Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Natural Gas NOW 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. New York Is the Biggest Loser As Wealth Leaves the Empire State Andrew Cuomo, New York’s follower in
Read More...The activist who wrote a 2012 memo encouraging anti-fracking groups to connect health problems and fracking even when no evidence existed to support the claims recently co-authored a report admitting that the vast majority of scientific research shows no harmful air pollutants near oil and natural gas sites. As the report explains, “Air pollution near
Read More...California regulators Thursday approved PG&E Corp.’s plan to impose blackouts this summer across large swaths of its territory to prevent major wildfires — and told customers don’t count on reliable electric service as the fire season gets underway. The California Public Utilities Commission approved PG&E’s “wildfire mitigation plan,” in which blackouts could conceivably hit every
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Coal to gas switching in electric generation has averted 95 million tons of CO2 emissions and reduced them by 15% from what they would have been. Anyone worried about CO2 emissions ought to absolutely love natural gas. Coal to gas switching with respect to electric generation has had a
Read More...Louisiana is a key player in producing and refining America’s oil and natural gas resources, and as such has been the target of “Keep It In the Ground” activism that has particularly focused on an important piece of critical infrastructure: pipelines. Recently, the national interest groups Center for Constitutional Rights and 350.org joined with at
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Pennsylvania State Senators Bartolotta and Stefano have taken on Governor Tom Wolf’s phony “Restore PA” severance tax gambit and turned it upside down. Last month, MDN told you Pennsylvania State Senators Camera Bartolotta (Washington County) and Pat Stefano (Fayette County) had beaten PA Gov. Tom Wolf at his own
Read More...Robert Bradley, Jr.Founder and CEO of the Institute for Energy ResearchPrincipal, MasterResource: A Free-Market Energy Blog.. . .. Deep Green Resistance is too frequently dismissed as a fringe group not warranting our time but a close examination shows just the opposite. It’s dangerous. “When civilization ends, the living world will rejoice. We must be biophilic
Read More...The United States is experiencing record-breaking oil and natural gas production, led by America’s independent oil and natural gas producers, according to a new IHS Markit report. The report, which was commissioned by the Independent Petroleum Association of America, finds that these independent producers – companies that do not have midstream or refining operations –
Read More...U.S. oil and gas independent Devon Energy said this morning it’s selling its Canadian assets to Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. for C$3.8 billion ($2.81 billion) in cash, Kallanish Energy reports. Devon is one of several oil producers to invest in the Anadarko Bain’s Scoop and Stack plays in Oklahoma, which is seen by some industry players
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Range Resources just put out a 2018 Corporate Sustainability Report that highlights just how fast and how far it has gone in reducing emissions and impacts. We have often noted here how the natural gas industry is always three steps ahead of its opposition with respect to technology and
Read More...Liquefied natural gas export terminal Cameron LNG is preparing to load its first export shipment of LNG following the arrival of the first LNG tanker at its Louisiana facility, the Houston Chronicle newspaper reported. The Singapore-flagged LNG tanker Marvel Crane arrived in the Calcasieu Ship Channel early Tuesday morning where it later docked at the export
Read More...Last year the second biggest coal-producing state in the U.S. produced more natural gas, as measured by energy content, than coal, according to World Oil. Although it’s situated in the Appalachian Basin near the Marcellus and Utica shale plays, West Virginia has been reluctant to transition to natural gas due to coal’s foothold within its
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The Panama Canal is changing its rules to adapt to LNG, recognizing that American energy dominance is the foundation and future of the Canal itself. A recent article in The Panama Perspective demonstrates how the glorious shale revolution continues to change everything. It reports the Panama Canal Authority (ACP)
Read More...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 renewable natural gas, Atlantic Coast Pipeline, severance tax and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … Remember when Cornell’s Bob Howarth proclaimed natural gas was worse than coal due to methane emissions? Well, the latest data says those emissions are down. Methane emissions, about five years ago, became a trendy subject among those desperate to stop natural gas development. They had previously hung their hat
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