. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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What’s Affecting Oil Prices This Week? (Sept. 30, 2024)

Based on Stratas Advisors’ demand forecast, there is room for Saudi Arabia to increase supply gradually and not collapse oil prices — if there is no dramatic increase in non-OPEC supply and the other members of OPEC+ do not grossly exceed their quotas. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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M-U Rig Count Realigns @ 33; National Rig Count Drops 1 @ 587

Three weeks ago, MDN told you about a developing story of rig realignment in the Marcellus/Utica (see Rig Bloodbath Continues – Pennsylvania Loses 7 Rigs in 3 Weeks). As we reported, Pennsylvania was losing rigs, bleeding rigs, like crazy—four rigs gone in two weeks’ time. And West Virginia was gaining those lost rigs. Two weeks…

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3 More Drillers Dinged by PA DEP for Not Disclosing Frack Chemicals

According to Pennsylvania regulation 25 Pa. Code § 78a.122(b)(6)(iv), a drilling company must provide a list of the chemicals intentionally added to the stimulation [fracking] fluid by name and chemical abstract service (CAS) number in a Completion Report. The PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) says three drillers, including EQT, Range Resources, and Greylock Energy,…

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History of 1st Marcellus Well Drilled by Range in Washington County

For years, MDN has told you that the very first Marcellus well to be drilled and fracked was done by Range Resources Corporation in Washington County, PA. Beyond that, we didn’t know much. Thanks to an article appearing in the Washington Observer-Reporter, we now know the full story—or at least a lot more of the…

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Reuters Says FERC Sides with Venture Global in Shafting LNG Customers

Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) authorization to place the final three liquefaction blocks (7-9) into service in November 2023 (see Venture Global Gets FERC OK to Commission 3 Calcasieu Pass Trains). The other trains, 1-6, have been online for over two years! However, the entire facility is…

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U.S. Net Natural Gas Exports Flat in the First Half of 2024

click for larger version Last week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published an interesting post about “net” natural gas exports, which is a number calculated by deducting both pipeline and LNG exports by incoming pipeline imports (from Canada) and any incoming LNG imports (to Boston). The EIA found that in the first half of…

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