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Jamison Cocklin

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.

New Processing Has Rex Energy On Track in Western Pennsylvania

Additional processing capacity that came online in May helped Rex Energy Inc. meet its second quarter goals of placing 10 wells into sales in western Pennsylvania and producing between 125-135 MMcfe/d.

July 7, 2014

Family Sues Chevron Subsidiary For Worker’s Death at PA Well Fire

The family of a subcontractor killed by an explosion at a well pad operated by Chevron Appalachia LLC in southwest Pennsylvania in February (see Shale Daily, Feb. 11) filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company last month in Allegheny County court in Pittsburgh.

July 3, 2014

Wholesale Electricity Generator Purchases More Oil, Gas Assets to Meet Customer Demand

Wholesale electricity generator Sterling Energy Group Inc. has acquired Kentucky-based Viking Gas Pipeline LLC and Viking Oil and Gas LLC for an undisclosed purchase price and has plans to connect the companies’ natural gas production to its own pipeline system for delivery to its customers.

July 3, 2014

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

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