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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EQT Announces $2.5B Budget for 2015
EQT Corp. released a capital expenditures budget Monday that came with few surprises and largely met analysts’ expectations, with spending up slightly from the company’s 2014 budget and forecasted production up 25% year-over-year at the midpoint.
December 8, 2014
Rice Energy Expects to Raise More Than $600M With Midstream IPO
Appalachian pure-play Rice Energy Inc. has outlined terms for the initial public offering (IPO) of a master limited partnership (MLP) for its midstream assets in southwestern Pennsylvania that aims to raise more than $600 million.
December 8, 2014
Ohio’s 3Q Unconventional NatGas Production Tops 2013 Total
Unconventional oil and natural gas production in Ohio last quarter continued to significantly increase, with operators reporting more natural gas volumes than they did in all of 2013 and nearly as much oil, according to a report released Friday by the state.
December 5, 2014
Residents of Ohio Suburb Challenge Fracking Ban
Residents of a Cleveland suburb have filed a lawsuit against Ohio and two drilling companies arguing that the state’s exclusive authority to regulate and permit oil and gas wells is a violation of their constitutional rights to local self-government.
December 5, 2014
UIL Abandons Deal to Buy Philadelphia Gas Works
UIL Holdings Corp. has terminated its $1.86 billion agreement to purchase Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW), the nation’s largest municipally-owned gas utility, after the city council’s decision in October to rule out what it deemed a risky sale.
December 5, 2014
Utica’s Long-Term Potential Still Hard to Gauge, Analyst Says
Although the Utica Shale land-grab is largely over and most Ohio acreage has been delineated, there remains a flurry of activity on the play’s fringes that makes it difficult to say with certainty what the formation’s ultimate resource potential is and where its producing boundaries will be drawn, according to Wunderlich Securities Inc. analyst Irene Haas.
December 4, 2014
Proactive Approach Urged to Prevent, Better Understand Induced Seismicity
A former top official at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) says the issue of induced seismicity related to oil and natural gas activity is not going away anytime soon, and he urged both the industry and state regulators to work to ease public concern and prevent future incidents.
December 4, 2014
Study Finds Atlantic Coast Pipeline Would Boost State Economies
A key pipeline project designed to pair increasing production of Marcellus and Utica Shale gas with growing markets in the Southeast is also expected to give an economic boost to the states where it will be located.
December 2, 2014
UGI Flows Utica Gas to Customers in North-Central Pennsylvania
For the first time, Utica Shale gas is flowing to utility customers in north-central Pennsylvania, hundreds of miles away from the play’s sweet spot in eastern Ohio.
December 2, 2014
Marcellus/Utica Pipeline Project Expected to Generate Millions For State Economies
Construction and operation of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is expected to have a significant economic impact in West Virginia, Virginia and North Carolina, according to a study commissioned by the four utility companies behind the project.
December 2, 2014