MARCELLUS/UTICA REGION: Utica Shale Academy receives new industrial maintenance equipment; OTHER U.S. REGIONS: California blackouts said caused by poor planning, under-used natural gas supply; NATIONAL: U.S. shale producers lock in future sales as oil prices rise to one-year high; Keystone XL commits to become first pipeline to be fully powered by renewable energy; Keystone pipeline: Biden ‘to cancel it on his first day’; U.S. LNG exports, average prices climb in November; Fossil fuel production expected to increase through 2022 but remain below 2019 peak; Global oil, gas workforce facing ‘crisis of confidence’ in wake of COVID-19; INTERNATIONAL: Rolls-Royce engines picked for world’s first LNG-hybrid tug; IEA calls for ‘urgent’ action to cut methane emissions from oil, gas sector; France’s Total quits top U.S. oil lobby in climate split.
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