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		<title>12 New Shale Well Permits Issued for PA-OH-WV Apr 20 &#8211; 26</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/05/12-new-shale-well-permits-issued-for-pa-oh-wv-apr-20-26/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Marcellus/Utica region received 12 new drilling permits last week, Apr. 20 – 26, down 10 from the 22 permits issued two weeks ago. Pennsylvania issued all 12 of last week’s permits. Neither Ohio nor West Virginia issued any new permits. What a disappointment! The drillers who received new permits in PA last week included:...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Your Voice Matters! Back Constitution Pipeline with FERC by Monday</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/05/your-voice-matters-back-constitution-pipeline-with-ferc-by-monday/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy Services]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a critical moment for reliable, affordable energy in the Northeast, and your voice can make a difference. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is currently accepting public comments on the Constitution Pipeline, representing an important step toward finally advancing this long-delayed project and a key opportunity for supporters to be heard. If you...]]></description>
		
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		<title>3.2 Bcf/d Planned Pipe Expansions to Carry M-U Gas to the Midwest</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/05/3-2-bcf-d-planned-pipe-expansions-to-carry-m-u-gas-to-the-midwest/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[AI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electrical Generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrywide Issues]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Data centers are driving significant growth in natural gas demand in the Midwest, leading to several pipeline expansion projects. East Daley Analytics is tracking 24 GW of potential power generation capacity from Midwest data centers, which could create over 5 Bcf/d of new gas demand in a high-case scenario. The region&#8217;s appeal stems from ample...]]></description>
		
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		<title>PA DEP Hard at Work Analyzing 42 &#8220;Studies&#8221; re Increasing Setbacks</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/05/pa-dep-hard-at-work-analyzing-42-studies-re-increasing-setbacks/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrywide Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In December, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) accepted a petition by radical green groups, including the Clean Air Council and Environmental Integrity Project, to “study” the issue of increasing setbacks for shale drilling so far that it would ban ALL new Marcellus/Utica drilling in the Keystone State, which is no exaggeration (see EQB Votes...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ares Mgmt Buys Blackstone&#8217;s Entire 32.4% Stake in Rover Pipeline</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/05/ares-mgmt-buys-blackstones-entire-32-4-stake-in-rover-pipeline/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pipelines]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Rover Pipeline is a 711-mile, $6.3 billion natural gas transmission pipeline operated by Energy Transfer, transporting up to 3.25 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of Marcellus and Utica Shale gas. It connects supply areas in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio to markets in the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Canada. As of April 29,...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Bitcoin Miner MARA Buys OH&#8217;s Long Ridge Gas Plant, Transload Site</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/05/bitcoin-miner-mara-buys-ohs-long-ridge-gas-plant-transload-site/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Long Ridge Energy &#38; Power operates a 485 MW (nameplate 505 MW) combined-cycle natural gas power plant in Hannibal, Ohio, designed for eventual 100% hydrogen fuel usage. Located on a 1,600-acre site formerly used by an aluminum smelter, it serves the PJM grid and supports an integrated digital infrastructure/data center campus. Long Ridge has sort...]]></description>
		
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		<title>MDN&#8217;s Energy Stories of Interest: Fri, May 1, 2026</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/05/mdns-energy-stories-of-interest-fri-may-1-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 14:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OTHER U.S. REGIONS: Georgia Power revives Plant Wansley with natural gas and batteries; Woodside struggles to secure buyers for U.S. LNG as pricing backfires; NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas gains following storage data; Pipeline construction will follow natural gas demand growth; Florida AG James Uthmeier just ended the ‘green’ plastics cartel; Al Gore shifts on global...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Expand Energy ‘Not Waiting Around’ for New CEO, Search Continues</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/expand-energy-not-waiting-around-for-new-ceo-search-continues/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Expand Energy]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Expand Energy turned in its first quarter 2026 update yesterday. Across all of its operations in the Marcellus/Utica and the Haynesville, Expand operated an average of 13 rigs during the first quarter, drilling 60 wells and turning 49 wells in line, resulting in net production of approximately 7.44 Bcfe/d (93% natural gas). In 2026, Expand...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Surprise! 4th Circus Clown Judges Allow MVP Southgate Construction</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/surprise-4th-circus-clown-judges-allow-mvp-southgate-construction/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anti-Drilling/Fossil Fuel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equitrans/EQT Midstream]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Industrywide Issues]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just yesterday, MDN told you that three left-wing judges from the 4th Circuit (&#8220;Circus&#8221;) who hate the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) were back at it, badmouthing an extension of MVP into North Carolina, called Southgate (see 4th Circus Clown Judges Badmouth MVP Southgate in Oral Arguments). Their comments to attorneys for MVP Southgate during oral...]]></description>
		
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		<title>OH Supreme Court Rules Against AWMS Injection Well Compensation</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/oh-supreme-court-rules-against-awms-injection-well-compensation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[American Water Management]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve been tracking a story that we consider an ongoing tragedy for more than a decade. American Water Management Services (AWMS) owns a wastewater injection well in Trumbull County, Ohio, that supposedly caused a low-level earthquake (that nobody could feel) in 2014. Actually, there are two injection wells located at the site, both operated by...]]></description>
		
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		<title>220 GW of New Powergen Projects Seek to Connect to PJM, Half Natgas</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/220-gw-of-new-powergen-projects-seek-to-connect-to-pjm-half-natgas/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Electrical Generation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro (J.S.) has just hired a lapdog to attack the PJM Interconnection grid as part of his campaign for president (see Shapiro Hires NRDC Attorney as Lapdog to Attack Utility Cos.), the grid manager is doing yeoman&#8217;s work to ensure there&#8217;s enough electricity flowing for the 67+ million people (from 13...]]></description>
		
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		<title>NYISO: Extended Heat Wave Could Cripple NY’s Power Grid THIS Summer</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/nyiso-extended-heat-wave-could-cripple-nys-power-grid-this-summer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New York&#8217;s electric grid faces its lowest reliability margins in recent history this summer, with only 417 MW available under baseline conditions, according to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO). This critical situation stems from extreme weather, an aging generation fleet, and a lack of new dispatchable resources. NYISO&#8217;s annual Summer Reliability Assessment (copy...]]></description>
		
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		<title>International LNG Prices Rise Amid Strait of Hormuz Closure</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/international-lng-prices-rise-amid-strait-of-hormuz-closure/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following the February 28 closure of the Strait of Hormuz, global and U.S. natural gas prices have sharply diverged. The shutdown halted roughly 20% of global LNG supplies, primarily from Qatar, forcing Asian and European buyers to scramble for replacement cargoes. Consequently, European TTF and Asian JKM benchmark prices surged 35% ($14.80/MMBtu) and 51% ($16.02/MMBtu),...]]></description>
		
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		<title>MDN&#8217;s Energy Stories of Interest: Thu, Apr 30, 2026</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/mdns-energy-stories-of-interest-thu-apr-30-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[NATIONAL: U.S. natural gas futures await support from weather; Blame anti-fossil fuel crusade, not war for gas prices; Trump met with oil and gas executives as Iran war drags on, prices surge; The folly of funding direct air capture; INTERNATIONAL: Oil surges as Hormuz blockade bites; Russia says it has no plans to leave OPEC+;...]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kimmeridge Hints Devon Energy Needs to Sell M-U After Coterra Merger</title>
		<link>https://marcellusdrilling.com/2026/04/kimmeridge-hints-devon-energy-needs-to-sell-m-u-after-coterra-merger/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Willis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In February, MDN brought you the big news that Devon Energy is buying out and merging with Coterra Energy, paying $21.4 billion in Devon stock (see Devon Energy Buying Coterra Energy for $21.4B in All-Stock Merger). That merger is set to happen next Monday, May 4th. One of the reasons (perhaps THE reason) why Coterra...]]></description>
		
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