Shale gas production in Haynesville region increases to highest level since 2013
Marketed natural gas production in the Haynesville region rose to 6.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in September due to increased drilling activity and well production rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). Production in th... Read More »Number of wind projects in progress reaches record high in third quarter 2017
Wind projects under construction and in advanced development at the end of the third quarter of 2017 has reached a total of 29,634 megawatts (MW), the highest level since the statistic was first measured at the beginning of 2016, according to a newly-released market report from the American Wind Ene... Read More »Cybersecurity experts urge more government help to protect electric grid during hearing
Energy industry experts called for greater government participation and public/private sector partnerships to help protect the electric grid from the growing number of cyber intrusions, like the one that took down the power system in Ukraine in 2015. Testifying before the Senate Energy and Natura... Read More »EPA report touts regulatory reduction efforts to follow Trump Administration’s change of focus
A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lays out how the agency will cut what President Donald Trump has designated as regulatory burdens. Under an executive order signed by Trump earlier this year, the EPA was pressed to promote energy production and economic growth. As such,... Read More »Sadzi Martha Oliva