Marcellus Shale Update
Week of January 4, 2019
Each week the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau Compiles articles related to Marcellus Shale gas exploration and development for educational purposes and the benefit of interested groups and individuals.
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Seminars Education and Events
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Shale Law Weekly Review
Published every Monday, the Penn State Shale Law Blog presents the Shale Law Weekly Review which provides an update of recent, local, state, national, and international legal developments relevant to shale gas.
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Top Picks - Articles of the Week
Mariner East 2 pipeline goes online
The Delaware County Daily Times
Mariner East 2 eventually will carry hundreds of thousands of barrels of liquid gases from the state's Marcellus Shale regions to Marcus Hook every ...
Why the US Imports LNG from Russia and Nigeria Despite Its Gas-Export Boom
EnerCom Inc. (press release) (blog)
Yet the U.S. is still importing LNG from places such as Russia and Nigeria. ... cubic feet a day of LNG the U.S. imported in the first 10 months of 2018. ... Everett terminal in Massachusetts, by far the most active of the dozen import ...
~~State Related Items~~
Maryland
Why Maryland's rejection of a small gas pipeline is a big deal
WUSA9.com
Why Maryland's rejection of a small gas pipeline is a big deal ... natural gas pipeline linking fracked gas fields in Pennsylvania to the panhandle of ...
Gov. Hogan, State of Maryland block Potomac Pipeline easement
West Virginia MetroNews
Larry Hogan and the state Board of Public Works have denied an easement for the Potomac Pipeline connecting a Pennsylvania gas line to West ...
Md. board votes against pipeline project involving Pa. natural gas
PennLive.com
A board of high-ranking Maryland officials rejected the pipeline Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, that would carry natural gas produced in Pennsylvania to ...
When Will Residents Of Marcellus Shale Region Be Able To Heat Their Homes With Gas?
90.5 WESA
The price tag can go way up when someone wants gas service, but no lines ... to switching at once, and the new area is close to an existing pipeline.
Ohio
New Ohio law exempts landmen from real estate licenses
Kallanish Energy
Ohio has changed its laws to allow independent oil and natural gas landmen to ... oil and gas leases for E&P companies, must be licensed real-estate brokers. ... The court did not address whether the decision applies to in-house ...
Virginia
Court challenges stop work on Virginia gas pipeline
The Business Times
The natural gas industry website Marcellus Drilling News blamed the delays on "a myriad of frivolous lawsuits from Big Green groups" and said the ...
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Courts
Pennsylvania natural gas drillers on hook for impact fees after ruling
witf.org
(Harrisburg) -- Natural gas companies are expected to be on the hook for millions of dollars in unpaid state "impact fees" after a ruling by the ...
Pa. High Court Deals Big Blow to Drillers in Impact Fee Case
Law.com
High Court Deals Big Blow to Drillers in Impact Fee Case ... month out of the year in order for the well to be exempted from impact fees under Act 13.
DC Circ. Strikes Down Enviros' Pa. Pipeline Challenge
Law360
... approval of a Kinder Morgan unit's $144 million Pennsylvania pipeline ... The D.C. Circuit also rejected Delaware Riverkeeper's claims that FERC ...
Fertilizer
Central North Dakota fertilizer plant aims to get out of the red
Grand Forks Herald
Natural gas prices have been historically low for some time with the expansion of hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling in the oil fields.
Pipelines
NJ attorney general: Federal judge erred in PennEast Pipeline ruling
witf.org
NJ attorney general: Federal judge erred in PennEast Pipeline ruling ... If built, the $1 billion line will carry natural gas from the Marcellus Shale of ...
Economic Development
Best places to find jobs in 2019
TheHRDigest
Appraising where to find jobs, the study identified Jacksonville, Tampa, ... areas that will benefit most in the manufacturing, and oil and gas sector.
Industry
David Spigelmyer: Natural gas cleanly powers our modern world
Tribune-Review
The responsible development of the Marcellus and Utica shale is opening ... America's abundant natural gas resources to achieve environmental gains. ... politics from the equation will allow us to collaborate on real progress.
Markets
Pennsylvania natural gas bills expected to fall in 2019
GoErie.com
National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. is forecasting a slight decrease in predicted price of natural gas. National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp. has filed ...
~Policy and Political~
State
Dinniman, Killion Introduce Comprehensive Pipeline Legislative Package
MyChesCo
WEST CHESTER, PA — State Senators Andy Dinniman and Tom Killion announced that they have introduced a comprehensive legislative package ...
AP NewsBreak: Judge dismisses Alaska bonding plan lawsuit
The News Tribune
Bill Walker's plan to use bonding to pay Alaska's oil and gas tax credit ... She said the high court concluded in the lease-purchase case that the ...
International News
With an Eye on Record Flow From Russia, Gas Market Braces for Slump
Bloomberg
European natural gas prices look set to fall for the first time in four years in 2019 as buyers keep a close eye on flows from Russia that reached a ...
