Shale pioneer Chesapeake Energy files for bankruptcy
Chesapeake Energy Corp ( CHK.N ) filed for Chapter 11 on Sunday, becoming the largest U.S. oil and gas producer to seek bankruptcy protection in recent years as it bowed Continue Reading
Shale Giant On The Brink Of Bankruptcy Receives Federal Lifeline
The federal government has allowed bankrupt shale major Chesapeake Energy to stop drilling at more than 100 leases on federal lands without losing ownership of the assets, Reuters has reported Continue Reading
Chesapeake’s Demise Marks End of Shale Model That Changed World
It will go down as wildest of the shale wildcatters, the overreaching pioneer of fracking techniques that minted vast fortunes and, now, have left behind ruin. At long last, financial reality has Continue Reading
Chesapeake Energy Plunges 74%, Triggering Another Trading Halt
Shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp., the U.S. fracker preparing for a potential bankruptcy, are experiencing another wild session, plunging as much as 74% before trading was halted again on Tuesday. The Continue Reading
Shale Pioneer Chesapeake Plans Bankruptcy With Options Dwindling
Chesapeake Energy Corp. is preparing a potential bankruptcy filing that could hand control of one of the leading lights of the U.S. shale revolution to senior lenders, according to people Continue Reading
Chesapeake Energy: rise and fall of a US shale star
Chesapeake Energy spearheaded the shale revolution a decade ago that ushered in an era of US energy independence, embodying a period of corporate extravagance as it rose to become a Continue Reading
Shale gas drillers promise to restrain spending despite higher futures prices
Heading into the first quarter earnings season, analysts were clear. They wanted no surprises from pure play shale gas drillers — no new spending, no new debt, no mergers and Continue Reading
Chesapeake Revives Going Concern Warning
The outlook for the company’s debt restructuring effort is teetering. Shares of Chesapeake Energy Corp. slid almost six percent in premarket trading on Monday, after the company added a going Continue Reading
Shale pioneer Chesapeake considers bankruptcy filing after oil rout
Chesapeake Energy Corp said on Monday it was unable to access financing and was considering a bankruptcy court restructuring of its over $9 billion debt if oil prices don’t recover Continue Reading
Oil Majors Are Abandoning This Key Shale Basin
Royal Dutch Shell announced this week that it was selling its Appalachia shale gas assets for $541 million in a transaction that wouldn’t have caught much attention if it weren’t Continue Reading
Exclusive: Chesapeake Energy preparing bankruptcy filing
Chesapeake Energy Corp ( CHK.N ), the oil and gas exploration and production company that was at the forefront of the past decade’s U.S. shale boom, is preparing a potential Continue Reading
Fracking Once Lifted Pennsylvania. Now It Could Be a Drag.
The last time the global economy was in free fall, an economic savior showed up in southwestern Pennsylvania. Energy companies, which had discovered a way to get at the state’s Continue Reading
Shale gas pioneer Chesapeake Energy taps restructuring advisers
Chesapeake Energy Corp, the oil and gas exploration and production company that helped spearhead the U.S. shale revolution, has tapped debt restructuring advisers amid a rout in energy prices, people Continue Reading
The Perfect Storm Sends Natural Gas Crashing
If you’re waiting for natural gas prices to recover, you might be in for a considerable wait, as inventories are expected to hover well above their five year average for Continue Reading
Chesapeake Shares Plummet Over Debt Worries
Once a vanguard of the US shale revolution, Chesapeake has fallen headlong toward collapse as it and rival drillers flooded the US with excess gas. (Bloomberg) — Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s Continue Reading
Buyer Cancels LNG Cargoes From Cheniere
A buyer of liquefied natural gas has canceled two cargoes from Cheniere Energy Inc., the biggest U.S. exporter, as a global glut pummels prices for the fuel and threatens to Continue Reading
Shale Gas Drillers Are Facing A Perfect Storm
Natural gas prices under $2/MMBtu have hit Appalachian shale gas drillers hard, but the longer the gas glut wears on, the deeper the problems will become. With each passing week, Continue Reading
Six Shale Gas Producers Downgraded As Gas Prices Fail To Recover
S&P ratings downgraded six U.S. shale gas companies that might find it difficult to refinance billions in debt on the back of chronically low gas prices and overinvestment, S&P Global Continue Reading
Credit risks mounting for US gas producers, S&P Global Rating says
Deteriorating conditions in US natural gas markets this year are posing growing credit risk to the industry’s producers and even midstream developers, S&P Global Ratings said Wednesday. Receive daily email Continue Reading
Marcellus LNG Project to Monetize Stranded Gas
Edge LNG’s truck-based model produces LNG and delivers it to market. Edge Gathering Virtual Pipelines 2 LLC (Edge LNG) reported Wednesday that it will capture and liquefy natural gas from Continue Reading
In Crucial Pennsylvania, Democrats Worry a Fracking Ban Could Sink Them
Though they are both Democrats, John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, and Bill Peduto, this city’s mayor, have their differences on the environment. Mr. Fetterman, who toppled an incumbent Democrat in 2018 from Continue Reading
As Gas Prices Crash, Will This Shale Giant Survive?
Fracking pioneer and the king of unconventional drilling Chesapeake Energy (NYSE:CHK) is a company in dire straits, which makes it a great bargain right now. The Oklahoma-based exploration company ushered Continue Reading
North Dakota Bakken Shale gas production projected to climb 10% in 2020
North Dakota’s Bakken Shale gas output increased by 20% in 2019, and the latest analysis shows it growing another 10% year over year in 2020. Due to limited downstream access, Continue Reading
‘Rule of capture’ applies to fracked wells: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania said oil and natural gas coming from shale wells drilled and hydraulically fractured are protected by the common “rule of capture,” but left open the Continue Reading
The U.S. Natural Gas Boom Is On Its Last Legs
Weak natural gas prices amid abundant supply and a falling rig count across the United States will slow down U.S. natural gas production growth this year, and some basins will Continue Reading
US EIA lowers Q1 Henry Hub spot gas price forecast 35 cents to $2.27/MMBtu
New York — The US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday lowered by 35 cents to $2.27/MMBtu its first-quarter 2020 forecast for Henry Hub spot natural gas prices. Receive daily email Continue Reading
U.S. Gas Giant Downgraded To Junk Status
The largest natural gas driller in the United States just announced a massive write-down for its assets, offering more evidence that the shale sector faces fundamental problems with profitability. In Continue Reading
Permian Basin 2020 forward gas prices hit fresh record lows
Permian Basin forward gas prices are testing new lows this month as the 2020 market outlook for available pipeline capacity exiting the West Texas basin continues to deteriorate. At market Continue Reading
Analysis: Low prices, investor pressure drive slowdown in Appalachian gas production
Appalachian gas production last month registered its first monthly decline since May as producers in the dynamic US Northeast shale basin responded to low prices and growing pressure from the Continue Reading
Shell Makes Haynesville Shale Deal
Castleton Resources has acquired the East Texas and North Louisiana Haynesville shale assets of Shell’s subsidiary, BG US Production Company. Castleton Commodities International LLC’s subsidiary, Castleton Resources LLC (CR), has Continue Reading
Why Chevron’s $10 Billion Impairment Matters
Chevron surprised a number of people last week when it announced that it would take a non-cash, after-tax impairment charges of $10 billion to $11 billion in its fourth-quarter 2019 Continue Reading
Another Oil Major Bails On Marcellus Shale
There have been some signs the shale boom that re-energized America’s domestic energy industry a few years back, might be entering a maturing phase of its development. A phase where Continue Reading
Analysis: US Northeast production volumes, rig count stall at year’s end
As production from the US Northeast stalls and the active rig count declines in the region, the market could tighten significantly and help propel Henry Hub futures later this winter. Continue Reading
After String of Rare Cancer Cases, Pennsylvania Investigates Potential Link to Fracking
“We’re not pointing a finger,” said Kurt Blanock, whose teenage son died of Ewing’s sarcoma three years ago. His wife, Janice Blanock, was one of the parents who pushed for Continue Reading
Analysis: Drilling slowdown hits Appalachia’s gas production
A commitment from Appalachia’s natural gas producers to slow drilling activity in 2020 already appears to be taking its toll there, with December production levels likely to register their first Continue Reading
Chesapeake Debt Deal Skirts Bankruptcy
Chesapeake Energy Corp.’s move to tame its $10 billion debt load alleviates immediate concerns about the oil and gas producer’s viability, yet fundamental issues threatening the company’s long-term outlook remain. The Continue Reading
This U.S. Shale Giant Is On The Brink Of Collapse
One of the shale gas pioneer companies in the United States said earlier this month that depressed oil and natural gas prices may force it to breach loan covenants over Continue Reading
Anti-Fracking Protests Turn Violent In The UK
UK police have been accused of sexually assaulting female anti-fracking protesters, including groping and exposing their their breasts while placing them under arrest, reports The Guardian . “I’ve seen women Continue Reading
UK shale gas industry vows to continue efforts to prove safety
The UK shale gas industry has vowed to continue efforts to prove it can operate safely despite the UK government introducing a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing — Continue Reading
Why the UK government finally gave up on fracking. And why American shale drilling will crash.
After years of dogged support for fracked shale gas and oil, at the expense of clean energy, the Conservatives finally gave in today. This is a significant victory for environmentalists. Continue Reading
In seismic shift, Britain orders immediate moratorium on fracking
Britain will impose an immediate moratorium on fracking, the government announced on Saturday, saying the controversial gas extraction technique risked causing too much disruption to local communities through earth tremors. Continue Reading
UK Braces For Final Verdict On Fracking
The UK government will soon make an announcement concerning hydraulic fracturing in the UK amid concerns about the tremors at a fracking site in recent months, Prime Minister Boris Johnson Continue Reading
Analysis: Bakken looks to add 350 MMcf/d of natural gas processing by year-end
Highlights Should boost flows on Northern Border Pipeline Will increase gas capture rates Denver — Bakken natural gas production continues to set records and has the potential to surge even Continue Reading
UK spending watchdog points to ‘slow’ progress of shale gas industry
NAO report details ‘financial pressure’ on local bodies Only three wells fracked to date, well behind plan Environmentalist groups call for end to fracking London — Progress in establishing a Continue Reading
‘’Too Much Too Fast’’ Gas Glut Crushes Shale Drillers
Appalachian shale drillers are getting squeezed by low prices, and a supply glut may mean that there is little prospect of a pricing rebound anytime soon. Earlier this month, IHS Continue Reading
Analysis: Permian gas prices hit four-month high on rising demand
Highlights Waha weekly average at 97 cents, up from negative territory Texas, Southwest power burns hit annual highs in mid-July Denver — Permian Basin gas prices averaged their highest since Continue Reading
Saudi Aramco Plans Shale U.S. Shale Gas Move
Saudi Aramco, which has an ambitious plan to grow its natural gas business, is considering investing in the Marcellus shale gas assets of Norway’s Equinor in what would be the Continue Reading
China Set To Miss Shale Gas Production Target By A Mile
Challenging geology, insufficient infrastructure, and low well productivity are set to result in China badly missing its own shale gas production target to 2020, analysts say. China has set a Continue Reading
Big Oil’s Biggest Weapon In The Permian
While European oil supermajors are yielding to investor pressure to set emission reduction targets and announcing investments in renewables and EV charging networks, U.S. majors ExxonMobil and Chevron are doubling Continue Reading
Apache cuts back production of Permian gas because of pricing
Houston’s Apache Corp. said Tuesday it will dramatically cut back on its natural gas production in the Permian Basin for an extended period of time because of steep pricing discounts Continue Reading