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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Investigation, Cleanup Ongoing at Site of Statoil Fire in Ohio
An investigation into the cause of a large fire last weekend at a Statoil ASA drilling site in Monroe County, OH, near the West Virginia state line continued on Thursday. Cleanup efforts were expected to last several days, said an Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) spokesman, Thursday.
July 3, 2014
Shales Push 2013 Ohio NatGas Output to Double 2012
Combined unconventional and conventional natural gas production in Ohio nearly doubled from 86 Bcf in 2012 to 171 Bcf last year, an increase driven mainly by high-volume horizontal fracturing (fracking) in the Utica Shale, according to data released Wednesday by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
July 2, 2014
GreenHunter Plans Appalachian Gathering Network, Processing Facility
GreenHunter Resources Inc.said Monday that it plans to construct 34 miles of transmission and gathering pipeline in the Appalachian Basin to transport freshwater, oilfield waste and hydrocarbons to one of its barge terminals on the Ohio River, where it will also construct a processing facility to split condensates.
July 1, 2014
SEC Investigating Former BlackRock Fund Manager’s Ties to Rice Energy
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could take action against the global asset and investment firm BlackRock Inc. after an investigation into a former employee, Daniel J. Rice III, revealed a potential conflict of interest between the portfolios he managed and his family business, Rice Energy Inc., according to an 8-K filed by the firm Friday.
July 1, 2014
PA. Passes Budget Without Severance Tax, Setting Stage For Future Battles
After weeks of renewed debate and a scramble to find revenue to plug a $1.5 billion deficit (see Shale Daily, June 17), Pennsylvania’s General Assembly has once again passed a state budget without an oil and gas severance tax.
July 1, 2014
Weekend Fire At Statoil Well Pad in Ohio Township Prompts Evacuation
Faulty hydraulic tubing is believed to be the cause of a large fire that erupted early Saturday at an eight-well pad operated by Statoil ASA, according to state regulators.
June 30, 2014
SEC Investigating Former BlackRock Fund Manager’s Ties to Rice Energy
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could take action against the global asset and investment firm BlackRock Inc. after an investigation into a former employee, Daniel J. Rice III, revealed a potential conflict of interest between the portfolios he managed and his family business, Rice Energy Inc., according to an 8-K filed by the firm Friday.
June 30, 2014
Pennsylvania Legislature Advances Separate Oil, Gas Regulations
The Pennsylvania House and Senate energy committees on Wednesday voted in favor of a series of bills that would require the state to adopt separate regulations for the conventional oil and gas industry, aimed at shielding it from the financial burdens of rules crafted primarily for unconventional producers developing the Marcellus Shale.
June 27, 2014
Marcellus and Utica Could Produce 34 Bcf/d by 2035, ICF Says
Natural gas production in the Appalachian Basin, where the Utica Shale was once thought to be wetter and the Marcellus Shale continues to defy expectations, is projected to reach 34 Bcf/d by 2035, according to a revised estimate released Thursday by ICF International.
June 27, 2014
Northern Utica Not Yet A Bust; Oil Windows Seen as Key to Revival
Despite poor results and the unabashed early decisions of some unconventional operators to abandon altogether what was once thought to be the core of Ohio’s Utica Shale, neither the oil and gas industry nor the communities waiting for economic opportunity have written off the play’s northern tier.
June 27, 2014