This week, CNN ran a piece attempting to influence the confirmation hearing of acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The report lobbed criticism at the Bureau of Land Management for approving oil and gas permits during January’s government shutdown – framing it as the oil and gas sector skirting the effects of the shutdown while the
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) … The Delaware Povertykeeper and other hired gentry class bullies are preparing to fight the Consitution Pipeline again as prospects for FERC approval rise. Anti-fossil fuel radicals are making noises, threatening noises, about how they may react when and if (as seems likely) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Read More...Kelsey MulacCabot Oil & GasExternal Affairs, Pittsburgh … … Science, technology, engineering and math, four disciplines commonly known as STEM capabilities are the essence of oil and gas and women have been pioneers. For Women’s History Month, we’re highlighting pioneers of science, technology, engineering, and math fields that have always been important to Cabot. The innovators
Read More...Natural gas production from the Marcellus and Utica shale formations will increase exponentially over the next two decades, according to Farm and Dairy. In fact, the production jumps will be enough to supply nearly half of the nation’s natural gas by 2040. According to an IHS Market Study released March 19 at the World Petrochemical Conference
Read More...The switch to natural gas for electricity generation prevented 95 million tons of CO2 emissions in 2018, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report. The report found that global energy emissions increased 1.7 percent in 2018 – largely attributable to increased global energy demand. And as IEA explained, without the switch to natural
Read More...Johnny WilliamsBradford County Writer Johnny Williams digs into a wacky group known as Extinction Rebellion that can’t seem to face the truth: that natural gas lowers carbon emissions. While I anxiously await the breaking of the icy death grip that the cold fingers of Winter has wrapped around Bradford County, I’m left with a
Read More...The ample warnings about the potential consequences of SB 181 have done nothing to slow its push through the Colorado General Assembly. After passing through the House Appropriations Committee this morning, the bill is scheduled to be discussed on the floor this evening and a final vote is expected as soon as tomorrow. Ultimately, SB
Read More...Kimbell Royalty Partners said Monday it’s closed the previously announced purchase of oil and gas royalty assets from EnCap Investments for roughly $171.6 million in Kimbell Royalty Operating stock. The acquisition includes oil and natural gas mineral and royalty interests previously controlled by EnCap through Phillips Energy Partners, Phillips Energy Partners II and Phillips Energy Partners
Read More...Tom ShepstoneNatural Gas NOW … … The head of the International Energy Agency has just declared 2018 was another “golden year of gas” worldwide with gas representing almost half of demand. Yes, Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, just said this: “Last year can also be considered another golden year for
Read More...Lower heating costs – brought on by increased natural gas production from the shale revolution – reduced winter mortality rates from 2000 to 2010, according to a new National Bureau of Economic Research paper. As the NBER paper explains, “We find that lower heating prices reduce mortality in winter months. The estimated effect size implies
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. Natural gas consumption was up big-time in the U.S. in 2018, signaling not only an economic boom in this country but also the start of a golden age of gas. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is out with another of its wonderful reports offering “just the facts” and the facts
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. If you want to appreciate just how much damage Andrew Cuomo has done to New York take a quick look at the machinations of his Public Service Commission. Last month, as the potential for a moratorium on natural gas connections in the New York City metro area loomed, the New
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 the PennEast pipeline, ConEd moratorium, Connecticut solar and much more last week. The Shale Gas News has grown again; welcome Gem 104 as our FOURTH station!
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. GE will provide its record-setting HA gas turbine, the company’s most advanced and efficient technology ever, for a new energy project in Eastern Ohio. Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC is developing a project known as the Long Ridge Energy Terminal in Eastern Ohio. It will, according to the company,
Read More...A new wave of aggressive anti-oil and natural gas legislation is cropping up in several states, driven by national “Keep It In the Ground” (KIITG) groups that have failed numerous attempts at the federal level to restrict development. Emboldened by the introduction of the “Green New Deal”, KIITG groups have made it clear that nothing
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