Natural Gas: Canada’s Untapped Potential

Canadians are consuming more, but producing less natural gas in recent years, according to a recent analysis of U.S. Energy Information Administration data conducted by the Canadian Energy Centre. Canadian energy demand, due in-large part to the country’s geographical location and harsh winters, drastically varies throughout the year. The need to provide power and heat

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Colorado Democratic Senate Candidates Discuss Transition Away From Oil And Natural Gas

The Democratic Senate primary in Colorado heated up this week with two debates between former Gov. John Hickenlooper and former State House Speaker Andrew Romanoff. Unfortunately, each candidate was only asked one question apiece both nights on energy. Hickenlooper, who supported the industry while governor, discussed a “fast” transition away from “carbon-based energy” like oil

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Colorado Rising Calls It Quits On New Ballot Initiatives

“Keep It In The Ground” activist group Colorado Rising recently announced that it is abandoning its campaign to put costly new anti-oil and natural gas initiatives up for a vote in November after admitting it couldn’t gather enough signatures to qualify for the ballot. As Reuters reported: “A Colorado environmental group dropped plans to place

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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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Petronas debuts Myanmar’s gas market

Malaysia’s state oil and gas company, Petronas, said Thursday it has entered Myanmar’s gas market delivering its first two liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes to CNTIC VPower, Kallanish Energy reports. The successful exports mark a “new era” in the growth of LNG demand in the South East Asian region, said Petronas LNG CEO Abdul Aziz Othman. “With

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Mozambique’s LNG projects on track despite Covid-19: official

Mozambique’s national petroleum institute INP said on Thursday the country’s natural gas and liquefaction projects remain in line with the schedule agreed between the government and investing companies. INP’s chairman Carlos Zacarias told a press conference a day earlier that despite the suspension of activities in Afungi due to the Covi-19 pandemic, implementation activities for

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Denmark should ditch O&G exploration: report

Denmark’s energy ministry has been advised to cancel the country’s 8th oil and gas licensing round, in order to maintain its position as a climate-leading country, Kallanish Energy reports. Independent adviser to the government, the Danish Council on Climate Change, said on Thursday that the bidding round that took place in 2018 and received interest

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Gazprom takes FID on new gas project in Western Siberia

Gazprom and RusGazDobycha have reached a final investment decision (FID) on the development of the giant Semakovskoye gas field in Western Siberia, Kallanish Energy reports. The partially offshore/onshore field in the Yamal-Nenets autonomous region has recoverable gas reserves of over 320 billion cubic meters (Bcm). The project is slated to enter commercial production in 2022

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Germany to invest $10.2B in hydrogen expansion

Germany announced it will invest €9 billion ($10.2 billion) to boost its hydrogen strategy, aimed at becoming a global supplier of “state-of-the-art” hydrogen technology, Kallanish Energy reports. The coalition government agreed late on Wednesday a €130 billion ($147.3 billion) coronavirus recovery stimulus package. The program is geared to climate change mitigation and promoting the technologies

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The Gentry Class Mentality Behind So Much of What’s Wrong

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Kim Elliman, the gentry class Rockefeller boy who heads up the Open Space Institute and got paid $531,829 for it 2018, just said your land belong to us all. I just received a letter I believe to be the most perfect illustration of the gentry class mentality that

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New York Madness: A Special Brand All Its Own

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … New York madness reached a peak this week with a corrupt Governor and communist Mayor sparring over riots as both have acted out over the WuFlu and gas. There is something seriously wrong with New York. It’s a state in a state of decline and the New York

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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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