Jamison Cocklin joined the staff of NGI in November 2013 to cover the Appalachian Basin. He was appointed Senior Editor, LNG in October 2019, and then to Managing Editor, LNG in February 2024. Prior to joining NGI, he worked as a business and energy reporter at the Youngstown Vindicator, covering the regional economy and the Utica Shale play. He also served as a city reporter at the Bangor Daily News and did freelance work for the Associated Press. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science from the University of Maine.
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Magnum Hunter Caps Out-of-Control Utica Well
More than a week after it lost control of its Stalder 3UH Utica Shale well, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. said specialists have stemmed the flow of natural gas by temporarily capping it.
December 24, 2014
Chesapeake Closes Southwestern Deal, Will Buy Back Common Stock
Chesapeake Energy Corp. has closed on the sale of 413,000 net acres of natural gas assets in northern West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania to Southwestern Energy Co., and announced a considerable stock buyback. The company hailed the deal as a major part of its more than two year transformation.
December 24, 2014
Rex Slashes 2015 Spending, Will Focus on ‘High Quality Assets’
Rex Energy Corp. will cut 2015 spending by 44% from this year’s level, zero-in on its best assets in the Appalachian Basin and rely on efficiencies in its drilling program to grow year-over-year production by 33%.
December 24, 2014
Tennessee Pipeline to Pay Fine, Fund Pennsylvania Clean-Up Program
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reached a settlement with Kinder Morgan Inc. affiliate Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) that will require the midstream company to pay a $210,000 fine and fund a $540,000 clean-up program in the state.
December 24, 2014
Pennsylvania Fines Vantage Energy Nearly $1M
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has fined Vantage Energy Inc. nearly $1 million — one of the largest fines imposed this year on a shale driller in the state — for violations that stemmed from a January landslide at a well pad in Greene County.
December 23, 2014
West Virginia Violations to Cost XTO Energy More Than $5M
Federal regulators have slapped ExxonMobil Corp. subsidiary XTO Energy Inc. with a $2.3 million fine for violations of the Clean Water Act that occurred at eight sites in West Virginia beginning in 2011.
December 23, 2014
Setting Stage for ’15, PA Severance Tax Proposals Pour In
Proposals to raise more fees against Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry are pouring in ahead of the 2015-2016 legislative session, with three put forth in the last week alone aimed at shoring up the state’s nearly $2 billion budget deficit.
December 22, 2014
UGI Plans NatGas Pipeline to Supply Pennsylvania Power Plant
UGI Energy Services Inc. on Monday announced plans for a new 35-mile pipeline in Pennsylvania that would mostly supply a planned natural gas-fired power plant in the central part of the state.
December 22, 2014
Pennsylvania PUC to Explore Competitiveness of Retail Natural Gas Market
The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has directed its Office of Competitive Market Oversight (OCMO) to go ahead with a long-awaited investigation into the state’s retail gas market that will explore competition and potentially modernize regulations as shale gas production grows.
December 22, 2014
Kasich Indicates NatGas Industry Likely Part of Ohio Tax Reform Efforts
Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich told business officials during a year-end luncheon on Thursday that he plans to push hard in his second term to reduce the state’s income tax, an effort that could rely in part on increasing fees for the oil and gas industry.
December 19, 2014