Courts Clarify: Fractivists Aren’t Experts

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Courts Clarify: Fractivists Aren’t Experts

Activists relying on Professor John Stolz to lend scientific credibility to their “Keep It In the Ground” stance on energy might want to review court records from a recently decided Pennsylvania appeals case that made it clear he’s no expert on natural gas development. Stolz, director of the Center for Environmental Research and Education at

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NAI Ohio River Corridor Names New Vice President of Operations Laurie Stanbro

Bolivar, Ohio. — Laurie Stanbro, Commercial Real Estate Specialist with NAI Ohio River Corridor has been promoted to Vice President of Operations. Stanbro joined NAI Ohio River Corridor in 2017. “Over the past 2 years, Laurie has played an instrumental role in developing and implementing strategies to improve our commercial real estate operational areas,” says

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Shale Magazine: How Shale is Reviving Rural America

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  Shale Magazine just ran a story from yours truly about how shale is reviving Rural America; how the shale revolution is yielding real change for real people. Have you checked out the Shale Magazine? If you haven’t yet, do so. It’s an excellent online journal chronicling the continuously

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The Permian Water Management Future: Consolidated, Efficient Systems

When it comes to examining the state of water management in the Permian Basin, Kelly Bennett, co-founder and president of B3 Insight, says it all comes down to a fundamental question: what is scale in the industry, especially one as capital intensive, incredibly fragmented and driven by the self-interests of operators? There are several headwinds

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Shale Gas News – May 18, 2019

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Cabot Oil & Gas, jobs, Pin Oak Energy and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH

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Crude prices slip Friday, post weekly gains

Crude oil prices slipped Friday, but West Texas Intermediate and Brent both posted a weekly gain on rising concerns over more Middle East supply disruptions due to U.S.-Iran political tension, Kallanish Energy reports. A deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday Iran could “easily” hit U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, the latest rhetoric

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Rice Team revises EQT board slate to 7 from 9

Toby Z. Rice and Derek A. Rice, EQT shareholders trying to wrest control from the executives and board of the U.S.’s largest natural gas producer, said last week they’re reducing the size of their slate of nominees for the EQT board to seven from nine, Kallanish Energy reports. The change was motivated by EQT’s announcement

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Working-rig count drops for 6th straight week

The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week fell for the sixth consecutive week, according to data compliled by oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, a GE company. For the week ended May 17, 954 rigs were working in the Lower 48, down a lone rig from the previous week,

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Energy Transfer receives order to restore waterways impacted by construction of Revolution Pipeline

Last week the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection ordered ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC to identify and restore or mitigate all streams and wetlands that it illegally eliminated or altered during the construction of the Revolution Pipeline, according to a DEP press release. During the construction of the pipeline, ETC illegally eliminated at least 23 streams

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Cabot Oil & Gas Brings Decade of Progress to Susquehanna County

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  Cabot Oil & Gas has been producing gas in Susquehanna County for a decade, bringing much progress and many rewards in the way of education, jobs and incomes. Cabot Oil & Gas is one many fantastic companies in the business of extracting natural gas in Pennsylvania. It is

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UPDATED: Saudi Arabia Says Oil Producers Want To Reduce Inventories

[Editor’s note: This story was updated at 4:29 p.m. CST on May 19. 2019.] JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia—Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said on Sunday there was consensus among OPEC and allied oil producers to drive down crude inventories “gently” but his country would remain responsive to the needs of what he called a fragile market.

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UPDATED: Exxon Mobil Evacuates Foreign Staff From Iraq Oilfield

Exxon Mobil Corp. has evacuated dozens of its foreign staff from the West Qurna 1 oil field, but work is still going on, according to multiple reports on May 18. On Sunday, Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamer Ghadhban said the South Intergrated Project oil deal between Iraq and Exxon Mobil was “very close” but had been slowed

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US Solar Installations Expected To Double To 4 Million In Next Four Years

While solar energy has lagged behind other renewable energy sources in the United States, the numbers are forecasting up, according to a recent report released by Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association. The report said that solar installations have doubled in the last three years to 2 million and they

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Air Pollution a No Show at School Near Range Resources Site

Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) A study performed at the request of Range Resources near some of its drill sites and a Washington County school campus reveals no air pollution impacts. One of the false allegations made against shale drilling is that it somehow pollutes the air–of particular concern near schools. A new independent

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