In Focus
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Midstream construction finally catches upstream activity
HOUSTON, Texas — The midstream leg of the oil and gas industry generally plays a continual game of catch-up with its upstream brethren. And while producers continually whittle away the ...