NextDecade LNG contract with Engie in danger

The French government has asked Engie SA not to sign a $7 billion deal for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) with NextDecade Corp. over concerns that its U.S. shale natural gas is too dirty, Kallanish Energy has learned. The request came last month from the French economy ministry, and Engie said it is studying the … Read more

Going the Arctic route: Russia’s plans to develop LNG

Gas-rich Russia is working to boost its liquefied natural gas production to capture 20% of the global market by 2035. According to the report Russia’s New LNG Strategy: Breaking the Ice, released by IHS Markit last year, the country aims to create a whole new industry to benefit multiple sectors of the domestic economy by marketing its untapped Arctic … Read more

Executive order could benefit Appalachia

      President Trump’s April 10 Executive Orders are the directives which, as the President said “ends the war on American energy.” One order primarily takes the shackles off energy infrastructure (pipelines) construction, while the second mandates the Environmental Protection Agency to review/modify an “outdated” section of the Clean Water Act that requires applicants … Read more

Haynesville Shale making major production comeback

      The Haynesville Shale is back. Natural gas production in the dry gas shale play jumped in both 2017 and 2018. The U.S. Energy Information Administration is projecting Haynesville gas production in May 2018 to reach 8.54 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), up from April’s 8.33 Bcf/d. Production was roughly 6.00 Bcf/d in January 2017. Quiet … Read more

Appalachian Basin remains active for shale producers

The Appalachian Basin remains a very busy place. Nearly 2,300 drilling permits were issued in 2017 in the three-state basin, with 1,036 of those wells being spud, said energy consultant Timothy Knobloch. That includes 1,377 Pennsylvania permits, 462 Ohio permits and 459 West Virginia permits, said Knobloch, president of James Knobloch Petroleum Consultants, of Marietta, Ohio. … Read more

A look into Argentina’s evolving oil and gas industry

      Argentina, holder of the second-largest shale gas reserves and fourth-largest shale oil reserves in the world, is undergoing a transformational period as the government breaks away from a protectionist regime, opening up the hydrocarbons industry to foreign investment. And 2017 is proof. The Macri-era sets the scene for growth President Mauricio Macri … Read more

Appalachian Storage Hub: Big plan, big price tag

      The proposed Appalachian Storage Hub is a big idea with a big price tag. Support for the $10 billion infrastructure expansion project is slowly growing in western Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. What is envisioned is a system of underground caverns, salt caves and areas where natural gas has been extracted … Read more

Pennsylvania ethane cracker still in play

Four years ago tomorrow, Royal Dutch Shell announced IF it constructed Appalachia’s first ethane cracker in decades, the site was roughly 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In the 48 months since, the world’s oil industry has turned upside down – particularly since June 2014, as $100-plus per barrel oil vaporized, replaced by “Black Gold” … Read more

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