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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Questions Remain About What To Do With All That Appalachian Ethane
A startup company that launched plans in 2012 to develop a small-scale, regionally-focused ethane cracker in the Appalachian Basin continues to promote its project two years on, but even though more specifics have been released, the company still can’t say with certainty when it will break ground for the project.
May 2, 2014
EQT Midstream Pays Big for SW PA Gathering System
EQT Midstream Partners LP said late Wednesday it would acquire the Jupiter natural gas gathering system in southwest Pennsylvania from affiliate EQT Corp. for a larger-than-expected purchase price of $1.18 billion.
May 1, 2014
EQT, Range Swap Assets With Eye On The Future
Range Resources Corp. and EQT Corp., two of the Appalachian Basin’s leading operators, announced a rare asset exchange late Wednesday that finds EQT Corp. entering the Permian Basin and Range blocking up its acreage in the Nora Field of western Virginia.
May 1, 2014
Marcellus Shale Coalition to Stage Largest Rally in Its History Next Week
The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), which represents hundreds of exploration and production companies, midstream operators and supply chain businesses in Pennsylvania, is planning to stage the largest rally in its six-year history at the state capital next week to tout the benefits of shale gas development.
May 1, 2014
REX Launches Binding East-West Open Season; Considers Chicago Lateral
After receiving upwards of 5.5 Bcf/d in shipping interest from Appalachian producers during a nonbinding open season launched in January for its east end backhaul from Ohio to Illinois, Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) announced holding a binding open season on Wednesday for the 1.2 Bcf/d it has available on the stretch.
April 30, 2014
Marcus Hook A Better Bet For Northeast Ethane Exports, Sunoco Exec Says
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP said that as its former crude oil refinery in Marcus Hook, PA, along the Delaware River south of Philadelphia, transforms into a major East Coast export terminal, it could soon rival similar facilities along the Gulf Coast and provide a number of advantages to Northeast oil and gas producers.
April 29, 2014
Mariner East Facing Growing Opposition in Southeast Pennsylvania
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP has requested an exemption from the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code that, if granted by the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC), would give it the status of a public utility corporation.
April 28, 2014
It’s Slow Going on The Upper Devonian, But NatGas is There for The Taking
Long targeted by conventional drillers in the Appalachian Basin, the Upper Devonian Shale formations have been known for some time to hold a cache of dry natural gas. But new technologies, combined with more than a year of close analysis have shown unconventional operators that those six layers of source rock can’t be overlooked.
April 28, 2014
EQT Corp. Growing Uncertain About Future In Utica Shale
While numbers persistently climb under the line-item for Marcellus Shale production on EQT Corp.’s balance sheet and growth rates dominate its quarterly earnings calls with analysts, the first quarter talk on Thursday was pointedly focused on the company’s future in Ohio’s Utica Shale.
April 25, 2014
Consol Gets the Go-Ahead for Flagship Drilling Project at Pittsburgh International Airport
Consol Energy Inc. has cleared its last major hurdle for plans to drill up to 45 Marcellus Shale wells on six pads in a first-of-its-kind project in Pennsylvania at the Pittsburgh International Airport.
April 25, 2014