Big Winter Storm Hits M-U Production, Down 27% from Average

The Marcellus/Utica is THE number one natural gas-producing region in the country–by far. Much of the country, including the M-U,… Continue reading The post Big Winter Storm Hits M-U Production, Down 27% from Average first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Bottom Drops Out of Natural Gas Price as Weather Forecast Warms

While the commodity price of natural gas has always drifted up and down, we can’t remember a time (in our… Continue reading The post Bottom Drops Out of Natural Gas Price as Weather Forecast Warms first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Natural Gas Prices in “Freefall” with Warm Weather, LNG Delay

The front-month NYMEX futures contract (based on the price of gas trading at the Henry Hub) dropped like a rock… Continue reading The post Natural Gas Prices in “Freefall” with Warm Weather, LNG Delay first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 2, 1922!

Natural Gas – 100 Years Ago Today, December 2, 1922! Tom Shepstone Shepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  Natural gas news from a hundred years ago offers great perspective for discussing one of the cleanest sources of energy available then and still today. I thought it might be fun and illuminating to look back 100

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Natural Gas Now Best Picks – October 1, 2022

Natural Gas Now Best Picks – October 1, 2022 Tom Shepstone Shepstone 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. This week; there’s a greener globe, ESG gets hammered and solar greed ramps up big-time. Look

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NYMEX NatGas Price Down 10% After High Storage Number Released

Strap in–the roller coaster ride continues. Yesterday the NYMEX Henry Hub front-month (July) futures contract for natural gas plunged 10%,… Continue reading The post NYMEX NatGas Price Down 10% After High Storage Number Released first appeared on Marcellus Drilling News. This post appeared first on Marcellus Drilling News.

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Climate Alarmism Goes Orwellian with Newspeak

Climate David Wojick, PhDJournalist and Independent Policy Analyst  … … … [Editor’s Note: George Orwell long ago identified the problem with language that is crafted to mean the represent the opposite of what is implied. Climate Newspeak is here!] I am constantly entertained by the artful ways alarmists bend language to their will. This often

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NatGas Spot Price at HH, M-U Trading Hubs Hits Fresh 1-Yr Highs

The spot price (cash paid for immediate delivery) of natural gas at trading hubs across the country, including in the Marcellus/Utica, continues to hit new highs not seen in over a year. Even though the longer-range NYMEX futures price isn’t moving all that much. Pay no attention to the futures price! Look at the spot

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M-U Production May Decline with Wellhead Freezeoffs, Plunging Temps

Analysts at S&P Global Platts say that with the current cold snap underway in the northeast, already decreasing natural gas production from the Marcellus/Utica may accelerate with wellhead freeze-offs. Sometimes in colder temps (hey, it was 2 degrees at MDN HQ this morning) water and other liquids in the gas can freeze and block the

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Natural Gas Use Going Up with Lower Prices and Colder Weather

Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. …. ….  Colder weather? Who knew? The EIA says natural gas use is going up this winter due to this yet again “unexpected” development. The EIA put out a seemingly innocuous Today In Energy post yesterday about projected gas use this winter but it contained a somewhat surprising admission; it’s

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Renewable Energy Model Isn’t Working, But Biden Wants to Double Down

 ... … … [Editor Comment: California demonstrates the foolishness of the all renewable energy model and New York is going down the same road and Biden wants more.] California set its first renewable portfolio standard in 2002 and currently requires 60 percent of its generation to come from renewable energy by 2030 with the next 40 percent

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