Pa. Attorney general charges Cabot Oil & Gas for environmental crimes

Pennsylvania Attorney General Joshua David Shapiro is charging Cabot Oil & Gas Company for environmental crimes related to their drilling operations in the Marcellus Shale, according to the Andover Leader. Cabot’s wells in the region are suspected to be the source of migrating gas that has contaminated drinking water and groundwater. Additionally, the company will

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CNX to ease natural gas shut-in in Appalachian Basin

CNX Resources has shut-in 375 million cubic feet per day of natural gas production in the Appalachian Basin since May 1, but its planning on easing up by July, according to Kallanish Energy. The Pittsburgh-based company anticipates the volume of natural gas shut-in to decline to about 300 MMcf per day by July, and plans

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Shale Gas News – June 13, 2020

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Opec output, EPA water rule, Chesapeake Energy and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to the Williamsport

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – June 13, 2020

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Can The United States Senate Stop Germany’s GasPipeline From Russia In A Post-Coronavirus World? Dan Markind compares the self-imposed German energy

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Edge LNG to capture and liquify gas from stranded Marcellus well

EXCO Resources has selected Edge LNG to capture and liquefy natural gas from a stranded Marcellus Shale well, according to World Oil. Edge LNG will have its mobile LNG equipment delivered by truck to the Marcellus site. The company will then produce the LNG and purchase it from EXCO Resources. Next, the LNG will be

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – June 6, 2020

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Will Southeast PA Get Its Comeuppance? Southeast Pennsylvania might as well be another country as far as the rest of the

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Abundant Energy Seen as Pennsylvania’s Salvation from Recession

George StarkDirector, External AffairsCabot Oil & Gas      George Stark discusses a Think About Energy event he moderated and the perspectives of the two state senators and the business leader he interviewed. Two Pennsylvania state senators and the president of the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry (PCBI) met virtually on May 28 to

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Pa. House advances legislation to ensure oversight of conventional oil, gas industry

The Pennsylvania House recently advanced legislation that seeks to ensure responsible oversight of the conventional oil and gas industry, aiming to protect the environment and safeguard industry stability within the Commonwealth, according to the Pennsylvania Business Report. Senate Bill 790, sponsored by state Sen. Joseph B. Scarnati (R-25), would enact the Conventional Oil and Gas

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Pennsylvania seeks public comments on new rules regarding air pollution at natural gas wells

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection is seeking public comment via three virtual public hearings on draft regulations that would reduce air pollution from existing natural gas wells and infrastructure, according to Kallanish Energy. The proposed regulations would restrict volatile organic compounds and would also reduce methane emissions. Additionally, they would require additional controls at

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Quarterly report shows natural gas production in Pa. is slowing

A new report from the Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office has reported a 6.8% increase in quarterly natural gas production, according to Kallanish Energy. The report stated production increased to 1,766 billion cubic feet in the first quarter of 2020, compared to 1,654 billion cubic feet during the same period in 2019. The 6.8% growth rate

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Shale Gas News – May 30, 2020

Bill desRosiersExternal Affairs Coordinator, Cabot Oil & Gas … … The Shale Gas News, heard every Saturday at 10 AM on 94.3 FM, 1510 AM, 1600 AM, 104.1 FM and Sundays on YesFM, talked about Clean Power Plan, Biden’s climate proposal, Church of Climate and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again to

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Peregrine Energy Partners acquires royalty interests in Pa., W. Va.

Peregrine Energy Partners has acquired royalty interests in Washington County, Pennsylvania as well as in Tyler and Richie Counties in West Virginia from various undisclosed sellers, according to EIN Presswire. Some of these acquisitions came from well-known producers such as Range Resources, Antero Resources and EQT Corporation. “The Appalachian Basin and specifically the Marcellus Shale

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Mama Bear Brigade: Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Greenies

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … A phony group called the Mama Bear Brigade did a very weird Mariner East pipeline protest yesterday in the middle of a pandemic in still red Delaware County. We love Waylon Jennings here at NaturalGasNOW. He and his Highwaymen pals did a beautiful rendering of “Mamas Don’t Let

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Joe Biden, You’re Not Going to Win Pennsylvania This Way

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Joe Biden is in a political vise; squeezed by radical greens on the one side and labor on the other. He can’t win Pennsylvania without the latter, though. Joe Biden will be the Democrat nominee for President this year, but can he win Pennsylvania in November? That’s unclear.

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EQT sells Appalachian Basin assets to Diversified

EQT recently closed on the $125 sale of non-core assets in the Appalachian Basin to Diversified Gas and Oil PLC, according to Kallanish Energy. The deal includes potential contingent considerations of up to an additional $20 million, based on future commodity prices. It also relieves EQT of about $47 million in asset retirement obligations and

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