Industry News

Little-Discussed Infinity Natural Res. Ohio Utica’s #3 Oil Producer

In early October, Infinity Natural Resources (INR), with 90,000 acres in the Marcellus/Utica, filed an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), hoping to raise $100 million (see M-U Driller Infinity Natural Resources Files for $100 Million IPO). We haven’t written much about INR, a company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Morgantown, WV,…

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EQT’s Path to Net Zero Plants Trees Rather Than Buys Carbon Credits

As we’ve stated many times, we’re not fans of so-called “net zero.” Net zero emissions refer to balancing the amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted into the atmosphere with an equivalent amount of GHG removed, resulting in no net increase in atmospheric GHG concentrations. Scope 1 and 2 emissions are part of the broader framework…

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NatGas Flowing to LNG Export Plants Close to All-Time Record High

The volume of natural gas flowing to U.S. LNG export facilities on Friday was on track to hit 14.6 billion cubic feet (Bcf), just shy of the all-time high of 14.7 Bcf recorded one year ago, in December 2023. The reason for the near-record high is that all LNG export facilities, including the up down…

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NYMEX NatGas Price Hits 52-Week High of $3.43/MMBtu

We don’t begin to get excited about the price of natural gas unless and until it’s above $3/MMBtu and it stays there for a while. We’re there. Yesterday, the “front month” contract for NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas closed up 6.2 cents (1.8%) at $3.43/MMBtu. Over the past two days, the price closed up 30.2…

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CNX New Tech Exec Says M-U has Lowest Carbon/Emissions Intensity

Ravi Srivastava The hits continue to roll in from Hart Energy’s DUG Appalachia event held in Pittsburgh earlier this month (two days after the election). Jordan Blum, editorial director for Hart, did a sit-down interview with Ravi Srivastava, president of new technologies for CNX Resources. The conversation was ostensibly about the important role of data…

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New Fortress Energy Sells Small Miami LNG Plant to Pennybacker

Miami LNG (click for larger version) We’ve talked plenty about the big LNG export facilities scattered along the Gulf Coast that export a fair amount of Marcellus/Utica molecules (and the two LNG export sites on the East Coast, both of which export 100% M-U molecules). We now and again talk about some of the smaller…

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